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52. Roaring Twenties
1. One way in which the economic principles of
Republican presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin
Coolidge were similar is that both believed that
government should
1. raise income taxes
2. provide relief payments to unemployed workers
3. limit its regulation of business activities
4. purchase surplus farm products
2. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s expanded the
influence of African Americans by
1. financing the construction of apartments in New
York City
2. gaining passage of civil rights legislation
3. helping elect African Americans to high
political offices
4. promoting the artistic contributions of African
Americans
3. Which event of the 1920s best reflects the conflict in
American society between science and religion?
1. passage of the quota acts
2. Scopes trial
3. trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
4. Red Scare
4. “The annual quota of any nationality shall be 2 per
centum of the number of foreign­born individuals of
such nationality resident in continental United States as
determined by the United States census of 1890, but the
minimum quota of any nationality shall be 100.”
— Section 11a, Immigration Act of 1924
The passage of this act reflects the American public’s
perception that
1. too many immigrants were coming into the
country
2. dictatorships were emerging in western Europe
3. fewer workers were needed in consumer goods
industries
4. economic prosperity was dependent on unskilled
foreign labor
5. “Radical Immigrants Deported”
“Bombs Explode on Wall Street”
“Palmer Raids Criticized by Congress”
These post–World War I headlines are most closely
associated with the
1. Volstead Act 3. Scopes trial
2. Ku Klux Klan 4. Red Scare
6. The prosperity of the United States in the mid­1920s
resulted in part from
1. increased demand for new consumer goods
2. high­wage contracts negotiated by labor unions
3. record­high farm prices
4. increased government regulation of the economy
7. The Scopes trial and the Sacco and Vanzetti case
both involved
1. disputes over the death penalty
2. clashes over cultural values
3. protests by temperance leaders
4. challenges to search and seizure protections
8. After World War I, one way in which the Red Scare,
the passing of the Quota Acts, and the growth of the Ku
Klux Klan were similar is that they all
1. exploited fears about people who were
considered un­American
2. encouraged the assimilation of new immigrants
into American society
3. supported the goals of the suffrage movement
4. exhibited prejudice against African Americans
9. During the 1920s, much of the debt accumulated by
consumers was due to
1. installment buying of manufactured goods
2. overproduction of farm products
3. long strikes by labor unions
4. rising income taxes
10. Which development most clearly illustrates the
nativist attitudes that existed in the United States in the
1920s?
1. limits on immigration established by the Quota
Acts
2. pro­business policies of the federal government
3. artistic and literary achievements of the Harlem
Renaissance
4. conflicts between religion and science as shown
in the Scopes Trial
11. The main reason for the increased migration of
African Americans out of the rural South during and
following World War I was the
1. availability of cheap farmland in the West
2. opportunity for factory jobs in the North
3. chance to escape racial segregation by joining
the military
4. elimination of the Ku Klux Klan in the northern
states
12. What was the major problem facing American
farmers during the 1920s?
1. shortage of fertile land
2. overproduction of crops
3. low prices of imported farm products
4. limited labor supply
13. In the mid­1920s, the immigration policy of the
United States was mainly designed to
1. deport illegal immigrants
2. continue the traditional policy of open
immigration
3. establish quotas for immigrants from certain
nations
4. favor immigrants from southern and eastern
Europe
14. Henry Ford’s use of the assembly line in the
production of automobiles led directly to
1. a decrease in the number of automobiles
available
2. a decrease in the cost of automobiles
3. an increase in the unemployment rate
4. an increase in the time needed to produce a
single automobile
15. The Red Scare, the growth of the Ku Klux Klan, and
the murder convictions of Sacco and Vanzetti were
influenced by
1. the rise of organized crime
2. the passage of immigration quota acts
3. a distrust of foreigners
4. an effort to stop fascism