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Chapter 17 Review

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Made the first transatlantic flight.
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Clarence Darrow
2.
Defended Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trail?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Andrew Mellon
c)
Frank Lloyd Wright
d)
Clarence Darrow
3.
One of the most successful gangsters of the 1920s?
a)
Albert Fall
b)
Al Capone
c)
Edward Hopper
d)
William Jennings Bryan
4.
Known for his construction of single-family homes that utilized a prairie style.
a)
Frank Lloyd Wright
b)
Clarence Darrow
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Charlie Chaplin
5.
Moved from New Orleans to Chicago in 1922 introducing a form of Jazz music.
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Bobby Jones
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Marcus Garvey
6.
A popular baseball player for the New York Yankees that hit 60 homeruns in 1927.
a)
Bobby Jones
b)
Lou Gehrig
c)
Gene Tunney
d)
Babe Ruth
7.
Attempted to make war illegal.
a)
Volstead Act
b)
Kellogg-Briand Pact
c)
Air Commerce Act
d)
Newlands Reclamation Act
8.
Gave the US Treasury Department the ability to enforce prohibition?
a)
Volstead Act
b)
Nativism
c)
Kellogg-Briand Pact
d)
Air Commerce Act
9.
How many people were arrested in 1920 under violating the Volstead Act?
a)
1.5 million
b)
1 million
c)
540,000
d)
100,000
10.
What state was the location of oil reserves at Teapot Dome?
a)
Virginia
b)
Alaska
c)
New York
d)
Wyoming
11.
What man replaces Warren Harding as the next President?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
Calvin Coolidge
12.
What type of architectural style was popular for blending buildings with their environment?
a)
Georgian
b)
Prairie
c)
2nd Empire
d)
Modernate
13.
How much does per capita increase in the US from 1923 to 1929?
a)
7%
b)
22%
c)
48%
d)
51%
14.
When were Native Americans granted citizenship?
a)
1924
b)
1930
c)
1941
d)
1955
15.
What man secretly allowed private interests to lease lands containing US Navy oil reserves?
a)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
b)
Edward Hopper
c)
Bessie Smith
d)
Albert Fall
16.
Who represented the creationist in the Scopes Monkey Trail?
a)
Clarence Darrow
b)
William Jennings Bryan
c)
Frederick Taylor
d)
Charles Forbes
17.
Wrote the Great Gatsby criticizing society's superficiality?
a)
Edward Hopper
b)
Warren Harding
c)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
d)
Ernest Hemmingway
18.
One of the most popular actors of the 1920s?
a)
Albert Fall
b)
Charlie Chaplin
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Gene Tunney
19.
Known for his work in realism art?
a)
Edward Hopper
b)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
c)
Charlie Chaplin
d)
Charles Lindbergh
20.
What is the name given to women who smoked cigarettes, drank, and wore make up with sleeveless dresses?
a)
Flapper
b)
bootlegger
c)
suffragette
d)
Rosie the riveter
21.
What act passed in 1924 made immigration restriction a permanent policy?
a)
Fordney-McCumber
b)
National Origins
c)
Newlands reclamation
d)
Kelly
22.
What man wanted African American society to center around education, separation, and independence from whites?
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Edward Harper
c)
Ernest Hemingway
d)
Frank Lloyd Wright
23.
In 1925, Ford Motor Company was producing automobiles at a rate of _____ car every ten seconds.
a)
fifteen
b)
fifty
c)
one
d)
nine
24.
Illegally sold scarce medical supplies originally set aside for veterans.
a)
Charles Forbes
b)
Albert Fall
c)
Andrew Mellon
d)
Gene Tunney
25.
_____ of _____ homes with a car didn't have a bath tub or running water.
a)
1 of 2
b)
21 of 26
c)
1 of 100
d)
99 of 100
26.
What act increased tariffs that closed foreign markets to farmers.
a)
Fordney-McCumber
b)
Kelly
c)
Newlands Reclamation
d)
National Origins
27.
Who proposed using time and motion studies in his book Principles of Scientific Management that devised breaking down manufacturing into small tasks?
a)
Bobby Jones
b)
Charles Forbes
c)
Andrew Mellon
d)
Frederick Taylor
28.
Who dubbed the 1920s the "lost generation" as she stated that people were disillusioned by WWI and an emerging consumer society?
a)
Gertrude Stein
b)
Bessie Smith
c)
Margaret Sanger
d)
Florence Sabin
29.
What was the first "talking" picture in 1927?
a)
Birth of a Nation
b)
Steamboat Willie
c)
The Jazz Singer
d)
The Great Gatsby
30.
Who became one of the most popular golfers of the 1920s?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Tiger Woods
c)
Warren Harding
d)
Bobby Jones
31.
The ____ passed in 1902 opened new farmland in the Southwest that increased the demand for farm workers.
a)
National Origins Act
b)
Newlands Reclamation Act
c)
Kelly Act
d)
Kellogg-Briand Pact
32.
What was one of the first broadcasting companies in Pittsburgh?
a)
KDKA
b)
WNIR
c)
WDVE
d)
HOT 101
33.
The secretary of the treasury and the chief architect of economic policies of the 1920s.
a)
Clarence Darrow
b)
Al Capone
c)
Andrew Mellon
d)
Margaret Sanger
34.
What amendment repealed the 18th amendment and permitted alcohol to be produced and consumed?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
21st
35.
What type of music reflected the characteristics and issues of the 1920s stressing improvisation and a breaking away form old rules/values?
a)
Jazz
b)
Country
c)
Classic
d)
Rock - n - Roll
36.
The quotas under the National Origins Act favored people from what part of the world?
a)
Asia
b)
Northwestern Europe
c)
Russia
d)
India
37.
How many people were a member of the KKK in the 1920s?
a)
100,000
b)
1 million
c)
4 million
d)
10.3 million
38.
True or False - Supply-side economics means to increase taxes on both the wealthy Americans and Middle-Income Americans to help create jobs for everyone.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
_____ is a belief that one's native land needs to be protected against immigrants.
a)
nativism
b)
bootlegging
c)
bohemian
d)
mass production
40.
Which of the following has never been to a Super Bowl?
a)
Panthers
b)
Falcons
c)
Browns
d)
Cowboys
41.
AIR TEST Which of the following was a supporter of the original constitution?
a)
Anti-Federalists
b)
Constituionist
c)
Federalists
42.
AIR TEST What court case in 1892 established the concept of separate but equal between races?
a)
KKK v. US
b)
Brown v. Board
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
43.
AIR TEST What amendment granted women the right to vote?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
44.

Who created the American Birth Control League in 1921 believing that limiting the size of the family could lead to a greater standard of living.

a)

Frank Lloyd Wright

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Margaret Sanger

d)

Clarence Darrow

45.

Which of the following was NOT one of the three economic goals of Andrew Mellon in the 1920s?

a)

Cut taxes

b)

Balance the budget

c)

Increase taxes

d)

Reduce government debt

46.

What is the architectural style in the 1920s that utilized geometric shapes in buildings?

a)

Georgian

b)

Federal

c)

Queen Anne

d)

Post-Modern

e)

Art Deco

47.

The Ford Motor Company reduced hours and the workweek to only three days a week.

a)

true

b)

false

48.

Farmers earned significantly less than others in the 1920s as they made a third less than other people within society.

a)

true

b)

false

49.

Modern art of the 1920s attempted to portray individual's inner moods and the feelings of people

a)

true

b)

false

50.

The friends of Warren Harding from Ohio were referred to as Harding's round table.

a)

true

b)

false

51.

Which of the following radio broadcasting networks is the first to setup daily broadcasts?

a)

ABC

b)

NBC

c)

CBS

d)

CNN

52.

The blame for job loss, strikes, and recession in the US was placed solely on Native Americans.

a)

true

b)

false

53.

What is the illegal production and distribution of alcohol?

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

flapper

c)

nativism

d)

bootlegging

54.

How much did countries owe the US at the end of WWI?

a)

2 million

b)

150 million

c)

1 billion

d)

10 billion

e)

nothing

55.

All of the following were new consumer products that helped make life easier for people in the 1920s EXCEPT?

a)

Refrigerator

b)

Television

c)

Washing machines

d)

Frozen foods

e)

Vacuum cleaners

56.

Select all that apply - Which of the following did companies link products to in advertising during the 1920s?

a)

modern era of progress

b)

convenience

c)

leisure

d)

success

57.

Select all the groups that were targeted by the KKK in the 1920s:

a)

Immigrants

b)

White protestants

c)

Groups that are "un-American"

d)

Catholics

e)

Jews

58.

Which of the following did NOT cause farmers to produce more and lead to an increase of supply that in turn dropped farm prices?

a)

fertilizers

b)

machinery

c)

an increase in workforce

d)

seed

59.

TV and the internet were a type of mass media of the 1920s that fostered a sense of shared experiences that helped unify a nation.

a)

true

b)

false

60.

Charlie Chaplin wrote A Farwell to Arms about war and its aftermath.

a)

true

b)

false

61.

Which of the following divided operations into simple tasks and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum?

a)

bootlegging

b)

flapper

c)

supply-side economics

d)

nativism

e)

assembly line

62.

What is the name of the movement in NY City and Harlem for its artistic development, racial pride, and political organization?

a)

harlem renaissance

b)

nativism

c)

cultural revival

d)

bootlegging

63.

Which of the following was part of Harding's "return to normalcy" bid for the 1920 Presidency?

a)

increase taxes for all Americans

b)

more government involvement

c)

an end to high taxes on wealthy Americans

d)

no government intervention in the economy

64.

What two Italian immigrants were accused of killing two employees of a shoe factory in Massachusetts because they had an association to an anarchist group?

a)

Resorgimento

b)

Vanzetti

c)

Mussolini

d)

Sacco

65.

Who was a prominent writer of the Harlem Renaissance that expressed a proud defiance and better contempt of racism?

a)

Claude McKay

b)

Warren Harding

c)

Emma Goldman

d)

Eugene Debs

66.

What woman was known as the "Empress of the Blues" that sang of unfulfilled love, poverty, and oppression?

a)

Claude McKay

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Margaret Sanger

d)

Bessie Smith

67.

Which President signed the Emergency Quota Act in 1921 that limited immigrants into the US?

a)

Warren Harding

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

e)

Colin James Ralston III

68.

The automobile had the greatest impact for rural families as it eased isolation.

a)

true

b)

false

69.

The Volstead Act authorized postal officials to hire private airplane operators to carry the mail.

a)

true

b)

false

70.

A problem associated with Jazz music is it further promoted segregation and led to riots in all major cities throughout the country.

a)

true

b)

false

71.

African Americans working in factories lost their jobs to returning servicemen of World War I.

a)

true

b)

false

72.

Term - What is large scale manufacturing that increased supplies and lowered costs on items that made it more affordable.

a)

mass production

b)

fundamentalism

c)

Volstead

d)

Kellogg-Briand

73.

What is the name of the style that allowed artists, musicians, and writers greater freedoms of expression.

a)

mass production

b)

prairie style

c)

bootlegging

d)

fundamentalism

e)

bohemian

74.

The group that believed that the Bible was literally true and without error.

a)

communism

b)

socialism

c)

fundamentalism

d)

capitalism

e)

fascism

75.

What act provided federal money to build airports?

a)

Volstead Act

b)

Air Commerce Act

c)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

d)

National Origins Act

76.

What is the name that is often associated with the 1920s being one long party?

a)

gilded age

b)

roaring twenties

c)

progressive era

d)

the forgotten generation

77.

What is the name of secret illegal bars in the 1920s?

a)

speakeasies

b)

volsteaders

c)

anti-saloon league

d)

art deco

78.

The two reasons why the KKK membership began to drop in the 1920s was due to scandals within the organization and government restrictions on immigrants.

a)

true

b)

false

79.

A positive influence of Marcus Garvey is that he impacted the Civil Rights movement of the 1950 and 1960s as he generated a sense of pride in African American culture during the Harlem Renaissance.

a)

true

b)

false

80.

What was the price of a Model T by 1914 because of mass production?

a)

$12,000

b)

$5,678

c)

$490

d)

$252

81.

75% of radios and 60% of cars were bought on installment plans throughout the 1920s.

a)

true

b)

false