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Although many young Americans in urban areas were associated with the "new generation" during the 1920s, the decade also witnessed the rise of the Lost Generation. Which of the following describes an aspect of the "Lost Generation?" Authors created characters who had to display resilience amid ...

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U.S. History II/ Unit 2 Milestone
Retake Test questions and
answers
Although many young Americans in urban areas
were associated with the "new generation" during
the 1920s, the decade also witnessed the rise of
the Lost Generation.

Which of the following describes an aspect of the
"Lost Generation?"
Authors created characters who had to display
resilience amid constant struggle and failure.
Study the political cartoon published in Puck in
1899:

All of the following are aspects of U.S. foreign
policy during the Progressive Era represented in
this political cartoon EXCEPT __________.
dollar diplomacy
Choose the region where the United States
acquired territory after the Spanish-American War
of 1898.
Pacific Ocean
Why did President Theodore Roosevelt use the
power of his office to advance Progressive reform?

,He believed the country needed governmental
solutions to the ills of industrialization and
corruption.


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Consider the case of the Scottsboro Boys, who
were arrested in 1931.

What does this incident suggest about the state of
racial relations during the Great Depression?
Racial bias remained ingrained within society and
the justice system.
Which statement is most likely to have been
spoken by Booker T. Washington, reflecting his
approach to black equality in the Progressive Era?
"We must work hard to gain the trust and support
of our white neighbors."
The Red Scare was in response to labor unrest and
radical activism following World War I.

Which event is considered a consequence of the
Red Scare?
Federal agents arrested (often without warrants)
thousands of individuals affiliated with radical
organizations and labor unions.

,The cartoon above was printed in 1907 in the
Washington Evening Star. Uncle Sam offers a
baseball bat called "National Big Stick" to a player
in a Nationals uniform, a reference to President
Theodore Roosevelt's big stick diplomacy.
Roosevelt had recently offered the Roosevelt
Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, an example of
his big stick approach, in 1904. He was also
continuing work in the Panama Canal in 1906.
Teddy bear, a reference to Roosevelt, assures the
player that "it's a victory getter, all right!"

How does this cartoon depict the state of American
foreign policy in the early 1900s?
The American government was taking an
aggressive foreign policy stance backed by military
power, which is represented by the "National Big
Stick."
Select a factor that shifted American foreign policy
toward imperialism in the 1890s.
Missionaries believed their work abroad would
benefit people and help expand democratic
principles.
Read the sentence from a Chicago newspaper
account of a race riot during the Red Summer.

Some of the victims were chased, caught and
dragged into alleys and lots, where they were left
for dead. In all parts of the city, white mobs
dragged from surface cars, black passengers

, wholly ignorant of any trouble, and set upon them.

The writer of this account was most likely
sympathetic to which group?
Chicago's black population
When the United States entered World War I,
suffragists saw the opportunity to enact a women's
suffrage amendment.

What was one of their main reasons for optimism?
They found it hypocritical to fight a war to defend
freedom and democracy abroad and deny the vote
to women at home.
Which statement reflects President Franklin
Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression?
"We must restore public faith in our institutions
and seek stronger federal regulation of the
economy."
Choose the true statement about African American
culture and politics in the 1920s.
Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City became
associated with the "New Negro" movement.
President Roosevelt introduced a First New Deal
and a Second New Deal to overcome the Great
Depression.

Choose the action that was associated with the
Second New Deal.

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