Lesson 7 Multiple Choice Flashcards
Fundamentalism developed in response to
scientific and technological changes in American society
The NAACP was an organization created to
protect the civil rights of African Americans
Speakeasies were
bars that operated illegally
The Harlem Renaissance celebrated the
artistic and cultural rise of African American society
Filmmakers were attracted to L.A. because of
the climate, the scenery, and the work force
Many rural southerners migrated to northern cities in search of
better job opportunities
Nativism is a movement that favors
native-born Americans over immigrants
One leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
Productivity in the United States in the 1920’s in part because
the nation developed new resources, new technologies, and new management methods
In the late 1920’s, Congress responded to the nation’s farm problems with the
McNary-Haugen
New timesaving devices for the home created a huge demand for
electricity
Many Nativists felt that the government should place a ____ on the number of immigrants allowed to come into the United States
quota
Communists, Socialists, and Anarchists were targets of the Justice Department’s
Palmer Raids
The Bolshevik Revolution created a _______ in the United States
Red Scare
Efforts to increase African American civil rights in the 1920’s saw the rise of the ____ in many areas of the country
KKK
