Social Science Test 2

Woodrow Wilson was welcomed to which city in 1918 as part of an international peace conference?

• Berlin

• Mexico City

• London

• Tokyo

• Paris

Slogans like “Buy Now, Pay Later” and “Enjoy while you pay” are closely associated with which of the

following business strategies?

• unionism

• installment buying

• planned obsolescence

• welfare capitalism

• vertical integration

The term “blind pigs” was slang for which of the following?

• bootleggers

• police

• gangsters

• poor quality alcohol

• speakeasies

In the United States, which city is considered the birthplace of jazz music?

• San Francisco

• Boston

• Saint Louis

• Charleston

• New Orleans

From 1900-1920, immigration waves originated predominantly from all of the following places EXCEPT

• England

• Italy

• Poland

• Slovakia

• Hungary

The wartime slogan, “100 percent Americanism” is associated with which organization of the 1920s?

• AFL

• KKK

• WCTU

• IWW

• NAACP

Alfred E. Smith was the governor from what state?

• Virginia

• Texas

• New York

• Massachuesetts

• Vermont

What was a direct result of the automotive revolution of the 1920s?

• the Great Depression

• an increased investment in railroad infrastructure

• welfare capitalism

• the introduction of a national highway system

• electrification

Gangster Al Capone was MOST closely associated with which U.S. city?

• New York City

• Atlanta

• Chicago

• Philadelphia

• San Francisco

The case of Charles Schenck concerned the legal interpretation of the

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment