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WorksheetsThe Roaring 20s
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 23mins
The 1920s are commonly known as (a) .
The Roaring 20s
The Soaring 20s
Reconstruction
The Era of Good Feelings
Which quote by Calvin Coolidge best exemplifies the 1920s?
"The chief business of the American people is business."
"I'm not a businessman. I'm a business, man."
"Killing is my business and business is good."
"Greed is good."
Which term best describes the government's hands-off policies during the 1920s? (a)
Laissez-faire capitalism
Democratic socialism
Direct democracy
Marxism
Which political party dominated the 1920s?
The Republican Party
The Democratic Party
The Populist Party
The American Socialist Party
Which presidency from the 1920s is often associated with corruption?
The presidency of Warren Harding
The presidency of Calvin Coolidge
The presidency of Herbert Hoover
The presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The scandal most often associated with the Harding presidency is (a) .
The Teapot Dome Scandal
The Credit Mobilier Scandal
The Watergate Scandal
The Gulf of Tonkin incident
Which member of Warren G. Harding's cabinet, also known as the "Ohio Gang", was convicted of a federal crime for taking bribes from oil companies in the Teapot Dome scandal?
Albert Fall
Joseph B. Foraker
Harry M. Daugherty
Jesse W. Smith
What innovation in manufacturing spurred industrial growth in the 1920s?
Henry Ford's moving assembly line method.
The repayment of war debts by European countries.
Skyscrapers.
Improved infrastructure such as paved roads.
The automobile industry became the backbone of the American economy during the 1920s, with automobile production tripling. Which three companies were known as the "big three"?
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Harley-Davidson
Which of the following are examples of new industries from the 1920s?
Aviation
Chemicals
Radio
Computers
Which of the following are examples of time-saving devices that became popular in the 1920s? (a)
Refrigerators
Toaster ovens
Washing machines
Vacuums
All of the above
Which American industry moved to California shortly before World War I and became the world's leading producer in the 1920s?
The movie industry, "Hollywood".
The radio industry.
Baseball, The Brooklyn Dodgers which became the L.A. Dodgers.
The Boxing Industry
Who was the most notable celebrity of the 1920s? He was the first man to fly nonstop from the U.S. to Europe.
Charles Lindbergh
Babe Ruth
Charlie Chaplin
Rudolph Valentino
What is the name of the group of authors, including Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who lived abroad during this period and wrote many classic works?
The Lost Generation
The Greatest Generation
Flappers
Post Modernist
What is the name of the large-scale movement of African Americans from the South to industrialized northern cities (and to a lesser extent, western cities) slightly before and during the 1920s?
The Great Migration
The American Exodus
The Gold Rush
Manifest Destiny
Which part of New York City became the cultural center of Black America?
Harlem
The Bronx
Staten Island
Manhattan
Women experienced greater autonomy during the 1920s. Which group best exemplifies this?
Flappers
Barnstormers
Bootleggers
Fundamentalists
Was wealth equally distributed during the 1920s?
Yes
No
What became the financial capital of the U.S., where large fortunes were made by selling and trading stocks?
Wall Street
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Boardwalk
During the 1920s, manufacturing began to move from New England to which region where labor was cheaper?
The South
The Midwest
The West
American territories
Which group of Americans experienced tough times during the 1920s as mechanization and low prices hurt their industry?
Farmers
Manufacturers
Skilled tradesmen
Labor unions
Which group, opposed to immigrants, Jews, and Catholics, reemerged in the 1920s?
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
ALU (American Labor Union)
IWW (International Workers of the World)
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
The quota system on immigration in the 1920s was the most strict with which people group? (a)
Asians
Eastern Europeans
Western Europeans
Latinos
Which famous trial from the 1920s best epitomizes the debate between Christian fundamentalists and progressive science-minded thinkers of the time?
The Scopes Monkey Trial
Brown v. Board of Education
Scott v. Sanford
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
What allowed Americans to purchase items they could otherwise not afford?
Credit
Debt
Interest
All of the above
