BHS 1920'S QUIZ

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by --

• internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb
• bank failure, the New Deal, and bread lines
• installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers
• brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

Why did the "Return to Normalcy" agenda of 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.

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

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?

• The availability of land grants for homesteaders
• Economic opportunities in industrialized cities
• Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas
• The lower cost of living in urban areas

During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S. 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 ship delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.

Many Progressives opposed social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that --

• people in lower classes were not capable of economic success
• immigration weakened national unity
• the government should take responsibility for the well-being of people
• poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation

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

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 World War 1, 1913-1921, " U.S. Department of Labor, www.dol.gov (accessed November 21, 2013)

• To prevent workers from joining labor organizations
• 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

This excerpt illustrates 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 U.S. consumers
• development of new forms of popular entertainment
• decline of public support for Progressive reforms
• conflict between modernism and traditionalism

Which of the following was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to U.S. culture?

• It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers.
• It brought the most significant beat poets together.
• It establish jazz as a prominent musical form.
• It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre.