Roaring 20's: Nativism & Prosperity

What amendment granted suffrage for women?

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

The movement of African Americans from the rural south to the industrialized cities to seek economic opportunities is called the -

• Great Migration

• Harlem Renaissance

• Civil Right Movement

• Gold Rush

What was the name given to the women who challenged traditional attitudes and social norms during the 1920s?

• Mobsters

• Party Girls

• Flappers

• Temperance

How did political scandals like the Teapot Dome scandal impact the United States?

• Distrust for the Government Grew

• People Trusted the Government more

• People protested the goverment

• The government became more trustful

What was a major factor leading to the erosion of regional cultural differences in the 1920s?

• development of television

• growing popularity of radio and motion pictures

• publication of novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis

• expansion of air travel after Charles Lindbergh’s flight

During the 1920s, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, the Palmer raids, and the revival of the Ku Klux Klan demonstrate that –

• cultural values were similar between urban and rural Americans

• popular support for international involvement was increasing

• nativist opinions were on the rise

• public support for limiting immigration was declining

Henry Ford’s contribution to the industrialization of the United States included both –

• The assembly line and a “middle-class” wage for his workers.

• Electric-powered vehicles and the interstate highway system.

• The first monopoly and new process for making steel.

• The world’s first automobile and the technology for paved roads.

Politicians who believed in the philosophy of Eugenics favored –

• Equality of living for the mentally ill

• Freedom to reproduce

• No limits on marriage

• Racial segregation

The cartoon above reflects the American public’s opinion that –

• immigration quotas respected the country’s history while limiting the need for more labor.

• the government must protect Americans from dangerous immigrants.

• more workers were needed to produce consumer goods.

• U.S. economic prosperity was dependent on foreign labor

Why did the "Return to Normalcy" agenda of the U.S. presidential candidate Warren G Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election?

• The public wanted to help rebuild 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.