1920s Postholes Review Sheet 5-6 I. Political A. Fear: Communism and Immigration 1. Essential Question: Why was communism such a threat in 1920s America? 1. Who shot people at the Ludlow Massacre? 2. Who was the first director of the FBI? 3. The General Steel Strike had how many people join it? 4. A person who believes there should be no government is called what? 5. Who assassinated President McKinley? 6. What did the US fear that the communists were planning? 7. What do people believe Sacco and Vanzetti were actually executed for? 8. Who pulled Russia out of WW I and why? 9. What did Russia do that the US viewed as a betrayal? Sacco and Vanzetti Trial communism Red Scare Palmer Raids Seattle General Strike socialism Great Steel Strike 2. Essential Question: Why were immigrants feared in the 1920s? 1. From what region of Europe was looked at as a threat? Why? 2. Many people in the US believed that immigration should have been? 3. Who founded the Dillingham Commission? 4. What was one reason that people disliked immigrants in the 1920s? 5. Eugenics followers believed that immigrants in America would cause a dramatic increase in what?
6. Nativists ultimately feared immigrants because they believed that they needed to protect what? 7. Eugenics is the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by.? 8. Followers of eugenics thought that immigrants would negatively affect America s.? 9. Name 3 groups of people that the KKK targeted. 10. Who founded the KKK? 11. How did the KKK become more popular in the 1920s? 12. What did the KKK claim they were fighting for? Alien eugenics Dillingham Commission Americanization nativism KKK B. Women s Suffrage 1. Essential Question: What impact did women have on 20s society? 1. Where was the woman s right to vote first proposed? 2. Who was a big supporter of civil disobedience? 3. Prior to the passing of the 19 th Amendment, how did women get the right to vote? 4. How did women help during WW I? 5. What percent of the workforce did women make up in the 1920s? 6. What made it possible for women to become more social during the 1920s? 7. Why did women work during WW I? 8. What area did Edna Ferber win a Pulitzer Prize in? 9. 10.
19 th Amendment National Women s Party suffrage II. Social A. Racial tension 1. Essential Question: What were the factors the contributed to the race riots in the 1920s? 1. Where did the Great Migration lead the African Americans? 2. Who founded the UNIA? 3. The Crisis is what organization s journal? 4. What did the Harlem Renaissance do? 5. The Chicago Race riots started where? Great Migration Harlem Renaissance Marcus Garvey The Crisis ghettos B. Roaring 20s 1. Essential Question: Why were the 20s called Roaring? 1. Why didn t people like flappers? 2. What did fundamentalism impact in American society? 3. What was the outcome of the Scopes Trial? 4. Why was prohibition passed? 5. What type of leisure activities became popular during the 1920s? 6. How did Al Capone become popular during the 1920s? 7. Who often frequented speakeasies? 8. What act helped to pass Prohibition? 9. What advancement in transportation became very popular in the 1920s?
10. What Amendment helped women? Al Capone flappers speakeasies evolution Scopes Trial Harlem Renaissance 18 th /21 st Amendments 2. Essential Question: What social tensions existed within American society during the 20s? 1. What hate group formed in the South and then went nation wide? 2. What were four areas of social tension during the 1920s? 3. What types of cultural clashes existed in the 1920s? 4. Who arrived to the US in masses from 1880-1920?? 5. What group was accepted by the KKK? 6. What new invention helped to spread information faster? 7. What was the result of prohibition? 8. Which women were viewed as being too loose? 9. What are the differences between a Gibson girl and a flapper? 10. Where did Americans go to drink alcohol during prohibition? 11. Why were many people moving to the suburbs in the 1920s? 12. How were flappers different from Gibson Girls? KKK Flapper Speakeasies prohibition Red scare Gibson Girl Prohibition Race riots
III. Economic A. Post war prosperity? 1. Essential Question: Was there real economic prosperity following WW I? 1. What were some new appliances advertised for during the 1920s? 2. How did many people pay for the consumer goods of the 1920s? 3. How did companies advertise during the 1920s? 4. How much money did the German government have to pay during the first year of peace? 5. What was the purpose of the Dawes Plan? 6. What countries were a part of the Dawes Plan? 7. Which country s banks loaned Germany money? 8. What country was blamed in the Treaty of Versailles? (TOV) 9. What is the amount or sum of money placed at a person s disposal by a bank on condition it will be paid with interest? 10. What is installment buying? Charles Dawes speculation mass media Margin reparations welfare capitalism