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WorksheetsRoaring 20's Test Review 2025-26
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 24mins
Who promised a "return to normalcy?"
Warren Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
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
Reds
suffragettes
temperance movement members
flappers
Henry Ford’s use of the assembly line in the production of automobiles led directly to
a decrease in the cost of automobiles
a decrease in the number of automobiles available
an increase in the unemployment rate
an increase in the time needed to produce a single automobile
In the 1920's many Americans purchased _________ to listen to news, sports, and entertainment shows.
Radios
TVS
Netflix
Cable
In the United States, the decade of the 1920's was characterized by a
willingness to encourage immigration to the United States
Increased consumer borrowing and spending
The active involvement of the United States in European affairs
Major reforms in national labor laws
What was the name for the movement of African Americans to Northern cities?
Great Migration
Harlem Renassaince
Prohibition
Improvements in transportation
Which was the name of the political scandal during Harding's presidency?
Scopes Monkey Trial
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Toaster Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal
This is an economic and political system based on a single party government ruled by a dictatorship
anarchists
communism
Ku Klux Klan
quota system
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?
NAACP
War Hawks
Klu Klux Klan
Nazis
The use of what led to increased consumerism in the US?
paying off of debts
increased economic upswing
Available credit issued
increased incomes because more women worked
How did Henry Ford contribute to the economy of the 1920's?
Developed the assembly line making cars more affordable
Developed a system for restricting immigrants into the US
Developed the system for installment plans
Developed the secretive system for publicly consuming alcohol called a speakeasy
Which was NOT an effect of the automobile in the 1920's?
assembly line made cars more affordable to more people
dating changed to couples meeting outside of the home
travel became more affordable with mass produced automobiles
more people went to speakeasies
Prohibition encouraged which of the following: Select all that apply.
organized crime
trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
growth of speakeasies
increased bootlegged alcohol
Consumerism led to what?
Increase of organized crime
Increase of people buying items they did not need on credit
Increase of tariffs on imported goods
Decrease of people buying on credit
Why was the Sacco and Vanzetti trial so important in the 1920's?
There was no concrete proof they committed the crime
Later technology revealed that Sacco's gun was used in the commission of the crime
It was the first time the electric chair had been used
Rise of nativism led to public opinion against immigrants
Why was the Teapot Dome Scandal such a big issue?
It demonstrated corruption at the highest levels of the government and created a distrust of government
sold oil that was to be used for the Navy in case of emergency
proved that President Harding was unfit to be president
It was not part of Harding's campaign of "return to normalcy"
What do the Ku Klux Klan, the Red Scare and trial of Sacco and Vanzetti have in common?
increase of organized crime
corruption of government
the sale of alcohol
distrust of immigrants
Which amendment created prohibition?
19th
16th
18th
21st
Which amendment repealed prohibition?
19th
16th
18th
21st
Which issued led to the creation of the 21st Amendment?
increase of organized crime
increase of illegal alcohol
rise of speakeasies
negative influence on females against traditional values
What were flappers challenging in the 1920's?
consumerism
society's traditional values, double standards and the role of women
women's suffrage
the quota system
What did the Great Migration lead to? Select the two that apply.
the jazz age
Harlem Renaissance
Tin Pan Alley
larger concentration of African Americans in industrial areas
Which controversies represent the differences between traditional values and modern values? Select all that apply.
flappers
Scopes Monkey Trial
immigration
organized crime
What is the the significance of Charles Lindbergh's first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean? Select two
increased passenger travel to Europe
demonstrated America's independent spirit and desire to push boundaries
encouraged Amelia Earhart attempt to circle the globe in an airplane and created an ongoing mystery about her disappearance
It is not really important but just a neat thing that happened in the 1920's
Why was Warren Harding's campaign slogan of "Return to Normalcy" so popular with Americans?
Americans wanted to go back to the peace time way of life before WW1
Americans were supporting his policy of individualism
Americans were supporting his policy of isolationism
Americans were ready to address the issue of immigration
African American artists and musicians gained more recognition for their work because of the what?
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Tin Pan Alley
NAACP
Rise of nativism led to what in the 1920's? Select all that apply.
Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
prohibition
Teapot Dome Scandal
restricting immigration after WW1 through the Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act
Eugenics can best be categorized as
part of nativism because of its design as racist and classist
part of political problems because it created a huge scandal
part of foreign policy because it targeted people from certain countries
part of domestic policy because it only affect those born in the US
What was domestic policy for immigration in the 1920's?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Selective Quota Act limiting numbers of immigrants
Selective Exclusion Act limiting numbers of immigrants except for those from central and south America
Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act limiting numbers of immigrants from certain countries
What was the lasting legacy of Warren G. Harding's presidency?
isolationism
distrust of government and corruption
increased consumerism
immigration issues
The fear of communism overtaking America led to what?
bootlegging
Scopes Trial
Emergency Quota Act
Palmer Raids
Return to Africa was a plan by which individual?
W.E.B. DuBois
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
Washington Carver
Which of the following headlines correctly describes the consequence of the Teapot Dome incident?
Washington Conference Limits Warship Building
Prohibition Amendment Repealed
Palmer Raids Lead to Arrests of Communists
Cabinet Member Jailed for Corruption
Why did America want to limit the number of immigrants from South and Southeastern Europe in the 1920's?
those were the countries that were America's enemies during WW1
people from those countries had radical ideas
they did not speak English
because America feared they would over throw the government
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
Marcus Garvey
Henry Ford
Charles Lindbergh
Warren Harding
The first Red Scare can be associated with which of the following? Select all that apply.
Bolshevik Revolution
Bombing of Wall Street, New York, 1919
the Palmer Raids
limiting immigration
passage of the 18th amendment
This map demonstrates the governments efforts to...
limit immigration with the Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act
nativism against persons in European countries
trade restrictions with the Central powers from World War 1
impose tariffs on products from certain countries
Headlines like this one represented what historical event?
Palmer raids
Bolshevik revolution
organized crime
Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act
Bombings like the one pictured on Wall Street, New York concerned Americans because....
they thought Communists were infiltrating America
Organized crime was taking over America
concerned about immigrants taking American jobs
people blamed Henry Ford's assembly line for lack of jobs
What happened to immigration between 1910 and 1920?
there was a sharp decline in immigrants from central and eastern Europe
there was a steady decline in immigration through the years
There was no change between these years
there was a sharp decline in immigrants from central Europe
