WorksheetsUSII Unit 3 Review - 1920s
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the significance of the 19th Amendment?
a)
Women became citizens.
b)
African Americans became citizens.
c)
Women were granted the right to vote.
d)
African Americans were granted the right to vote.
2.
What positive effect did the migration north have on African Americans?
a)
Segregation
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
New job oppurtunities
d)
New sharecropping opportunities
3.
Why did the United States economy boom after WWI?
a)
Because a lot of European nations had borrowed money from the US during the war so when the war ended their repayments helped our economy
b)
Because we got a lot of money for winning the war
c)
Because the war didn't cost much to begin with
d)
Because we ended poverty completely
4.
Who was the inventor of the first automobile?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Henry Ford
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Thomas Edison
5.
What is stock?
a)
A big group of animals
b)
A housing community
c)
A share of ownership in a company
d)
When you are the only business in your area of work
6.
The fear of communism was known as the
a)
Red Scare
b)
Yellow Fever
c)
Green Lateran
d)
Yellow Journalism
7.
why did the return to Normalcy agenda of U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to voters?
a)
the public wanted to rebuild war-torn countries
b)
there was a shortage in military supplies
c)
there was a decrease in consumer goods
d)
the public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues
8.
Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?
a)
A decline in immigration rates
b)
A growing fear of communism
c)
The expansion of the consumer economy
d)
The rise of organized crime
9.
Which amendment started Prohibition?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
21st
10.
In the 1920s, the U.S. set a quota on the number of immigrants allowed in to the country.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What was a bootlegger?
a)
Criminals who brought clothing made in other countries into the U.S.
b)
Criminals who brought guns made in other countries into the U.S.
c)
Criminals who brought alcohol made in other countries into the U.S.
12.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars
d)
hidden spots
13.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan
14.
African Americans moving from the South to Northern Cities was called the ____________.
a)
Draining of the South
b)
Migration to the North
c)
Great Migration
d)
Big Move
15.
Which of the following was NOT an impact of Henry Ford's creation of the Model ?
a)
Cars were more affordable due to the assembly line.
b)
People could travel more due to the affordability of the automobile.
c)
Other industries followed Ford's model.
d)
Cars were more expensive due to the assembly line.
16.
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.
a)
school
b)
Evolution
c)
life
d)
religion
17.
The Red Scare led to which of the following?
a)
The ratification of the 19th amendment
b)
a demand for limits on immigration
c)
the start of the Great Depression
d)
the repeal of the 18th amendment
18.
Nativists are against _______?
a)
Corruption
b)
African Americans
c)
Railroads
d)
Immigrants
19.
What was the main reason the KKK revived?
a)
WWI veterans had to compete with immigrants for jobs
b)
Sacco + Vanzetti case outrage
c)
Many "New Immigrants" arrived before immigration laws
d)
Bible Belt humiliated by Monkey Trial
20.
The 1920 census showed that for the first time in the nation's history, more people lived in urban areas than...
a)
in cities.
b)
in rural areas.
c)
overseas.
d)
in tenements.
21.
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between...
a)
biology and science.
b)
education and science.
c)
evolution and science.
d)
religion and science.
22.
Many women lost their wartime jobs when...
a)
the 19th amendment was ratified.
b)
they became flappers.
c)
they could not gain college admission.
d)
the troops came home after World War I ended.
23.
Which of the following publication is credited with helping promote the tremendous literary advancement that took place in New York City in the 1920s?
a)
The founding of the NAACP
b)
The magazine The Crisis
c)
The creation of the UNIA
d)
The publication of God's Trombone
24.
The primary goal of the NAACP was to
a)
Improve safety conditions for African Americans who worked on assembly lines
b)
End discrimination against mistreatment of African Americans throughout the United States
c)
End illiteracy among the nation's poor, by focusing especially on those in rural areas
d)
Encourage African Americans to pursue jobs in the arts and sciences
25.
A famous African American Poet from the Harlem Renaissance
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
Booker T. Washington
26.
During the 1920s the group who generally did NOT prosper were...
a)
Owners of small businesses
b)
Farmers
c)
Wall street brokers
d)
Residents of western cities
27.
What was a major result of Henry Ford's innovative manufacturing techniques?
a)
The sale price of the average car increased
b)
The sale price of the cars went down
c)
More Americans bought cars from overseas
d)
Fewer Americans had jobs
28.
During the 1920s, the new system of buying on credit resulted in all of the following except
a)
Transforming once frugal Americans into consumers of cars, radios, and other durable goods
b)
Leading many Americans to exemplify the slogan "possess today and pay tomorrow" in their consumer spending habits
c)
Stimulating of economic growth in the country
d)
Providing a solid basis for sustainable long-term prosperity in the nation
29.
Under President Coolidge, the concerns of Mexican Americans and African Americans were...
a)
A high priority
b)
Ridiculed
c)
Answered with hostility
d)
Largely ignored
30.
As President, Warren G. Harding
a)
Strengthened the regulations of businesses put into place by the Progressives
b)
Abolished all regulations on businesses
c)
Reduced the regulations on businesses put into place by the Progressives
d)
Took no action on economic matters
31.
Which statement accurately describes the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s?
a)
An organization created to promote African American businesses
b)
A movement that sought to draw people back to the inner cities
c)
A relief program that provided jobs for minority workers
d)
A period of great achievement by African American writers and artists
32.
Because his house was damaged by a bomb, he led raids against alleged anarchists, communists, and socialists.
a)
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
b)
A. Mitchell Palmer
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
George Gershwin
33.
The movement that favored the interest of "natural born" Americans over that of immigrants
a)
Nativism
b)
Temperance
c)
Prohibition
d)
Great Migration
34.
During the 1920s, the Red Scare, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the rise of nativism were all signs of
a)
The benefits of new technologies
b)
The start of the Great Depression
c)
A rising fear of foreigners
d)
The return of normalcy
35.
Why were nativists opposed to immigration?
a)
They feared that Americans would be forced to move to other countries
b)
They feared the loss of jobs and damage to America's traditions
c)
They feared that an illegal immigrant would be elevated president
d)
They feared a civil war between the United States and Mexico
36.
Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that
a)
aided the growth of businesses
b)
Brought about social reform
c)
encouraged activism
d)
discouraged a laissez-faire approach to the economy
37.
What type of music is blended from several different types and often played with improvisation?
a)
country
b)
rap
c)
jazz
d)
disco
38.
What was Amelia Earhart known for?
a)
first woman voter
b)
first flapper
c)
first woman to fly across the Atlantic
d)
first woman to work in a factory
39.
Flappers can be described as women who
a)
wore extremely long hair styles
b)
followed all the rules of being "ladylike"
c)
married at 18
d)
wore shorter hair styles and dresses
40.
What event marked the end of the "good times" of the 1920s?
a)
Black Friday
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Cyber Monday
d)
Sad Saturday
41.
Which of the following best illustrates the nativist attitudes that existed in the U.S. in the 1920s?
a)
limits on immigration establish by the Quota Acts
b)
pro-business policies of the federal government
c)
artistic and literary achievements of the Harlem Renaissance.
d)
All of these
42.
What was an immediate consequence of the end of WWI for the United States? The U.S. saw
a)
the decline of the Red Scare
b)
the acquisition of Puerto Rico
c)
the rise of isolationism
d)
None of these
43.
What immigration policy does the cartoon portray? I
a)
increasing the percentage of European immigrants
b)
welcoming the new immigrants to the U.S..
c)
restricting European immigration by the use of quotas.
d)
All of these
44.
Who were the main targets of the Ku Klux Klan’s terror?
a)
suffragettes and women’s rights groups
b)
anyone who refused to join their organization
c)
Carrie Nation and other prohibition leaders.
d)
African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants
45.
One major demographic shift of the 1920s was the movement of large numbers of Americans from
a)
the north to the south
b)
suburbs to cities
c)
the west to the east
d)
rural areas to urban areas
46.
Nativist attitude would best describe Chinese Exclusion Act, Palmer Raids, and
a)
Dawes Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
d)
Meat Inspection Act
47.
True or false: Because of Prohibition, Americans stopped making, selling, and drinking alcohol.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
What is "Suffrage"?
a)
Right to freedom
b)
Right to vote
c)
Right to citizenship
d)
Right to Temperence
49.
Who was president during the fight for suffrage and passage of the 19th Amendment?
a)
William Howard Taft
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
50.
What American Suffragist was arrested for picketing the White House on behalf of Suffrage?
a)
Carrie Chapman Catt
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Alice Paul
d)
Betty Friedan
51.
Margaret Sanger adovocated for what?
a)
Women's education
b)
Women's education about birth control
c)
Women's voting rights
d)
Women's equal working rights
52.
The most well-known gangster of 1920s was
a)
Baby Face Nelson
b)
Bugs Moran
c)
John Dillinger
d)
Al Capone
53.
The event that symbolized the violence of the gang warfare of the 1920's was the
a)
arrest of Al Capone
b)
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
c)
Irish vs Italian gang wars in Chicago
d)
death of Baby Face Nelson
54.
Prohibition created which one of the following?
a)
Reduction in crime.
b)
Reduction in alcohol related deaths
c)
Organized Crime.
d)
More money being made.
55.
The man who flew the first nonstop flight from US to Paris.
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Charlie Chaplin
d)
Louis Armstrong.
56.
This was a major innovation found in most homes by the end of the 20s.
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Microwave.
57.
Henry Ford is credited with mastering
a)
Modern day filming.
b)
Use of the Assembly Line.
c)
Flying aeroplanes.
d)
Radio Broadcasting.
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