Chapter 22 Flashcards
In the twentieth century, __________ replaced the nineteenth century’s ____________-based economy.
consumer goods; agriculture
What helped drive the mass production of the 1920s?
Effective marketing tactics
Which of the following statements about the American
The federal government subsidized the aviation industry to help promote it as a new form of transportation.
According to your textbook, what was the most significant economic and social development of the early twentieth century?
The automobile
According to your textbook, what was the most significant economic and social development of the early twentieth century?
The automobile
Ford’s Highland Park plant revolutionized the industrial process by
creating a moving assembly line method.
In addition to the nickname “the Roaring Twenties,” the 1920s have also been labeled the
Jazz Age.
One of the areas most prone to experiencing a revolution in manners and morals in the 1920s was
college campuses.
Who was the founder of psychoanalysis and wrote books resulting in increasingly bold discussions about sex
Sigmund Freud
Women in the 1920s who rebelled against conventional dress, hairstyles, and what was considered to be “ladylike” were commonly called
flappers
Which of the following statements about women in the 1920s is accurate.
Many remained full-time wives or mothers, in part due to the conservative political mood of the time
Thanks to the ____________, African Americans saw greater acceptance and political rights during the 1920s in the North.
Great Migration
The United States’ first self-conscious African American literary and artistic movement is known as the
Harlem Renaissance.
Who was the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, who W. E. B. Du Bois called the “most dangerous enemy of the Negro race”?
Marcus Garvey
In 1915, the Supreme Court ruled against Oklahoma’s efforts to deny African Americans voting rights. Which court case was this?
Guinn v. United States
Intellectuals and artists who believed that the twentieth century was the turning point in human development were known as
modernists
Einstein’s theories in the early twentieth century revolutionized science by
showing that there are no absolute standards in the world.
The popular type of art that appeared in the early 1920s was known as
Baroque
Why was the Armory Show of 1913 significant?
It was a sensation that caused modern art to become one of the U.S.’s favorite subjects of debate.
Those who came of age during the 1920s are known as
the Lost Generation
Why was the Red Scare significant?
It created anti-immigrant hysteria in the wake of the end of the Great War.
A person who opposed immigration in the 1920s because it would dilute what it “meant to be an American” would be subscribing to what type of viewpoint?
Nativism
The infamous ___________ case occurred amid terror attacks by anarchists, was overseen by a very biased judge, and resulted in the conviction and execution of two working-class immigrants.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Which of the following lowered the number of allowed immigrants from European nations to 2 percent of the number who lived in the United States as reported in the 1890 census?
Immigration Act of 1924
