1920s Postholes Review Sheet 13-14 I. Political A. Fear: Communism and Immigration 1. Essential Question: Why was communism such a threat in 1920s America? 1. What president was assassinated in 1920? 2. What type of radical government did the assassin of President McKinley believe in? 3. What did the Red Scare lead to? 4. What did the workers in the Great Steel Strike want? 5. Why did Russia leave WW I? 6. What prompted the Great Steel Strike? 7. What parts of communism was the biggest threat to Americans? 8. Why did Leon Czolgosz assassinate President McKinley? 9. Great Steel Strike Palmer Raids Red Scare Communism Anarchist 2. Essential Question: Why were immigrants feared in the 1920s? 1. Who was one of the early immigrant groups that were Catholic? 2. Why were immigrants hired over Americans? 3. What idea did Americans think immigrants brought over with them? 4. What did the Emergency Quota Act restrict? 5. What did the National Origins Act do? 6. What view did eugenics give Americans about immigrants? 7. Who did Americans blame the strikes on? 8. Why did immigrants take jobs from Americans?
9. Why were immigrants Americanized? 10. How did the KKK change during the 1920s? 11. Americans believed immigrants were threatening because they brought what? Nativism Dillingham Commission National Origins Act Alien KKK anarchists Emergency Quota Act Eugenics Americanization B. Women s Suffrage 1. Essential Question: What impact did women have on 20s society? 1. In what year was the 19 th Amendment passed? 2. When women got the right to vote, where did they get jobs? 3. What did a flapper do? 4. How did fashion change after WW I? 5. How did people view the flapper? 6. What impact did the automobile have on the spread of culture? 7. How did flappers challenge women s roles in society? 8. What event had an impact on women getting the right to vote? 9. How did women contribute at home during WW I? 10. What action did Wilson take at the end of WW I that contributed to women getting the right to vote? 11. Why was the League of Women voters important? NWP Anti-suffrage automobile Flappers League of Women Voters Gibson Girl 19 TH Amendment women s suffrage Birth Control League
II. Social A. Racial tension 1. Essential Question: What were the factors the contributed to the race riots in the 1920s? 1. What was the name given to the rival in African American art and music? 2. What was the name given to the rebellious young women? 3. What is a ghetto? 4. What does UNIA stand for? 5. Where was Marcus Garvey from? 6. What happened during the Great Migration? 7. How did job competition contribute to the race riots? 8. Why did African Americans move north? 9. Why were there social tensions during the 1920s? 10. What was the Harlem Renaissance? 11. How did people view the race riots? Ghettos Chicago Race Riots Marcus Garvey Tulsa Race Riots B. Roaring 20s 1. Essential Question: Why were the 20s called Roaring? 1. How did writers of the Lost Generation portray people during the 1920s? 2. What were women called that wore makeup and had short dresses? 3. Who was the most famous gangster of the 20s? Why? 4. Fundamentalists interpreted the Bible how? 5. The Lost Generation resulted in a change the style of what in the 1920s? 6. What was the Harlem Renaissance a rebirth of?
7. What led to the creation of speakeasies? 8. How did Al Capone stay in power? 9. How did the car impact American society? 10. Why did many people not like prohibition? 11. Why was prohibition hard to enforce? Fundamentalism speakeasies Scopes Trial Evolution Volstead Act 18 th Amendment 21 st Amendment 2. Essential Question: What social tensions existed within American society during the 20s? 1. Which amendment started prohibition and which ended it? 2. What was the typical look of the flapper? 3. What increased during the Harlem Renaissance? 4. What was the difference between fundamentalism and evolution? 5. Who responded to losing traditional values by joining religious movements? 6. What were the effects of Prohibition? Fundamentalism Scopes Trial flapper Evolution Al Capone III. Economic A. Post war prosperity? 1. Essential Question: Was there real economic prosperity following WW I? 1. What was the economic condition of farmers during the 1920s? 2. What was the Fordney-McCumber Act? 3. Why did it cost a lot more for farmers to produce food?
4. Why did food prices drop? 5. How much less money did farmers make than the average American? 6. What items were popular consumer goods? 7. What three consumer goods helped to improve life in the 1920s? 8. What was considered mass media during the 1920s? 9. What contributed to consumer spending in the 1920s? 10. What is one sign that there was economic prosperity following WW I? Consumer goods speculation credit Margin tariffs reparations Installment buying