The Roaring Twenties Benchmark

6

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Return to Normalcy

1918-1920

A classic example of Nativism

Factories stop producing weapons for war and started producing consumer goods

Immigration restriction such as the Chinese Exclusion Act

Help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade

A transition from a war time economy to a peace time economy

The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues

Warren Harding was an advocate of imperialism

4

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Upton Sinclair describing conditions at a meat packing plant

Mass production of cars made them affordable to more people

Increased productivity and efficiency

A manufacturing process that increases production while lowering cost

Henry Ford's use of an assembly line

Cottage type industries during the 18th century

4

Organization that advocated for passage of the Organic Act

Organization that advocated for passage of the eighteenth amendment

An example of the growing political influence of women

Progressive Era goals

The effects of the sixteenth amendment

Advocates of prohibition and woman's suffrage

6

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Women challenging traditional attitudes and social norms

Advertising in the 1920's

The result of prohibition of alcohol

Protection afforded under the Fifth amendment

In part the result of women working outside the home during World War I

Women rejecting traditional restrictions

In part the result of the nineteenth amedment

Protections afforded under the First Amendment (Freedom of expression)

An example of non-conformity

4

Select responses that identify the four main functions of lynching.

To remove specific people accused of crimes without the benefit of due process

The results of nativism

A form of punishment allowed under the eighth amendment

To eliminate economic, social and political competitors

As state sanction terrorism to intimidate and control the black population

Propagating a belief in white superiority

3

"Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Lee Stewart had been lynched in Memphis, one of the leading cities of the South, in which no lynching had taken place before, with just as much brutality as other victims of the mob; and they had committed no crime against white women. This is what opened my eyes to what lynching really was. An excuse to get rid of Negroes who were acquiring wealth and property and thus keep the race terrorized and keep the down.”
_{quoted from Crusade For Justice (periodical)}
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Mob justice denied Americans of African descent the 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th amendments to U.S. Constitution

An example of the protections recognized in the First Amendment

A result if the Interstate Commerce Act

The supreme court ruling in Munn v. Illinois allowed for segregation on public transportation

Through her newspaper Ida B. Wells shed light on the denial of individual rights to Americans of African descent.

3

Select all responses that describe the poem cited above.

An example of Harlem Renaissance art

Protest literature protected by first amendment

A poem by Langston Hughes

An example of realism in art

A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

2

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Asian and Northern European nation were allowed an equal amount of entries

Entry into the United States was largely determined by skin complexion

845 Mexican immigrants were allowed to enter the United States

Nativist immigration policies

3

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He was convicted fairly and his individual rights were respected

He was convicted for being labeled a communist at the height of the Red Scare

He was convicted based on nativist attitudes.

A conflation of nativist attitudes and a fear of communism led to many innocent immigrants to be convicted without sufficient evidence

The bill of rights do not apply to legal immigrants

2

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A return to peace time economics after World War I

A cabinet member jailed for corruption

Led to mistrust of elected officials

A scheme to trade oil for hostages

2

What was the primary purpose of Prohibition during the 1920s?

To curb alcohol-related societal issues

To decrease alcohol consumption

To stimulate economic growth

To favor certain religious groups

2

What important constitutional change marked the beginning of Prohibition?

The 18th Amendment

The Volstead Act

The Reinhardt Bill

The 21st Amendment

2

What were 'speakeasies' during the Prohibition era?

Legal alcohol production facilities

Establishments selling alcohol secretly

Government offices

Illegal bars

2

What was the main motivation behind KKK activities in the 1920s?

Maintaining the Union

Economic power

Racial purity

White supremacy

2

The KKK of the 1920's targeted which groups?

Catholics

Wealthy industrialists

African Americans

White Protestants

2

What tactics did the KKK use to intimidate those they targeted in the 1920s?

Economic sanction

Threats

Violent acts

Political lobbying

1

What new forms of popular entertainment emerged during the Roaring Twenties?

Blogging

Rock Music

Jazz Music

Talkie Films

1

Which of the following concepts refers to the 1920s' cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York?

Harlem Renaissance

The Jazz Age

The New Negro Movement

American Enlightenment

3

What changes occurred in women's roles and lifestyle choices during the Roaring Twenties?

4

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2

What was the primary industry where Henry Ford applied his assembly line concept?

Automobile manufacturing

Car production

Steel production

Textile industry

2

What major social and economic change was facilitated by Henry Ford's assembly line concept?

Universal female suffrage

Affordable cars

Increased agricultural yield

Mass production

2

What is Charles Lindberg best known for?

First solo transatlantic flight

Founding NASA

Inventing the automobile

Aviation pioneer

1

What was the name of Lindberg's airplane?

Spirit of St. Louis

The New Yorker

Wright Flyer

Lucky Lady

2

What major event did Lindberg's flight influence?

End of the Great Depression

Popularity of air travel

Start of World War II

Advancement of aviation

2

What was the Harlem Renaissance a response to?

Racial discrimination

World War I

The Great Migration

Industrial Revolution

2

The Harlem Renaissance was associated with which artistic developments?

Classical music

African American literature

Jazz music

Impressionist painting

2

What prompted the Palmer Raids during the Roaring Twenties?

Women's suffrage movement

Prohibition

Fear of communism

Red Scare

3

The Roaring Twenties Benchmark

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Select responses that identify the four main functions of lynching.

Select all responses that describe the poem cited above.

Select all responses that describe the chart cited above.

Select all responses that describe the excerpt cited above

Select all responses that describe the excerpt cited above

What was the primary purpose of Prohibition during the 1920s?

What important constitutional change marked the beginning of Prohibition?

What were 'speakeasies' during the Prohibition era?

What was the main motivation behind KKK activities in the 1920s?

The KKK of the 1920's targeted which groups?

What tactics did the KKK use to intimidate those they targeted in the 1920s?

What new forms of popular entertainment emerged during the Roaring Twenties?

Which of the following concepts refers to the 1920s' cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York?

What changes occurred in women's roles and lifestyle choices during the Roaring Twenties?

Select all responses that describe the excerpts cited above

What was the primary industry where Henry Ford applied his assembly line concept?

What major social and economic change was facilitated by Henry Ford's assembly line concept?

What is Charles Lindberg best known for?

What was the name of Lindberg's airplane?

What major event did Lindberg's flight influence?

What was the Harlem Renaissance a response to?

The Harlem Renaissance was associated with which artistic developments?

What prompted the Palmer Raids during the Roaring Twenties?

What was the Teapot Dome Scandal about?

Select all responses that describe the excerpt cited above.

Select all responses that describe the excerpt cited above.

Select all responses that describe the illustration cited above.

Select responses that identify the four main functions of lynching.

Select all responses that describe the poem cited above.

Select all responses that describe the chart cited above.

Select all responses that describe the excerpt cited above

Select all responses that describe the excerpt cited above

What was the primary purpose of Prohibition during the 1920s?

What important constitutional change marked the beginning of Prohibition?

What were 'speakeasies' during the Prohibition era?

What was the main motivation behind KKK activities in the 1920s?

The KKK of the 1920's targeted which groups?

What tactics did the KKK use to intimidate those they targeted in the 1920s?

What new forms of popular entertainment emerged during the Roaring Twenties?

Which of the following concepts refers to the 1920s' cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York?

What changes occurred in women's roles and lifestyle choices during the Roaring Twenties?

Select all responses that describe the excerpts cited above

What was the primary industry where Henry Ford applied his assembly line concept?

What major social and economic change was facilitated by Henry Ford's assembly line concept?

What is Charles Lindberg best known for?

What was the name of Lindberg's airplane?

What major event did Lindberg's flight influence?

What was the Harlem Renaissance a response to?

The Harlem Renaissance was associated with which artistic developments?

What prompted the Palmer Raids during the Roaring Twenties?

What was the Teapot Dome Scandal about?