1. Benchmark 3 Review

2. Reacting to the end of WWI, the US followed this type of foreign policy A policy of isolationism

3. When President Coolidge stated the “business of America is business”, he was emphasizing his belief in this economic policy of leaving businesses alone A laissez-faire attitude toward business

4. Part of President Harding’s promise of a return to “normalcy” was a resumption of this traditional US foreign policy Isolationism – A resumption of traditional foreign policy principles

5. What international event of 1917 helped spark the Red Scare of the 1920s? The Russian Revolution of 1917

6. How were the Sacco and Vanzetti case, the Red Scare and the Ku Klux Klan all threats to civil liberties in America? Threats to civil liberties – Right to fair trial – Freedom of speech – Right to assemble

7. What effort led by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer led to thousands being jailed and deported during the Red Scare? The Palmer Raids

8. What group was formed to protect the civil liberties of those accused of being radicals? The American Civil Liberties Union was formed to protect the rights of people

9. What minority groups did the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League protect the rights of? Jewish, African-Americans, people of color – Minorities

10. What was the goal of Marcus Garvey and the UNIA? To send African Americans back to Africa to start an independent society

11. What right did the women’s movement fight for in the early 20 th century? Which Constitutional amendment achieved this goal? Suffrage for Women The 19 th amendment passed in 1920

12. Why was Prohibition so difficult to enforce? Lack of funds Making of alcohol Organized crime speakeasies Bootleggers

13. What law was passed to enforce Prohibition? The Volstead Act

14. How did Prohibition, the Scopes Trial, and the National Origins Act all demonstrate the increasing conflict between “old” and “new” America? People were willing to challenge old ideas in favor of new ideas – Breaking drinking laws – Evolution – Immigration policies

15. How did the Scopes Trial demonstrate the struggle between science and fundamentalism? Scientific ideas were still taken as wrong when compared to the Bible. Fundamentalism promoted traditional values.

16. Why are the 1920s sometimes called the “Roaring Twenties” Widespread social and economic change occurred in the United States

17. How did the role of women change during the 1920s? Joined the workforce Became more independent Smoke and drank in public

18. Who are some writers of the Harlem Renaissance? Langston Hughes Claude McKay Zora Neale Hurston Jean Toomer

19. How did the Great Migration of blacks from the South to the North impact race relations? Racial tension increased in the North because of the influx of African Americans from the south

20. What artistic movement encouraged black pride and artistic expression? The Harlem Renaissance

21. How did the radio create a mass culture in America? By reporting the same news, music, and shows

22. What led to the flood of new consumer products on the market in the 1920s? New production techniques – Assembly line – new technology – innovated ideas

23. How could many Americans afford these new products? Credit – installment plans

24. Understand the emergence and importance of movie and sports stars during the era Movie stars and sport heroes became popular to the masses – Escape problems – Expressed great interest in sport heroes and movie stars

25. What impact did the automobile have on American culture? People could travel to different places inside and outside of the cities