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WorksheetsChapter 21 The 1920's
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the event called which concerned the American public as they though that Communist ideas might spread to our country?
a)
The Red Scare
b)
The Socialist Revolution
c)
The Anarchist Movement
d)
The Populist Movement
2.
How many Russians and Italians were arrested and jailed during the Red Scare?
a)
850
b)
1,000
c)
5,000
d)
10,000
3.
How many immigrants were deported by across the sea during the hysteria of the Red Scare?
a)
200
b)
850
c)
10,000
d)
1,000
4.
What is the Amendment that was violated during the Red Scare which protects us from unlawful searches and seizures?
a)
The 4th Amendment
b)
The 6th Amendment
c)
The 9th Amendment
d)
The 15th Amendment
5.
What foreign policy did the U.S. employ in the 1920's whereby we wanted to avoid interaction and war with foreign countries?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Expansionism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Big Stick Diplomacy
6.
Who was the Chicago gangster that took over the bootlegging of alcohol in the 1920’s?
a)
Al Capone
b)
"Boss" Tweed
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Duke Ellington
7.
What Amendment made the production and sale of alcohol illegal from 1920-1933?
a)
The 15th
b)
The 18th
c)
The `19th
d)
The 21st
8.
What era was ushered in with the 18th Amendment and made the production and sale of alcohol illegal from 1920-1933?
a)
Prohibition
b)
Suffrage
c)
Progressive
d)
Reconstruction
9.
What production process was employed and perfected by Henry Ford at Ford Motor Company in 1913?
a)
Assembly Line
b)
Artisan Labor
c)
Order-based Production
d)
Custom Order
10.
How much pay per day were the Ford Motor Car Company employees paid beginning in 1914?
a)
$5
b)
$2.50
c)
$1.80
d)
$8
11.
Who was the jazz musician that changed American music with songs such as “It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing)” and “Take the A Train”?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Dizzy Gillespie
c)
Bessie Smith
d)
Louis Armstrong
12.
Which great American 1920's author created "The Great Gatsby" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"?
a)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
b)
Ernest Hemingway
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Robert Frost
13.
Who was the "Sultan of Swat" that had 714 career home runs with the New York Yankees?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Lou Gehrig
c)
Ted Williams
d)
"Red" Grange
14.
Who was the famous flyer that became the first female that flew a solo flight across the Atlantic and died trying to be the first person to fly around the world?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Greta Garbo
c)
Bessie Smith
d)
Zelda Fitzgerald
15.
Which great 1920's American author created the novels “The Old Man and the Sea" and “For Whom the Bell Tolls”?
a)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
b)
Ernest Hemingway
c)
Robert Frost
d)
Langston Hughes
16.
What were the American people using for the first time in the 1920’s that allowed them to purchase cars, radios, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators?
a)
Installment Plans
b)
Layaway Plans
c)
Credit Cards
d)
Home Equity Loans
17.
What year did the Stock Market plummet and lead to the greatest financial collapse in American history?
a)
1927
b)
1928
c)
1929
d)
1930
18.
How much had the production of the United States dropped after the 1929 Stock Market Crash?
a)
20%
b)
25%
c)
40%
d)
50%
19.
What businesses were responsible for the downfall of the American economy in the Great Stock Crash?
a)
Banks
b)
Car Companies
c)
Steel Companies
d)
Home Builders
20.
What mistake were banks making in the 1920's which inflated stock prices?
a)
Banks were giving out too many loans for people to buy stock
b)
Banks were giving out too many loans for home-buying
c)
Banks were keeping too much money in their reserves
d)
Banks were charging unacceptably low interest rates
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