Politics in the 1920s

Which president believed in the idea of a , "Return to Normalcy?"

• Woodrow Wilson

• Warren G. Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

Which president's administration was full of scandals?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Warren G. Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

The Teapot Dome Scandal is important because:

• The government did not intervene in business in Wyoming

• The government was looking to expand its power through the state legislature.

• The government accepted bribes through a Cabinet Member. who was eventually imprisoned.

• The government was completely unaware of what was happening in Wyoming.

Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover all were members of which party?

• Democrat

• Libertarian

• Bull Moose

• Republican

This term describes all three presidents approaches in regards to government involvement in the 1920s.

• Egalitarianism

• Laissez-faire

• Liberty

• Popular Sovereignty

President Coolidge used all of the following EXCEPT which choice to help the US economy prosper?

• Lowered income taxes across the board

• Reduced federal spending.

• Raised union dues

• Raised tariff rates.

What term identifies the philosophy held by Hoover, that people should find solutions to their problems instead of the government?

• Rugged Individualism

• Command Economy

• Democratic Socialism

• Free Enterprise

Which two terms represent the battle of ideas in the Scopes Trial?

• Traditionalism vs. Regression

• Traditionalism vs. Modernism

• Fascism vs. Nationalism

• Communism vs. Capitalism

What was an unintended side effect of the passage of the 18th Amendment?

• Fewer people came to the US

• The rise of organized crime

• The decline of the suffrage movement

• The Great Migration

Organized Crime bribed all of the following people to sell liquor in speakeasies (illegal bars) EXCEPT:

• politicians

• police officers

• temperance supporters

• judges