Unit 2.1 Roaring 20s

What amendment established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States?

• 15

• 16

• 17

• 18

What religious movement of the 1800s and early 1900s introduced prohibition in the U.S.?

• Suffrage Movement

• Temperance Movement

• Women's Rights Movement

• Civil Rights Movement

What act was passed by Congress to allow for the federal enforcement of Prohibition?

• Kemp Act

• Freeman Act

• Volstead Act

• Prohibition Act of 1920

What allowed Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company to manufacture the Model T automobile at an unprecedented rate? - 2 correct answers

• Mass Production

• Ford consumed several gallons of coffee daily.

• Exploiting immigrant labor

• Assembly Line

This revolution of the 1920s introduced many new household appliances, products, etc. that made citizens' lives easier.

• Russian Revolution

• Temperance Revolution

• Consumer Revolution

• Assembly Line Revolution

The 1920s saw the stock market soar in what was called a “____________.”

• Sheep Market

• Bull Market

• Pig Market

• Roaring Market

What represents part ownership of a company?

• Stocks

• Bonds

• Dividends

• Broker

Who arranges contracts and acts as an negotiator between a buyer and seller in the stock exchange?

• Henry Ford

• Banker

• Broker

• Margin Buyer

What political party did the three Presidents of the 1920s (Harding, Coolidge, Hoover) belong to?

• Libertarian

• Democrat

• Republican

• Democrat-Republican

How is President Herbert Hoover remembered by most?

• The President of the U.S. during the Great Depression

• The President of the U.S. during the height of the Roaring 20s.

• For nearly being assassinated by a stick of dynamite.

• A President with an aggressively receding hairline.