The Roaring 20s TEST REVIEW
1. Why did the United States retreat in to a period of isolationism in the wake of WWI?
2. What was significant about Henry Ford’s methods for building cars?
3. How did the new method of automobile production fundamentally change the United States?
4. Why were the circumstances and outcome of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial controversial? What
were the true reasons behind their conviction?
5. What did the 18th Amendment state? Was it successful? Why or why not?
6. What was the intention of the quota system?
7. What role did the Harlem Renaissance play in the social changes of the 1920’s?
8. Define the term “Nativism” and explain how it affected immigration in to the United States during
the 1920’s.
9. The Teapot Dome Scandal was an example of corruption during the Harding presidency. What
happened and what effect did it have on how the public viewed the federal government?
10. How did Flappers challenge the social norms of the 1920’s?
11. Why did buying goods on credit and through installment plans become a common habit during the
1920’s?
12. What was the basis for William Harding’s campaign promise of “A return to normalcy”?
13. What was the Great Migration, what caused it and what were it’s effects?
14. What was the Red Scare? What were American’s fearful of?
15. What was the Scopes trial about? How did it divide the United States?
Explain the significance of the following individuals:
Frances Willard
Henry Ford
Marcus Garvey
Glenn Curtis
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Explain the significance of the following terms and events:
Communism
Isolationism
Anarchists
The Red Scare
The Palmer Raids
Quota System
Sacco and Vanzetti
Klu Klux Klan
Teapot Dome Scandal
Scopes Trial
Harlem Renaissance
18th Amendment
21st Amendment
19th Amendment
Recap from last tests
Reasons for U.S. Imperialism in the late 1800s/early 1900s-Establish new markets (expand trade), obtain raw materials, to establish
Naval Bases, spread their superior ideals
Colonies/territories the U.S. acquire after Spanish American War-Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
Reasons for U.S. Entry in WWI-R-Russia’s exit from the war. U-Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. Z-Zimmerman Note (hostile action
taken against the US)
American Expeditionary Force US Military sent to Europe to fight in war. They were able to break the stalemate of the war. Cut
German supply lines in the Battle of Argonne Forest which forced Germany to surrender
Goals of the Progressive Era-Direct Democracy, Regulation of monopolies and trusts, promote general welfare of the people
Goals of the Social Gospel Movement. Belief that is our religious duty to help the poor. Closely related to Progressives.
Civil Service Reform was needed because of political corruption