HISTORY MIDTERM #5 ROARING 20s

Which one of the following was a dramatic change for women during the 1920s?

Birth control and other women's services became readily available.

What idea did Marcus Garvey promote?

Garvey promoted the unity of all people of African descent worldwide and reinvestment in black communities and businesses.

What helped country music growth from regional to national popularity during the 1920s?

Grand Ole Opry

The excerpt below describes the presidency of Calvin Coolidge: In his Inaugural he asserted that the country had achieved "a state of contentment seldom before seen" and pledged himself to maintain the status quo. In subsequent years, he twice vetoed farm relief bills, and killed a plan to produce cheap federal electric power on the Tennessee River. The political genius of President Coolidge, Walter Lippmann pointed out in 1926, was his talent for effectively doing nothing: "This active inactivity suits the mood and certain of the needs of the country admirably. It suits all the business interests which wants to be let alone..."

He believed government should be less involved in people's lives.

Which statement explains this man's extraordinary popularity during the 1920s? pic with man standing with plane

His notable technological achievement coincided with the early years of mass media.

How did the Mississippi River factor into the growth of blues music in Memphis?

It acted as a vehicle to spread culture from the delta region.

How did advertisements like this reflect life in the US during the 1920s? good lovers of good toast""

It illustrates the impact of the spread of electricity on domestic life.

Read the list below: 1. Known as "The Legend" 2. Broadcasted the Grand Ole Opry 3. Reached much of North America How did the radio station, which is described on the left, influence American culture?

It led to an increase in the popularity of country music.

How did the development of the assembly line affect the US economy?

It led to economic growth because it enabled factories to increase production.

How did the economic boom during the Roaring Twenties change the US?

It led to new technologies and a higher standard of living for many people.

The newspaper clipping above was taken from the Ogden Standard-Examiner in 1922. Based on the information, which statement describes a result of motion picture technology in the 1920s?

It played an important role in the exportation of US culture.

Which one of the following statements below BEST describes a result of this map?

Many African Americans gained economic opportunities in northern states.

Based on the poster, which conclusion can be made about US society in the late 19th century? lady on horse with barrels of alcohol

Many activists believed that the physical and economic well-being of the family was threatened by alcohol consumption.

Which organization did Margaret Sanger found?

Planned Parenthood

Which of the following best describes the incident involving Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti and its connection to xenophobia in the US?

Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants who were convicted of murder and sentenced to death without any strong evidence pointing toward their involvement.

Changes to US society associated with the Jazz Age in the 1920s and 1930s reflected

The US attorney general was attacked twice with explosives.

How did the artist MOST LIKELY view the KKK?

as defenders of the 18th Amendment

How did World War I contribute to the Great Migration?

by creating jobs in the North for many African Americans

The growth of the motion picture industry in the US helped

create a common culture in the country.

Sec. 2. (a) That the number of aliens of any nationality who may be admitted under the immigration laws to the United States in any fiscal year shall be limited to 3 per centum of the number of foreign born persons of such nationality resident in the United States as determined by the United States census of 1910. - Emergency Quota Law, 1921 Which one of the following statements below was the primary motivation of this legislation?

fear of communist radicals after World War I

What motivated the US government to establish immigration quotas in the early 1920s?

high levels of unemployment

compare the Harding and Coolidge presidencies.

higher taxes, government should not be so involved, capitalist small gov.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism... The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities. - Teddy Roosevelt (1915) In this quote, Roosevelt warns against what trench that would contribute to the reemergence of the KKK in the following decade?

increased nativism among the American people

Use the equation below to answer the question: ______?______ + growing availability of credit to fund large purchases + the development of new appliances = improved standard of living in middle and upper class households Which trend completes the missing portion of the diagram?

increasing access to electricity at affordable prices

The flapper lifestyle was a rejection of

socially restrictive gender norms.

Like a prairie-fire, the blaze of revolution was sweeping over every American institution of law and order a year ago... In this excerpt, the attorney general is justifying which of the following?

the Palmer Raids

In the 1920s, Louis Armstrong played a major role in which of the following?

the emergence of jazz as a mainstream art form

The list below describes economic changes during the 1920s 1. a significant increase in automobiles and the products associated with it 2. a significant increase in the purchase of any different mechanical devices used in the home 3. a significant increase in the purchase of products that had once been considered luxury goods, but whose adoption by so many average households led to them no longer being considered a luxury During the 1920s, which development was responsible for the economic trends listed?

the expansion of credit to the average consumer

What was one effect of the Great Migration in the United States?

the growth of industrial centers in the North and Midwest

What helped Duke Ellington and his work gain national fame in the 1930s?

the growth of radio

The emergence of "flappers" in the 1920s best represents which one of the following major cultural changes?

the rejection of earlier norms

What contributed to the start of the Harlem Renaissance?

the rural to urban migration of African Americans

How did photographs like this reflect a change in the US economy during the first half of the 20th century?

the use of scientific management and mass production increased availability of consumer products

How was radio commonly used to grow the economy during the 1920s?

to advertise goods and services

The list below describes a famous event from the 1920s. 1. In 1925, John Scopes is arrested for teaching a controversial theory which was banned by the state legislature. 2. Famed lawyer and civil libertarian Clarence Darrow defends the teacher, while political and religious fundamentalists William Jennings Bryan leads the prosecution. 3. John Scopes is put on trial. The event becomes sensationalized by the press. Which long-standing debate was central to this event?

traditionalism v. modernism