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WorksheetsCH. 10 ~ The Roaring 1920's ~ FL ~ SS.912.A.5.1 - 5.12
Total questions: 107
Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins
The graph below provides information about the percentage of unemployed workers from 1914 to 1929. What was the primary cause of changes to the unemployment rate in the United States in 1918 and 1919?
The effects of demobilization
The impact of "Red Scare"
The passage of the Emergency Quota Act
The Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War
What innovation in the automobile industry does this photo best illustrate?
The assembly line
The forty-hour week
Customized production
Strict worker safety rules
Why were more people able to own automobiles, radios, washing machines, and other goods in the 1920s?
because of advertising
because of lower taxes on imports
because of installment buying
because the trucking industry grew
Whose flight from New York to Paris, France, in 1927 persuaded people that air travel could be important?
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Georgia O'Keeffe
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Which group did not benefit from the economic boom of the 1920s?
factory workers
truck drivers
movie theater owners
farmers
What change in the 1920s caused cities to expand outward?
more automobiles
more immigrants
more skyscrapers
taller skyscrapers
At whom was Prohibition aimed?
immigrants who were communists
people who drank alcoholic beverages
soldiers returning home from war
famous sports and movie stars
Which of the following had the greatest influence on entertainment and the arts during the 1920s?
automobiles
television
newspapers
radio
What form of music became popular in the 1920s?
hip hop
rock and roll
country
jazz
Which African American became a famous writer during the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Billie Holiday
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
What was the movement of people to cities called?
consumer goods
installment buying
mechanization
urbanization
Making monthly payments until the full price has been paid
consumer goods
installment buying
mechanization
urbanization
What was the fear of Communist infiltration of America?
Red Scare
Mexican Repatriation
Prohibition
Domino Theory
What did the 18th Amendment do?
Income Tax
Women's Suffrage
Prohibition ban alcohol
lowers voting age to 18
What did the 21st Amendment do?
Ended prohibition/18th Amendment
Created the draft
Women's sffrage
Presidents get 2 terms of office
Who were the women who fought traditional values during the 1920s?
Flappers
Suffragettes
Temperance Women
Business Owners
Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that
supported the growth of business
encouraged activism
brought about social reform
discouraged laissez faire
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between
religion and science
biology and science
evolution and science
education and science
How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?
with the use of the assembly line
changing locations
importing all raw materials
increasing the wages of his workers
Which of these limited immigration during the 1920s?
National Origins Act
KKK
Scientific Management
The Great Migration
Involved transferring oil reserves from the Interior Department to private companies for profit
Teapot Dome Scandal
Scopes Trial
Great Migration
Jazz Age
Italians convicted of murder mainly because they were foreigners.
Sacco & Vanzetti
Scopes & Darrow
Bryan & Darrow
Mario & Luigi
Period in the 1920s when suspected communists and other radicals were arrested due to the fear of the spread of communism.
Red Scare
Teapot Dome Scandal
Scopes Trial
KKK
Disillusioned poets and novelists who wrestled with the meaning of war and life.
Lost Generation
Harlem Renaissance
flappers
The Great Gatsby
What type of economy did the US have in the 1920s?
laissez faire capitalism
socialsim
communism
command economy
The 21st Amendment repealed which amendment?
15
3
18
25
These people oppose organized government.
Anarchists
Giants fans
Republicans
Communists
Who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Lindbergh
Wright Brothers
Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer conducted a series of raids... The most spectacular of the "Palmer Raids" occurred in January 1920.
-"Start-up of the Department and WWI, 1913-1921," U.S. Department of Labor, www.dol.gov (accessed November 21, 2013)
What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?
To prevent workers from joining labor organizations
To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests
To suppress the teaching of evolution in college
To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals
Cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because-
assimilation programs in the United States had been unsuccessful
economic decline had increased the competition for jobs
communists were infiltrating the United States
political machines had too much power in urban areas
America's present need is not heroics but healing;... not revolution but restoration;... not submergence in internationality but sustainment in triumphant nationality.
-Warren G. Harding, presidential campaign speech, 1920-
This excerpt illustrated Harding's campaign promise to be a president who would-
help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade
refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies
use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries
improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration
During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the-
increased use of credit by US consumers
development of new forms of popular entertainment
decline of public support for Progressive reforms
conflict between modernism and traditionalism
Why did the "Return to Normalcy" agenda of US presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920s election?
The public wanted to help build war torn countries.
There were significant shortages of military supplies.
There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods.
The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues.
This 1924 cartoon satirizes a scandal that led to-
public disappointment over revelations of government corruption
widespread dissatisfaction with a lack of economic development
public frustration with government neglect of the working class
widespread anger over excessive partisan politics
Which headline describes a consequence of the Teapot Dome scandal?
A
B
C
D
Which of the following identifies two effects of the Harlem Renaissance?
o Increased geographic concentration of African Americans
o Increased popularity of venues featuring African American Artists
o Founding of colleges for African Americans
o Founding of the Socialist Party
o Founding of Tuskegee University
o Migration of African Americans to western states
o Ratification of constitutional amendments ensuring right for African Americans
o Increased support for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages
Which of these cause-and-effect relationships is accurate?
The ideas of social Darwinism led to the passage of Prohibition laws.
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the implementation of the New Deal.
The ideas of the Harlem Renaissance influenced the growth of the Civil Rights movement.
The rise of fascism in Italy influenced the onset of the Red Scare
Decade with economic prosperity; led to mass consumerism Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture Flappers, young women with bobbed hair and short skirts, became a symbol for the era
Great Depression
Roaring Twenties
Harlem Renaissance
Social Securities
Followers of a social, economic and political ideology; no social classes would exist. Historically, many Americans feared communism. WWI – Espionage Act and Sedition Act to prosecute suspected Communist. Fear fueled the Red Scare
Dawes Plan
Nineteenth Amendment
New Deal
Communists
1924 – U.S plan to resolve the crippling WWI reparations that Germany was required to pay (was straining diplomacy)
Provided an end to Allied occupation of Germany and a staggered payment plan for Germany to pay reparations
Dawes Plan
Four Power Treaty
New Deal
Dust Bowl
1922 – raised tariffs on imported goods to protect American factories and farms (policy of protectionism)which made it difficult for European nations to trade, impacted their ability to pay their war debts
Volstead Act
National Labor Relations Act
Fordney-McCumber Act
Neutrality Act
Eighteenth Amendment - banned the sale and import of alcoholic beverages; passed in 1920 Protestants, Progressives and women led the movement Led directly to the rise of organized crime Twenty-first Amendment repealed this ban (1933)
Prohibition
Red Scare
Rosewood Incident
Sit-down Strike
Cultural period during the 1920s which brought new styles of dance and music Credited to African-American’s new musical techniques blended with African traditions
Red Scare
Jazz Age
Black Tuesday
New Deal
Decade with economic prosperity; led to mass consumerism
Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture
Flappers, young women with bobbed hair and short skirts, became a symbol for the era
Great Depression
Roaring Twenties
Harlem Renaissance
Social Securities
1932 – 1939 – devastating economic downturn that saw stock prices fall, businesses fail and large-scale unemployment in Europe and U. S.
F.D.R. implemented a “New Deal” plan to put the nation back to work
Great Depression
New Deal
Communists
NAACP
Followers of a social, economic and political ideology; no social classes would exist.
Historically, many Americans feared communism.
WWI – Espionage Act and Sedition Act to prosecute suspected Communist.
Fear fueled the Red Scare
Dawes Plan
Nineteenth Amendment
New Deal
Communists
1924 – U.S plan to resolve the crippling WWI reparations that Germany was required to pay (was straining diplomacy)
Provided an end to Allied occupation of Germany and a staggered payment plan for Germany to pay reparations
Dawes Plan
Four Power Treaty
New Deal
Dust Bowl
1922 – raised tariffs on imported goods to protect American factories and farms (policy of protectionism)
Made made it difficult for European nations to trade, impacted their ability to pay their war debts
Allowed for growth of monopolies in the U.S. Industry
Volstead Act
National Labor Relations Act
Fordney-McCumber Act
Neutrality Act
Cultural period during the 1920s which brought new styles of dance and music
Credited to African-American’s new musical techniques blended with African traditions
Spread by rise of radio broadcast to white middle class
Red Scare
Jazz Age
Black Tuesday
New Deal
Eighteenth Amendment - banned the sale and import of alcoholic beverages; passed in 1920
Protestants, Progressives and women led the movement
Led directly to the rise of organized crime
Twenty-first Amendment repealed this ban (1933)
Prohibition
Red Scare
Rosewood Incident
Sit-down Strike
Fear of communism spread after Russia overthrew their Czar.
Strikes in U.S. caused fear that this was the start of a communist revolution.
Led to exaggerated charges, illegal search and seizures, unwarranted arrests and anti-immigration nativism.
Fordney-McCumber Act
Red Scare
Dawes Plan
Kellog-Briand Pact
Italian immigrants arrested, tried and executed for murdering a guard & robbing a shoe factory.
Convicted on circumstantial evidence; conviction was more about their radical anarchists and pro-union beliefs.
Even though someone else confessed to the crime, their case was not retried or overturned
Sacco and Vanzetti
Dawes Plan
Communists
Black Tuesday
Shocked U.S. citizens by revealing corruption and greed within the federal government
Bribery scandal involved leased petroleum reserves to private oil companies without competitive bidding
Damaged the reputation of the Harding Administration
Teapot Dome
Communists
Four Power Treaty
Dawes Plan
Treaty signed by the United States, United Kingdom, France and Japan in 1921.
All agreed to maintain the Pacific territories of the other countries and to not seek further territorial expansion
Agreed to go in conference to deal with disagreements
Volstead Act
Big Four
Four Power Treaty
Tennessee Valley Authority
1928 – international agreement between 62 countries to outlaw war; a “faith” pact
Included Germany as an equal partner; unlike the Versailles
Treaty
Indicated that Germany was seen as a serious power that could be trusted
Kellog-Briand Pact
Dawes Plan
Volstead Act
National Recovery Act
Based on belief that the U. S. should stay out of European conflicts; isolationist response
Imposed a ban on shipments of war materials.
Limited U. S. ability to aid Britain and France against Nazi Germany; seen by many as a negative result
New Deal
Social Security
Communists
Neutrality Act
1921-1922, world’s largest naval powers gathered to discuss naval disarmament & ways to relieve tensions in East Asia
Leaders sought to prevent another war
Resulted in the Five-Power, Four-Power and Nine-Power Treaty; served to uphold the status quo in the Pacific
Kellog-Briand Pact
Washington Naval Conference
Four Power Treaty
Teapot Dome
Founded in 1915 during WWI; Jane Addams was its 1st president
Brought diverse women together to work toward world peace; disarmament and abolition of violence
Lobbied governments on international, national & local levels
Washington Naval Conference
Kellog-Briand Pact
Roaring Twenties
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
1919 – banned the manufacturing, sale or transporting of alcohol
Supported by Progressives
Later repealed
18th Admendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
13th Amendment
Emerged following WWI; reaction to modernism
Rejected the “Roaring Twenties” and all they represented
Attempted to restore old morals and Protestant religious values
Believed the Bible was literal; rejected evolution theory; led to John Scopes’ “Monkey Trial”
Teapot Dome
Fundamentalist Movement
Harlem Renaissance
Neutrality Act
Period of growth and celebration of African-American culture; artistic creativity in art, music and literature
Originated in Harlem, New York; spread across the country
Began to promote ideas and beliefs later seen in the Civil Rights movement
Fundamentalist
Teapot Dome
Harlem Renaissance
Dawes Plan
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Sought full social and economic equality for African Americans
Concentrated on litigation to overturn disenfranchisement of blacks established by Jim Crow statutes
ACLU
NAACP
ESE
TPT
Suffrage for women
Established that no state could deny a citizen the right to vote based on gender
Which Amendment?
19th
18th
13th
21st
1923 – attack on an African-American town; massacring and driving residents out permanently
Incited by rumors of a white women attacked by a black man
No one was charged in the incident; nine survivors were compensated by the Florida legislature in 1944
Fundamentalist Movement
Harlem Renaissance
Volstead Act
Rosewood Incident
Civilized Indian tribes from Georgia and Florida that joined together for protection
Lived in Northern Florida, when Americans attacked, they retreated into the Everglades
Many were forced to move to Oklahoma reservations on the disgraceful Trail of Tears when U.S. wanted their homelands
Seminole Indians
Creek Indians
Apalachee Indians
Timucua Indians
A nationalist organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey
Worked for the advancement of people of African descent around the world
“One God! One Aim! One Destiny!; worked to help relocate some African-American to African settlements
NAACP
BLU
Negro Improvement Association
TPT
Formally the National Prohibition Act; enacted in 1919
Provided support to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment; prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
Prohibition Act
Volstead Act
Rosewood Incident
Teapot Dome
Much of the economic growth of the 1920's was based on?
increased trade with other nations
the production of the new consumer goods
rising prices of agriculture products
the rapid development of the West
How did the policies of Presidents Harding and Coolidge reflect a change of direction in the U.S politics?
They rejected social reform in favor of laissez-faire economics and support for big business
both increased the taxes for the wealthy
they favored income tax and rejected low taxes on individuals and corporations
they promoted increased involvement in world-affairs
What did the rejection of the League of Nations, the higher tariffs imposed be the Fordney-McCumber Act, and the Emergency Quota Act all point to during the early 1920's
Increasing Militarism
Increasing imperialism
Increasing isolationism
increasing internationalism
In the 1920's, which US action furthered the goal of international peace?
joining a league to secure military cooperation
holding a conference to renounce imperialism
advocating a policy to promote isolationism
signing the Kellogg-Briand Pact to outlaw armed conflicts
What did the Washington Naval Conference, the Nine-Power treaty, and the Kellogg-Briand pact have in common?
they were attempts at promoting world peace without the League of Nations
they were created secret alliances between the former Allied and Central powers
they were a series of naval disarmament treaties involving the allied powers of World War 1
they were disarmament treaties that limited the number of tanks and the use of poison gas
Based on the graph, what effects did the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the National Origins Act of 1924 have on immigration levels in the United States?
together they held immigration levels for several years
neither reduced immigration substantially
together they reduced immigration
together they reduced immigration for a time, but it rebounded in ten years
Which problem was demonstrated by events at Rosewood in 1923?
The weakening strength of the Ku Klux Klan in southern states
The continuing prevalence of racism in southern towns
Racial tensions in Northern cities in the years after WW1
The absence of agricultural employment in southern communities
Which pair of events illustrates an accurate cause-and-effect relationship?
Sacco and Vanzetti trial -> ratification of the women suffrage act
Rebirth of the KKK -> Formation of the Populist Party
Red Scare -> Demand for limits on immigration
Cheap food prices -> Start of the great depression
"I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice to describe the fist World war... I have seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious had no glory and all the sacrifices were like the meatpacking stockyards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it... Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the number of regiments and the dates." Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
Of which of the literacy movements or group of this work of Ernest Hemingway representative
Modernists
Muckrakers
Lost Generation
Harlem Renaissance
Why was there racial unrest in Northern cities after World War 1?
African-Americans had been given the right to vote for the first time
African-Americans baseball players were being allowed to play on previously all-white teams
The arrival of large numbers of immigrants from Eastern Europe caused tensions with the African-Americans
The migration of African-Americans and returning African-American Veterans had created a greater competition for jobs and housing
What did African-American writers, artists, and musicians hope to achieve during the Harlem Renaissance?
To display their ability as conscientious workers in the workplace
To show that the pursuit of material success can often be lead to tragedy
To demonstrate that African-Americans could produce great works of literature and art
To reveal that conditions of African-Americans in the South were almost as bad as in the North
What do the philosophies of the African-Americans leaders-Marcus Garvey, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. Dubois-suggest?
African-Americans believed that racial equality could not be achieved in the US
Only Booker T. Washington felt that whites would accept African-Americans as equals
Conditions were generally acceptable to the African-American community as they were
Frustrations with continuing inequality led African-Americans to fight discrimination in different ways
What was the primary cause of the changes to the unemployment rate in the United States in 1920& 1921?
The effects of demobilization
the impact of the "Red Scare"
The passage of the Emergency Quota Act
The Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War
Use your knowledge of U.S. history and the political cartoon below to select which statement best summarizes the economic relationship between the U.S. and Europe
during the 1920's.
Regardless of the fact that our market was in short supply of numerous goods post WWI, we suggested open door policies with European countries.
As European countries struggled to recover post-WWI, they approached a dominate U.S. market that was in possession of numerous supplies
Although Europe countries established a stable economic market post-WWI, they
approached the U.S. with a need for agricultural items.
European countries refused to trade agricultural goods with U.S. post-WWI due to the
fact that Russia was omitted from the Treaty of Versailles
What factor contributing to Florida's growth in the 1920's is missing from the graphic above?
Real Estate Boom
Decreasing levels of crime
Grand opening of Walt Disney World
Increasing cultural diversity
Which event do these newspapers describe?
Cold War
Red Scare
Prohibition
Great Migration
The controversies surrounding these issues were all signs of what aspect of American life?
The need for government intervention during economic crises
The benefits of new technologies introduced by popular inventors
The tension between traditional and modern values and beliefs
The importance of fighting against communism at home and abroard
One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, “I want to be a poet—not a Negro poet”. . . And I was sorry the young man said that, for no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself. And I doubted then that, with his desire to run away spiritually from his race, this boy would ever be a great poet.
Based on the excerpt, what advice would Langston Hughes have given to young African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance?
He would have challenged them to further their literary training.
He would have encouraged them to celebrate their racial identity.
He would have suggested that they shape a tradition of passive resistance.
He would have recommended that they promote a tradition of racial tolerance.
What do the philosophies of these three African-American leaders suggest?
African Americans believed that racial equality could not be achieved in the United States.
Only Booker T. Washington felt that whites would accept African Americans as equals.
Conditions were generally acceptable to the African-American community as they were.
Frustrations with continuing inequality led African Americans to fight discrimination in different ways.
By using slogans like the one above, the Ku Klux Klan was attempting to gain the support of which of the following groups?
Nativists
Isolationists
Suffragists
Prohibitionists
“And black men’s feet learned roads. Some said goodbye cheerfully… others fearfully, with terrors of unknown dangers in their mouths… others in their eagerness for distance said nothing. The daybreak found them gone. The wind said North. Trains said North. The tides and tongues said North, and men moved like the great herds before the glaciers .”
—Zora Neale Hurston as quoted in Sorrow’s Kitchen: the Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston
What major event in American History is Florida born author Zora Neale Hurston describing in this quote?
The abolishment of slavery
The Great Migration
The Harlem Renaissance
The Red Scare
The political cartoon depicts Uncle Sam in 1920.
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
The land of opportunity is not for Russian immigrants.
If an alien is from Latin America, he or she can be deported.
Packing vicious aliens like sardines is a serious violation of human rights.
Dangerous Communists and anarchists should be sent out of the country.
