World War 1 and the Roaring Twenties Review
1. Which events happened in 1928?
B. Coolidge refuses to run for president
D. Hoover is elected president
2. Which 1920s event is most directly linked to the cultural backlash over immigration in the U.S. during that time?
A. the Sacco-Vanzetti case
3. What was an immediate effect of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?
A. full voting rights for women in every state
B. other legislative efforts to promote women's welfare
4. In what way does this excerpt reflect American culture in the 1920s?
B. It expresses a disillusionment about the world the certain individuals felt
5. Identify the impact 1920s foreign and economic policies had on the U.S. Drag the phrase to the policy it matches.
Emergency Tariff Act of 1921: Increased American purchasing power
Revenue Acts of 1924 and 1926: Increased income inequality, reduced income, gift, and inheritance taxes
Washington Disarmament Conference: decreased the size of the navies around the world
6. In his Fourteen Points, why did President Wilson include resolutions specifically about European territories?
C. Territorial disputes among European nations were a major reason the war began in the first place
7. When the United States entered World War I, what was the first major offensive led by the American Expeditionary Forces?
D. Battle of Cantigny
8. Which 1920s author is credited with originating the term “Lost Generation”?
B. Gertrude Stein
9. How did an increase in advertising affect the United States’ economy in the 1920s?
A. Americans bought more products, which led to more jobs in manufacturing.
10. How did the outcome of World War I shape the United States' lasting international role after the war?
C. The United States became less isolated from world events.
11. How did Charles Lindbergh’s flight from New York to Paris affect the aviation industry?
B. It showed that with a good motor and enough fuel, long-distance flight was safe.
12. What legislation led to a debate about teaching evolution and resulted in the Scopes Trial?
C. the Butler Act
13. What was a flapper?
D. a women whose dress and behavior was considered modern
14. Examine the two newspaper articles. What can you determine about the state of women’s suffrage in the state of Wisconsin?
C. Legislators in Wisconsin were divided over the question of women's suffrage
15. German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted access to overseas colonies. This is an example of what factor that led to the breakout of war in Europe?
C. imperialism
16. When World War I first began, what did most Americans think about becoming involved?
A. Unless America's interests were directly threatened, Americans did not want to go to war.
17. Why was chemical warfare considered a particularly deadly threat during World War 1?
C. Poison gas attacks were often large-scale and unpredictable
D. Soldiers had to rely on gas masks for defense
18. What is most surprising to the writer about being in France?
D. how sparsely the countryside is populated
19. What prompted the federal government to negotiate with Samuel Gompers, the head of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), during World War I?
B. the need for peaceful and productive relations between wartime production and labor
20. What required all men aged 21–30 to register for the draft?
B. Selective Service
21. How were the Red Scare and the Red Summer similar and yet different?
D. Only the Red Scare was about communists, but both became violent.
22. What was the name of the African American sociopolitical movement that promoted a sense of racial pride, cultural self-expression, economic independence, and progressive politics?
D. the New Negro Movement
23. Who was considered to be the “poet laureate” of the Harlem Renaissance?
A. Langston Hughes
