Everything you need to know for the test over the 1920s STUDY GUIDE FOR 1920S TEST 1. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald created the name “The __________ Age” to describe the decade of the 1920s. 2. What is nativism? 3. Keeping in mind that isolationism was a one of the post­war trends we discussed in class, did the U.S. take an active role in foreign affairs during the 1920s? Yes (circle one) No (circle one) 4. What did Americans fear during the Red Scare? How did the Red Scare affect the American public’s views of labor strikes and labor unrest? The Palmer Raids were authorized because the attorney general believed he needed to save America from what? 5. Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of what crime? How did the background and political beliefs of Sacco and Vanzetti affect the outcome of their trial(s)? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What group (reborn in the 1920s) was active in Indiana and targeted blacks, Catholics, foreigners, Jews, and others it considered immoral? 7. Where did more Americans live by the 1920s? Circle the picture of the correct place below. 8. What was “prohibited” during the period known as Prohibition? Was the “noble experiment” of Prohibition a success? 9. What was the significance of each of these amendments (ratified during the 1920s) to the Constitution? 18 th Amendment ____________________________________________________________________________________ 19 th Amendment ____________________________________________________________________________________ 21 st Amendment ____________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What law was teacher John T. Scopes charged with violating in 1925? 11. Who was surveyed in the Middletown survey and what did the results of the survey show? WHO _________________________ SHOWED ________________________________________________ 12. How did both the installment plan and the ability to buy on margin affect consumers during the 1920s? 13. For each of the areas given below, write some characteristics of a flapper. appearance behavior 14. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Who are at least three (3) people (entertainers, authors, etc.) associated with the Harlem Renaissance? 1. 2. 3. 15. What was the Teapot Dome scandal? Who was President at the time of the Teapot Dome scandal? 16. How did the automobile change America? 17. What event involving the stock market near the end of the 1920s indicated difficult economic times might lie ahead? ESSAY QUESTION How was America changing during the 1920s? Choose two (2) examples from our study of the decade and explain with details. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________