What was the “new morality” that emerged in America in the 1920s?
A) Most people no longer attended religious services.
B) Youth and personal freedom were glorified and women began to become more independent.
C) Consumption of alcohol was encouraged and dancing was frowned upon.
D) Discrimination against immigrants increased.
2.
What was the main argument about in the Scopes Trial in 1925?
A) The theory of evolution versus creationism
B) If teachers had to follow the school’s curriculum
C) Whether or not the bible was real
D) If Fundamentalism was out of touch with American society
3.
What was an unintended result of Prohibition?
A) A large increase in organized crime
B) A decline in the consumption of alcohol
C) A decline in the consumption of cigarettes
D) The Great Depression
4.
Due to strong anti-immigrant sentiment among Americans in the 1920s, what law did Congress pass that set immigration quotas at 2% of each national group represented in the 1890 census?
A) Emergency Quota Act
B) National Immigration Act
C) Limited Nationalities Act
D) National Origins Act
5.
What was significant about Sacco and Vanzetti?
A) They were Italian immigrants who started manufacturing the commercial airplane.
B) They were Italian immigrants who were executed for murder on flimsy evidence.
C) They were anarchists who caused the Chicago riots.
D) They were socialists who were responsible for much of the early disturbances in the city of Chicago.
6.
What was Fundamentalism concerned about?
A) Christians were too strict in their daily lives.
B) America’s changing culture was resulting in more Americans choosing to believe in creationism.
C) That people should understand that morals were derived from society and nature.
D) The changing culture of America was evidence of moral decline.
7.
The 1920s saw nativism resurface. What is nativism?
A) Discrimination against Native Americans
B) Encouragement of increased immigration
C) Racism
D) Discrimination against immigrants
8.
The Eighteenth Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution because of which of the following social issues of the 1920s?
A) Women wanting the right to vote
B) People persecuting ethnic groups because they were viewed as un-American
C) People supporting the prohibition of selling alcohol
D) People wanting to control immigration
9.
Which of the following societal changes occurred among women during the 1920s?
A) Women were encouraged to have many children and large families.
B) Women returned to a more traditional style of dress, with long-sleeved blouses and long skirts.
C) Some young women took jobs outside their homes to gain financial independence from their parents.
D) Women were discouraged from attending college to allow soldiers returning from the war an opportunity.
10.
All of the following were social issues in the 1920s EXCEPT:
A) Women’s changing roles
B) The “new morality”
C) Prohibition
D) The baby boom
A) Most people no longer attended religious services.
B) Youth and personal freedom were glorified and women began to become more independent.
C) Consumption of alcohol was encouraged and dancing was frowned upon.
D) Discrimination against immigrants increased.
2.
What was the main argument about in the Scopes Trial in 1925?
A) The theory of evolution versus creationism
B) If teachers had to follow the school’s curriculum
C) Whether or not the bible was real
D) If Fundamentalism was out of touch with American society
3.
What was an unintended result of Prohibition?
A) A large increase in organized crime
B) A decline in the consumption of alcohol
C) A decline in the consumption of cigarettes
D) The Great Depression
4.
Due to strong anti-immigrant sentiment among Americans in the 1920s, what law did Congress pass that set immigration quotas at 2% of each national group represented in the 1890 census?
A) Emergency Quota Act
B) National Immigration Act
C) Limited Nationalities Act
D) National Origins Act
5.
What was significant about Sacco and Vanzetti?
A) They were Italian immigrants who started manufacturing the commercial airplane.
B) They were Italian immigrants who were executed for murder on flimsy evidence.
C) They were anarchists who caused the Chicago riots.
D) They were socialists who were responsible for much of the early disturbances in the city of Chicago.
6.
What was Fundamentalism concerned about?
A) Christians were too strict in their daily lives.
B) America’s changing culture was resulting in more Americans choosing to believe in creationism.
C) That people should understand that morals were derived from society and nature.
D) The changing culture of America was evidence of moral decline.
7.
The 1920s saw nativism resurface. What is nativism?
A) Discrimination against Native Americans
B) Encouragement of increased immigration
C) Racism
D) Discrimination against immigrants
8.
The Eighteenth Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution because of which of the following social issues of the 1920s?
A) Women wanting the right to vote
B) People persecuting ethnic groups because they were viewed as un-American
C) People supporting the prohibition of selling alcohol
D) People wanting to control immigration
9.
Which of the following societal changes occurred among women during the 1920s?
A) Women were encouraged to have many children and large families.
B) Women returned to a more traditional style of dress, with long-sleeved blouses and long skirts.
C) Some young women took jobs outside their homes to gain financial independence from their parents.
D) Women were discouraged from attending college to allow soldiers returning from the war an opportunity.
10.
All of the following were social issues in the 1920s EXCEPT:
A) Women’s changing roles
B) The “new morality”
C) Prohibition
D) The baby boom