Unit 5 Exam Review

Which of the following are characteristics of the 1920's

• interment camps, rationing goods, atomic bomb

• bank failures, new deal, bread lines

• brinkmanship, McCarthyism, containment

• installment plans, Prohibition, flappers

"America's present need is not heroics but healing... not revolution but restoration." - Warren Harding

Why would Harding say this as a campaign promise?

• help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade

• to change the United States into a Communist country

• improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration

• use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries

What was Warren G. Harding's goal in his campaign slogan "Return to Normalcy" following WWI?

• Desire to help war-torn countries
• Showed a significant shortage in military personel
• Decreased demand for consumer goods
• Concentration on domestic (at home) issues

a series of government attacks on suspected radicals in the United States led by the U.S. Attorney General

• Bolshevik

• Communism

• Deportation

• Palmer Raids

This is the process of taking money borrowed from the bank or a broker, and putting it into the stock market. Contributed to the crash of the stock market.

• Buying on Margin

• Speculation

• Buying on Credit

• Over consumption

Someone who makes or sells illegal alcohol?

• Bootlegger

• Speakeasy

• Flapper

• Prohibition

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

• conflict between modernism and traditionalism

• decline in public support for progressive reform

Who was the first American pilot to successfully complete a transatlantic solo flight?

• Amelia Earhart

• Glenn Curtis

• Orville Wright

• Charles Lindbergh

"Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer conducted a series of raids...The most spectacular of the "Palmer raids" occurred in January 1920."

What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?

• to prevent workers from joining labor organization

• to block civil rights advocates from staging public protests

• to suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges

• to halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

What was one result of innovations in the US transportation technology?

• commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe

• mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people

• Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state

• container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast