Information for the 1920's Exam to be given on May 1st

Here is the information you will need to know for the multiple choice test I will be giving you on May 1st (all classes).  We may still be studying the 1920s, but the test will be given on this date.  Note I have moved back the date to the MAY 1st as we will not finish the unit until then..

1.  After immigration laws were tightened, and Chinese and Japanese and Eastern Europeans were limited in their ability to immigrate to America, jobs went to immigrants from Canada and Mexico.

2.  The Red Scare which was about supposed Communists coming into the United States was a response to the Russian Revolution.

3.  Productivity rose in the 1920's because of new resources, new technologies, and new management methods.

4.  Some states banned the teaching of evolution in their schools because it contradicted or opposed the Bible's account of the creation of man.

5.  No doubt, the most exciting hero of 1920s baseball era was Babe Ruth

6.  President Harding and President Coolidge based their foreign policy on isolationism..

7.  On unexpected result of Prohibition during the 1920s was the rise in organized crime.

8.  The Ku Klux Klan targeted these groups in the 1920s:  African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants.

9.  Republican presidents in the 1920s generally favored policies that promoted the growth of business.

10.  Charles Lindberg and other heroes meant that Americans recognized the virtues of the good old days.

11. One group that suffered economically in the 1920s were farmers.

12.  Clubs in Harlem New York were the place to hear Jazz music.

13.  Flappers represent women's desire to break free from the past.

14.  African Americans moved to the North to find jobs.

15.  At first women did not vote in great numbers (after they were given the right to in 1920) because of many reasons:  some did not feel comfortable voting, they could not leave their children to go to the pools, or their families discouraged them from voting.

16.  Many Americans believed that Sacco and Vanzetti were executed because they were immigrants with radical beliefs during the Red Scare.

17.  The economy grew in the 1920s as consumers began to buy goods on credit.

 18.  This desire for exciting new products led to an increase in personal debt.

19.  Henry Ford's dream was to sell cars that ordinary people could afford.

April 3rd through April15th

We are busy in Social Studies during our first few weeks back from Spring Break:

1.  Students have received their main handout on the 1920s
2.  Students will be doing many activities that will show up on the gradebook:  they include the following:

Fact or Opinion about the African American migration out of the South
1920s Prohibition Pro and Con Argument with Primary Documents
Reading about the Alaskan Diptheria Run
Learning about Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and other heroes of the 1920s.

We are going to also have centers---and students will hold some artifacts and letters from the National Archives in their hands.

Extra Credit opportunities that were posted before Spring Break are due by April 14th---whereupon the they will expire.  I will post new opportunities on the 15th.