1920s American History Worksheet

Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy" was a campaign promise to:

• Return to the aggressive Big Stick Diplomacy of the early 1900s.

• Shift away from Progressive Era reforms and wartime interventions toward isolationism and laissez-faire economics.

• Expand the power of the federal government to regulate the new automobile industry.

• Re-establish the gold standard as the primary method of currency valuation.

Which statement best describes the impact of the 19th Amendment on American society in the 1920s?

• It led to the immediate passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

• It granted women the right to vote, though many women still faced social pressure to vote as their husbands did.

• It resulted in women winning the majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by 1928.

• It prohibited the sale of alcohol to women in order to protect "female virtue."

The "Flapper" of the 1920s represented a significant cultural shift because she:

• Advocated for a return to Victorian-era modesty and traditional domestic roles.

• Symbolized a new sense of independence by challenging traditional dress, behavior, and social norms.

• Led the fundamentalist movement against the teaching of evolution in schools.

• Was the primary recruiter for the revival of the Ku Klux Klan in Northern cities.

The Teapot Dome Scandal during the Harding administration primarily involved:

• The illegal distribution of alcohol by members of the President's "Ohio Gang.",

• The bribery of a Cabinet official to allow private oil companies to lease government oil reserves.

• The secret funding of the "Back-to-Africa" movement by federal agents.

• The suppression of labor strikes in the automobile industry.

How did Henry Ford's perfection of the assembly line change the American lifestyle?

• It made the automobile affordable for the average family, leading to increased mobility and suburban growth.

• It required workers to become highly skilled artisans, raising the average industrial wage.

• It discouraged the use of advertisements because products sold themselves.

• It caused a massive migration of urban workers back to rural farms.

The Scopes "Monkey" Trial of 1925 was a legal clash that highlighted the tension between:

• Nativists and "New Immigrants" from Southern Europe.

• Modernists who supported scientific theories and Traditionalists who adhered to Biblical fundamentalism.

• Supporters of the Harlem Renaissance and advocates of the "Lost Generation.","The NAACP and Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association.

Which attorney defended the right to teach evolution in the Scopes Trial and was known for his support of civil liberties?

• William Jennings Bryan

• Clarence Darrow

• Albert Fall

• Mitchell Palmer

The Harlem Renaissance is most accurately described as:

• A movement to encourage African Americans to return to rural Southern farms.

• A flowering of African American culture in literature, art, and music that emphasized racial pride.

• A legislative effort to pass federal anti-lynching laws.

• A campaign to end racial segregation in public schools.

Marcus Garvey and his "Back-to-Africa" movement were distinct from other civil rights leaders of the time because he:

• Advocated for total social and economic integration into white society.

• Promoted Black separatism and economic self-sufficiency for African Americans.

• Focused solely on legal challenges to segregation in the Supreme Court.

• Supported the use of the assembly line to build schools in the South.

The resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s was fueled by "Nativism," which targeted:

• Only African Americans in the Deep South.

• Catholics, Jews, and immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.

• Supporters of the "Lost Generation" writers in New York City.

• Prohibition agents who tried to close down speakeasies.