The 1920s, Great Depression + New Deal: Full Module

What was the Red Scare?

• A fear that the U.S. would be invaded by Germany after WWI

• A fear that the U.S. was going to go to war with Great Britain

• A fear of farmers overthrowing the federal government

• A fear that Communists would take power

What did the U.S. do in response to the First Red Scare?

• Encouraged open debate about Communism

• Passed laws protecting free speech and the right to protest

• Limited civil liberties and treated suspected radicals poorly

• Declared war on Russia to stop the spread of Communism

What did the Immigration Quota Acts of the 1920s do?

• Banned immigration from all countries

• Limited the number of immigrants allowed in the U.S.

• Opened U.S. borders to anyone who wanted to come

What is Garveyism?

• A movement encouraging A. Americans to integrate with whites

• A movement encouraging segregation and returning to slavery

• A movement that restricted African immigration

• A movement encouraging Black pride and going back to Africa

Why was Ida B. Wells forced to leave the South?

• She wrote newspapers supporting interracial marriage

• She wrote newspapers against segregation

• She wrote newspapers against lynching

• She wrote newspapers against integration

What was the Great Migration?

• The movement of Native Americans to reservations

• The Westward expansion of settlers after the Civil War

• The mass immigration of Europeans to the U.S.

• The movement of A. Americans from the South to the North/West

What did A. Americans do as a result of the Great Migration?

• Went back to the South to work on farms

• Created Black communities and changed culture

• Left the U.S. and went back to Africa

• Formed separate states in the U.S.

Louis Armstrong and Zora Neale Hurston were associated with which cultural movement during the 1920s?

• First Red Scare

• Garveyism

• Harlem Renaissance

• Prohibition

What technology became the most common in households?

• Cars

• Phones

• Radios

• Televisions

Why were radios and movies significant for American culture?

• Created a standard culture for everyone to share

• They replaced newspapers as the sole source of news

• They were used for government announcements

• They caused Americans to become more isolated