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Ch 11 The Roaring 1920s

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the driving force behind the Great Migration? (two correct answers)

a)

Economic Opportunity

b)

Natural Disasters

c)

The Coming War

d)

Racial Tensions

2.

The radio changed America in the 1920s by

a)

Helping the Allies with World War I

b)

Creating a way for Presidents to communicate with the masses

c)

Helping spread ideas and popular culture

d)

Dividing America into two political parties

3.

How did the radio help grow the economy in the 1920s

a)

paid subscription service

b)

advertising

c)

information dissemination

d)

airing sporting events

4.

This advancement boosted sales of labor saving machines in the 1920's

a)

higher taxes

b)

labor unions

c)

expansion of electricity

d)

ease of transportation

5.

Henry Ford's ________ changed the way businesses made products and it lowered production costs.

a)

Immigrant workers

b)

urban plants

c)

Model T

d)

assembly line

6.

This invention encouraged tourism and allowed people to live further away from their jobs

a)

trains

b)

planes

c)

bicycles

d)

automobiles

7.

How did the installment plan most impact the American economy?

a)

Grew the consumer goods and manufacturing sector

b)

Bankrupted Wall Street

c)

Increased wages

d)

People bought less luxury items

8.

Harding's "Return to Normalcy" pushed for all of the following except...

a)

Isolationist policies

b)

Raising tarrifs

c)

Lowering taxes on Americans

d)

Joining the League of Nations

9.

Harding and Coolidge were against

a)

the seperation of Church and State

b)

Immigration Laws

c)

Big government interfering in American businesses

d)

Signing the Kellogg-Briand Pact

10.

Due to a lack of regulation and oversight, what scandal shook American's faith in the government at the beginning of the 1920's?

a)

Whiskey Ring Scandal

b)

Teapot Dome Scandal

c)

Credit Moblier Scandal

d)

Watergate Scandal

11.

The Palmer Raids during the Red Scare targeted which group?

a)

suspected Capitalists, Democrats and Republicans alike

b)

Suspected Communist, Socialists and Anarchists

c)

Immigrants

d)

African Americans

12.

Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested for what crime?

a)

Teaching evolution

b)

Grand larceny

c)

Tax fraud

d)

Armed robbery and murder

13.

Which of the following leaders urged black people to go back to Africa and create a Pan-African State?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Louis Armstrong

14.

Prohibitionists blamed alcohol for breaking up families, abuse, economic waste and immorality

a)

true

b)

false

15.

Organized Crime grew in cities due to

a)

illegal alcohol sales being lucrative sources of income

b)

a lack of police forces in urban areas

c)

alcohol making people bad people

d)

government corruption

16.

People went here to drink during prohibition

a)

bars

b)

saloons

c)

speakeasies

d)

white house

17.

Which concept is most closely associated with the Scopes Monkey Trial?

a)

Traditionalism vs. Modernism

b)

Christianity vs. Fundamentalism

c)

Evolution vs. Social Darwinism

d)

Science vs. Modernism

18.

Fundamentalists believed the Bible should be taken literally

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which group got the right to vote in the 1920's?

a)

People between 18 and 21

b)

Illegal Immigrants

c)

Asian Americans

d)

Native Americans

20.

The Lost Generation

a)

Lost faith in modern society

b)

couldn't find their way home after WWI

c)

glorified war and honor

d)

those born between 1920-1929

21.

Flappers were

a)

traditionalists

b)

transendentalists

c)

modernists

d)

fundamentalists

22.

WSM led to the popularity of __________ in Nashville during the 1920's

a)

sports

b)

country music

c)

blues music

d)

manufacturing

23.

What impact did the Mississippi river play in Memphis with Blues Music?

a)

spread culture to cities along the river

b)

acted as a barrier to the West

c)

it overflowed and made living there difficult

d)

lead to the decline in population

24.

The National Quota Act in 1924 was motivated by

a)

fear of foreign communist radicals

b)

concern over literacy in adults

c)

need for skilled laborers

d)

desire to form closer ties with our allies after WWI

25.

The temperance movement activists believed ...

a)

that the alcohol industry was controlled by organized crime

b)

that the suffragettes threatened the campaign to prohibit alcohol

c)

that the physical and economic well being of the family was threatened by alcohol consumption

d)

that the alcohol industry was profitable for the US Treasury and should be reinstated.

26.

Woman's rights activist who wanted to expand the right of all people to have access to contraceptives.

a)

Ida B Wells

b)

Susan B Anthony

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Margaret Sanger

27.

In 1933, the end of prohibition was ushered in with the passing of the ___________.

a)

Volstead Act

b)

18th Amendment

c)

National Quota Act

d)

21st Amendment

28.

Famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote poetry in the style of Jazz music about the Black condition.

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

F Scott Fitzgerald

29.

Famous composer and pianist during the 1920's who frequented the Cotton Club in Harlem.

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Zora Neale Hurston

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Marcus Garvey

30.

The center of the automobile industry was established in Southeastern Michigan because industry had already been established there prior to the growth of the car.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The Red Scare led to the growth of Labor Union membership

a)

True

b)

False