The Roaring 20s – U.S. History (11th Grade) Test

Which factor contributed most to the economic prosperity of the 1920s?

• Increased government spending

• Expansion of consumer credit and new technologies

• Reduced industrial production

• Decline in stock market participation

What was one result of the mass production techniques used by Henry Ford in the 1920s?

• Automobiles became more expensive

• Workers’ wages decreased

• Goods became more affordable to average Americans

• Demand for cars declined

What was a major goal of the immigration laws passed in the 1920s?

• Increase immigration from Asia

• Restrict immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe

• Encourage settlement in the West

• Expand the labor force for factories

Which amendment was a result of the Termperance Movement and established Prohibition in the United States?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

A social change that occurred in the 1920s as a result of Prohibition was:

• an increase in organized crime

• the end of alcohol consumption

• a decrease in political corruption

• the rise of the temperance movement

Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

• 16th

• 18th

• 19th

• 21st

Which event demonstrated the tensions between modernism and traditionalism in the 1920s by the teaching of evolution?

• The Scopes Trial

• Teapot Dome Scandal

• Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

• Palmer Raids

What was a major result of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Increased migration to the South from western cities

• Introduced African American culture into mainstream American society

• End of racial segregation in the South

• Decline of jazz music in Europe and other parts of the world

Who was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance known for his poetry?

• Langston Hughes

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Ernest Hemingway

• Duke Ellington

Which new form of communication and entertainment emerged during the 1920s?

• Television

• Radio

• Internet

• Telephone