1920s Politics

Which answer supports the following: Women in the Jazz Age that wore short skirts, short hair, and lots of make up and had greatest impact on women in U.S. politics.

• Flashers and 20th Amendment

• Flappers and Suffrage Movement

• Flip Floppers and Church politics

• Feminists' Movement and 1st Amendment

Why did Warren G. Harding want to "Return to Normalcy"?

• focus on the communist in America

• focus on domestic economic issues

• focus on the environment

• focus on the monetary system of the U.S.

What was the result of the Tea Pot Dome Scandal?

• World War I concluded with a Peace Treaty

• people were allowed to immigrate into the United States

• the president is known for being a good man

• public disappointment with the government/ lack of public trust

How did the NAACP work to improve the lives of Black Americans in the 1920s?

• They suggested joining the Back to Africa movement

• They used the courts and lobbied public officials

• They created a new political party that had great success in the election of 1924

What President had a corrupt-ridden administration at the start of the 1920s?

• Coolidge

• Roosevelt

• Wilson

• Harding

What natural resource was involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal?

• Coal

• Oil

• Timber

• Steel

What radical group in the 1920s used violence to create change?

• Pacifists

• Socialists

• Nativists

• Anarchists

What was the primary goal of the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928?

• A) To establish a global economic alliance

• B) To outlaw war as a national policy

• C) To create a new world government

• D) To promote free trade among nations

Which political movement gained significant momentum in the United States during the 1920s, advocating for a return to traditional values?

• A) Progressivism

• B) Conservatism

• C) Socialism

• D) Anarchism

Who was the U.S. President during the majority of the 1920s, known for his laissez-faire economic policies?

• A) Woodrow Wilson

• B) Calvin Coolidge

• C) Herbert Hoover

• D) Franklin D. Roosevelt