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Roaring 20's Test Review 2025-26

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An illegal bar set up to sell alcohol during the 1920's was called a
a)
jazz club
b)
speakeasy
c)
dance hall
d)
flag waver
2.

Who promised a "return to normalcy?"

a)

Warren Harding

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Calvin Coolidge

3.

Independent women of the 1920's who cut their hair short, smoked in public, wore short skirts and traded traditional values for modern values were known as

a)

Reds

b)

suffragettes

c)

temperance movement members

d)

flappers

4.

Henry Ford’s use of the assembly line in the production of automobiles led directly to

a)

a decrease in the cost of automobiles

b)

a decrease in the number of automobiles available

c)

an increase in the unemployment rate

d)

an increase in the time needed to produce a single automobile

5.

In the 1920's many Americans purchased _________ to listen to news, sports, and entertainment shows.

a)

Radios

b)

TVS

c)

Netflix

d)

Cable

6.

In the United States, the decade of the 1920's was characterized by a

a)

willingness to encourage immigration to the United States

b)

Increased consumer borrowing and spending

c)

The active involvement of the United States in European affairs

d)

Major reforms in national labor laws

7.

What was the name for the movement of African Americans to Northern cities?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Harlem Renassaince

c)

Prohibition

d)

Improvements in transportation

8.

Which was the name of the political scandal during Harding's presidency?

a)

Scopes Monkey Trial

b)

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

c)

Toaster Scandal

d)

Teapot Dome Scandal

9.
Fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution.
a)
Roaring Twenties
b)
Return to Normalcy
c)
Red Scare
d)
Teapot Dome Scandal
10.

This is an economic and political system based on a single party government ruled by a dictatorship

a)

anarchists

b)

communism

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

quota system

11.
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.
a)
school
b)
evolution
c)
abstinence
d)
religion
12.

These hate group gained traction in the 1920’s, even though they had been around since right after the Civil War. They are notorious for hating people who are of different races, or from different countries. What is the name of this hate group?

a)

NAACP

b)

War Hawks

c)

Klu Klux Klan

d)

Nazis

13.
The cartoon shows a growing reluctance towards _________________in the 1920s 
a)
education
b)
immigration 
c)
buying on credit 
d)
eating stew 
14.

The use of what led to increased consumerism in the US?

a)

paying off of debts

b)

increased economic upswing

c)

Available credit issued

d)

increased incomes because more women worked

15.

How did Henry Ford contribute to the economy of the 1920's?

a)

Developed the assembly line making cars more affordable

b)

Developed a system for restricting immigrants into the US

c)

Developed the system for installment plans

d)

Developed the secretive system for publicly consuming alcohol called a speakeasy

16.

Which was NOT an effect of the automobile in the 1920's?

a)

assembly line made cars more affordable to more people

b)

dating changed to couples meeting outside of the home

c)

travel became more affordable with mass produced automobiles

d)

more people went to speakeasies

17.

Prohibition encouraged which of the following: Select all that apply.

a)

organized crime

b)

trial of Sacco and Vanzetti

c)

growth of speakeasies

d)

increased bootlegged alcohol

18.

Consumerism led to what?

a)

Increase of organized crime

b)

Increase of people buying items they did not need on credit

c)

Increase of tariffs on imported goods

d)

Decrease of people buying on credit

19.

Why was the Sacco and Vanzetti trial so important in the 1920's?

a)

There was no concrete proof they committed the crime

b)

Later technology revealed that Sacco's gun was used in the commission of the crime

c)

It was the first time the electric chair had been used

d)

Rise of nativism led to public opinion against immigrants

20.

Why was the Teapot Dome Scandal such a big issue?

a)

It demonstrated corruption at the highest levels of the government and created a distrust of government

b)

sold oil that was to be used for the Navy in case of emergency

c)

proved that President Harding was unfit to be president

d)

It was not part of Harding's campaign of "return to normalcy"

21.

What do the Ku Klux Klan, the Red Scare and trial of Sacco and Vanzetti have in common?

a)

increase of organized crime

b)

corruption of government

c)

the sale of alcohol

d)

distrust of immigrants

22.

Which amendment created prohibition?

a)

19th

b)

16th

c)

18th

d)

21st

23.

Which amendment repealed prohibition?

a)

19th

b)

16th

c)

18th

d)

21st

24.

Which issued led to the creation of the 21st Amendment?

a)

increase of organized crime

b)

increase of illegal alcohol

c)

rise of speakeasies

d)

negative influence on females against traditional values

25.

What were flappers challenging in the 1920's?

a)

consumerism

b)

society's traditional values, double standards and the role of women

c)

women's suffrage

d)

the quota system

26.

What did the Great Migration lead to? Select the two that apply.

a)

the jazz age

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Tin Pan Alley

d)

larger concentration of African Americans in industrial areas

27.

Which controversies represent the differences between traditional values and modern values? Select all that apply.

a)

flappers

b)

Scopes Monkey Trial

c)

immigration

d)

organized crime

28.

What is the the significance of Charles Lindbergh's first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean? Select two

a)

increased passenger travel to Europe

b)

demonstrated America's independent spirit and desire to push boundaries

c)

encouraged Amelia Earhart attempt to circle the globe in an airplane and created an ongoing mystery about her disappearance

d)

It is not really important but just a neat thing that happened in the 1920's

29.

Why was Warren Harding's campaign slogan of "Return to Normalcy" so popular with Americans?

a)

Americans wanted to go back to the peace time way of life before WW1

b)

Americans were supporting his policy of individualism

c)

Americans were supporting his policy of isolationism

d)

Americans were ready to address the issue of immigration

30.

African American artists and musicians gained more recognition for their work because of the what?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Tin Pan Alley

d)

NAACP

31.

Rise of nativism led to what in the 1920's? Select all that apply.

a)

Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti

b)

prohibition

c)

Teapot Dome Scandal

d)

restricting immigration after WW1 through the Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act

32.

Eugenics can best be categorized as

a)

part of nativism because of its design as racist and classist

b)

part of political problems because it created a huge scandal

c)

part of foreign policy because it targeted people from certain countries

d)

part of domestic policy because it only affect those born in the US

33.

What was domestic policy for immigration in the 1920's?

a)

Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Selective Quota Act limiting numbers of immigrants

c)

Selective Exclusion Act limiting numbers of immigrants except for those from central and south America

d)

Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act limiting numbers of immigrants from certain countries

34.

What was the lasting legacy of Warren G. Harding's presidency?

a)

isolationism

b)

distrust of government and corruption

c)

increased consumerism

d)

immigration issues

35.

The fear of communism overtaking America led to what?

a)

bootlegging

b)

Scopes Trial

c)

Emergency Quota Act

d)

Palmer Raids

36.

Return to Africa was a plan by which individual?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Washington Carver

37.

Which of the following headlines correctly describes the consequence of the Teapot Dome incident?

a)

Washington Conference Limits Warship Building

b)

Prohibition Amendment Repealed

c)

Palmer Raids Lead to Arrests of Communists

d)

Cabinet Member Jailed for Corruption

38.

Why did America want to limit the number of immigrants from South and Southeastern Europe in the 1920's?

a)

those were the countries that were America's enemies during WW1

b)

people from those countries had radical ideas

c)

they did not speak English

d)

because America feared they would over throw the government

39.

Who is responsible for the following achievements?

printing a newspaper encouraging African American culture

own a passenger ship t take people to Africa

created the UNIA

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Warren Harding

40.

The first Red Scare can be associated with which of the following? Select all that apply.

a)

Bolshevik Revolution

b)

Bombing of Wall Street, New York, 1919

c)

the Palmer Raids

d)

limiting immigration

e)

passage of the 18th amendment

41.

This map demonstrates the governments efforts to...

a)

limit immigration with the Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act

b)

nativism against persons in European countries

c)

trade restrictions with the Central powers from World War 1

d)

impose tariffs on products from certain countries

42.

Headlines like this one represented what historical event?

a)

Palmer raids

b)

Bolshevik revolution

c)

organized crime

d)

Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act

43.

Bombings like the one pictured on Wall Street, New York concerned Americans because....

a)

they thought Communists were infiltrating America

b)

Organized crime was taking over America

c)

concerned about immigrants taking American jobs

d)

people blamed Henry Ford's assembly line for lack of jobs

44.

What happened to immigration between 1910 and 1920?

a)

there was a sharp decline in immigrants from central and eastern Europe

b)

there was a steady decline in immigration through the years

c)

There was no change between these years

d)

there was a sharp decline in immigrants from central Europe