1920's & 1930's Review

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution established Prohibition nationwide in 1919 (effective 1920)?

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Which amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States?

• 16th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

The cultural movement centered in Harlem during the 1920s that celebrated Black literature, music, and art is called the:

• Beat Movement

• Harlem Renaissance

• Lost Generation

• New Deal

The concept of "buying on margin" in the 1920s refers to:

• Paying cash for stock purchases

• Buying stocks with a small down payment and borrowing the rest

• Purchasing goods on an installment plan

• Trading commodities for stocks

The election of 1920 helped bring which president to office, who promoted a "return to normalcy"?

• Herbert Hoover

• Warren G. Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Woodrow Wilson

Which of the following best describes the major economic event that began in 1929?

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Great Depression

• World War II

• The New Deal

The Teapot Dome scandal in the early 1920s involved corruption in which sector?

• Banking

• Oil industry and government leases

• Railroad regulation

• Education funding

The stock market crash often identified as the start of the Great Depression occurred in which month and year?

• December 1930

• October 1929

• July 1928

• March 1933

Which president was elected in 1932 and introduced the New Deal programs?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Calvin Coolidge

• Harry Truman

The New Deal program that created jobs by building roads, bridges, and other public works was the:

• Social Security Act (SSA)

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Federal Reserve

• National Recovery Administration (NRA)