Review for Maya

In what respects were the decades of the 1920's and the 1960's most similar?

• There were major industrial changes (i.e. many factories being built)

• There were significant changes in manners and morals in society (i.e. - Flappers and HIppies)

• Both eras included long term economic depressions

• Both eras were ripe with government corruption.

What similarity is there between the Red Scare following WWI and the Cold War following WWII?

• Fear over the spread of communism drove the government to suppress the civil liberties of some Americans.

• Soviet agents actively worked to undermine the US government.

• People were prejudice against Germans and formed new native american clubs.

What characteristics are commonly associated with the presidencies of Ulysses S. Grant and Warren G. Harding?

• Politicians with military backgrounds prove to be effective presidents

• Post war presidents are less likely to support union workers.

• Corruption and scandals involving public government officials.

What was indicated by the widespread disregard US citizens had for Prohibition?

• The US government never intended to enforce the 18th amendment.

• Citizens believe that strong central government is always illegitimate

• Strongly held cultural values are difficult to regulate through law

What was the major reason the U.S. supported isolationism following WWI?

• The feeling that the U.S. is better off staying out of "Old World affairs"

• Citizens were embarrassed that the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles

• There was a major pandemic in the "Old World" and people needed to isolate to stay healthy.

How would you best characterize the "boom" years of the 1920's

• The economy grew at a dramatic rate but the vast majority of Americans were worse off.

• People found lots of gold that had been buried by pirates.

• There was widespread use of automobiles for the first time and an increase in consumer buying.

How would you best characterize the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's?

• African-Americans created many noteworthy works of art and literature as well as jazz music

• African-Americans made new discoveries in medical treatments for tuberculosis and polio.

• Harlem led the way in a revival of political leadership and economic theory.

Identify some events and/or organizations that posed a threat to civil liberties in the 1920's.

• The Know Nothing Party and the Anti American League

• The Sacco & Vanzetti case, the Red Scare, and the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.

• The Grangers, the Haymarket Square Riot, and the Homestead Strike.

What group of Americans won out with the conviction of John Scopes in 1925, for teaching evolution?

• People who wanted to promote traditional fundamentalist religious values.

• All Americans

• People who wanted to promote radical ideas.

Identify one important cause of the Great Depression in the U.S. by the end of the 1920s.

• The poor economic policies of the Soviet Union drove all developed nations into economic trough.

• The lack of interdependence in international economic markets

• Factories and farms were able to produce far more than buyers could afford to purchase.