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WorksheetsRoaring 20's Test Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
What product, more than any other, seemed to drive the prosperity of America during the 1920's?
The Automobile
The Lightbulb
The Electric Washing Machine
The Stove
Which historic figure revolutionized the assembly line?
Henry Ford
Upton Sinclair
John D. Rockefeller
John Pershing
What was the name of the automobile that was being produced at an alarming rate which led to prices dropping due to having such a large supply?
The Model T
The Model A
The Ford Cruiser
The Ford Focus
In the 1920's, in order to combat losing workers to other fields, Henry Ford offered his assembly line workers _____/day.
$5
$10
$3
$8
In 1919, 10% of American families owned this product, while in 1927, 56% of American families owned this product. What product was it?
The Automobile
The Phonograph
The Radio
The Electric Vacuum
During the 1920's, Americans received more buying power thanks to increases in wages. This buying power was also helped by being able to pay off debts over a set amount of time. What was this known as?
Installment Buying
Using Coupons
Bargain Shopping
Bull Market
Where, primarily, did immigrants into the United States during the 1920's settle?
Cities
Country
Suburbs
None of these answers are correct
African Americans leaving the south in large numbers to make their way north became known as what?
The Great Migration
The Black Wave
The Urban Exodus
The Southern Exodus
What was Warren G. Harding's motto?
Big City Spender, Small Town Values
A Return to Normalcy
The Man with the Plan
The Innovator
The Roaring Twenties, as an era, followed what global event?
World War II
The Cold War
World War I
The Great Depression
Who was appointed Secretary of the Treasury under President Harding?
Andrew Mellon
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Hudson
Woodrow Wilson
Under President Harding, the federal government took a hands-off approach to regulating business. What was this known as?
Laissez Faire
Deregulation
E Pluribus Unum
Carpe Diem
What was the name given to President Harding's cabinet which was filled with his closest friends?
The Ohio Gang
The Mississippi Fifteen
The Ohio Eleven
The Teapot Team
What was the most famous scandal associated with President Harding's cabinet?
The Teapot Dome Scandal
The Bessemer Process
The Berlin Wall
The Evacuation of Detroit
The Dawes Plan was proposed as a way for America to do what?
Collect War Debts
Try War Criminals in an International Court
End World War I
End the Great Depression
In 1850, the average work week was 70 hours; however, by 1930, the average work week had fallen to just _____ hours.
45
50
40
30
What was the name of the first "talkie"?
The Jazz Singer
The Pianist
The Circus Worker
Gone with the Wind
Who was the most famous comedic actor of the 1920's?
Charlie Chaplin
The Three Stooges
Al Jolson
Charles Lindbergh
Who was the first person to complete a solo, nonstop, trans-Atlantic flight?
Charlie Chaplin
Red Grange
Charles Lindbergh
Jack Dempsey
What Amendment outlawed the creation and sale of alcohol?
18th
19th
15th
21st
What amendment repealed (cancelled) the amendment that placed the country under the policy of Prohibition?
21st
18th
15th
19th
What was the name given to the women who wore shorter skirts, had bob hairstyles, wore heavy makeup, and danced the latest dance crazes?
Flappers
Bootleggers
Harlem Honeys
Roaring Twenty-Somethings
The outpouring of African American culture in the 1920's was known as the what?
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Resurgence
Rhapsody in Blue
Jazz Resurgence
Which of these was true of urban working conditions in the 1920's?
Work hours decreased and wages increased
Work hours increased and wages decreased
Work hours increased and wages increased
Work hours decreased and wages decreased
What was the name of the plane that flew nonstop across the Atlantic?
Pride of New York
Pride of Saint Louis
Spirit of Saint Louis
Spirit of New York
Women in the 1920's tended to
live longer, marry later, and have fewer children.
live longer, marry earlier, and have more children.
remain single and childless.
obtain full-time employment outside the house.
Who was known as the "Sultan of Swat"?
Babe Ruth
Red Grange
Jack Dempsey
Helen Willis
Fundamentalists believed that all moral and scientific truths could be
found in the Bible.
discovered by the Scientific Method.
deduced by reason.
learned in college.
Which group was known as the "Invisible Empire"?
the Ku Klux Klan
the American Civil Liberties Union
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
the Jewish Anti-Defamation League
Which president was nicknamed "Silent Cal"?
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
What brought the Harding Administration to an end?
President Harding died of a heart attack
President Harding was impeached.
President Harding was defeated in the 1924 election.
President Harding resigned in response to the Teapot Dome scandal.
The popularity of the automobile in the 1920's led to a(n)
decline in the use of railroads and trolleys.
increase in commercial air travel.
decrease in the number of motels.
decline in steel production in the United States.
In 1924, the Dawes Plan arranged for the United States to make loans to
Britain.
Germany.
France.
Spain.
As American suburbs grew in the 1920's,
the inner cities began to deteriorate.
fewer people purchased automobiles.
fewer people bought items on credit.
affluent people moved to the inner cities.
What was a name for those who illegally sold alcohol during Prohibition?
Bootleggers
Wets
Noble Experimenters
Drys
