20s and Great Depression

Which of the following systems allowed the American people to buy goods and pay for them with monthly payments?

• Renting

• Laissez-Faire

• Installment Buying

• Rebating

“It was a time of change… Model A roadsters, prohibition, intolerance, women’s suffrage, jazz music… But votes also demanded a return to normalcy and isolation.” The above quotation reflects the culture of what time period?

• Immediately after WWI

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1940s

What group of people contributed to the achievements in art and literature during the Harlem Renaissance?

• Latin Americans

• African Americans

• Irish Americans

• Native Americans

What did the "flappers" symbolize about the culture of the 1920s?

• Renewed interest in traditional values

• Women rebelling against traditional values

• Public outcry against Prohibition

• Growing fears of the dependence on the stock market

What was the goal of the 18th Amendment?

• Direct election of senators

• Ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol

• Creation of a progressive income tax

• Right to vote for women

Which of the following events caused a demand for limits on immigration?

• Red Scare

• Harlem Renaissance

• Scopes Trial

• Palmer Raids

Which of the following was a result of Prohibition in the 1920s?

• Immigration in the United States slowed

• Women became more active in the workplace

• Organized crime greatly decreased

• Americans frequently disobeyed the law to buy alcohol

Who was blamed for being unable to solve the problems of the Great Depression?

• Calvin Coolidge

• Warren Harding

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

During the 1920s, many Americans "bought on margin." What is the meaning of this term?

• To buy stock on credit

• To pay cash for consumer purchases

• to buy farm supplies

• to lower stock prices

What 1929 event was commonly called "Black Tuesday?"

• Beginning of the Dust Bowl

• Beginning of Prohibition

• Herbert Hoover's inauguration

• The day the stock market crashed