wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

USH-U7-1920's USA

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

President Warren G. Harding promised to do what during the 1920 election?

a)

make America join the League of Nations

b)

become an imperialist nation and gain more land

c)

"return us to normalcy" (isolationism)

d)

bringing in more Eastern European socialists

2.

What is true about the early part of the 1920s?

a)

blacks and whites lived together in peace

b)

there were a lot of strikes and race riots

c)

the war industries continued to thrive

d)

government supported labor unions and the workers

3.

What President is associated with the Teapot Dome Scandal?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Warren G Harding

4.

In the Dawes Plan, who loaned money to whom?

a)

France --> Germany

b)

USA --> Germany

c)

Germany --> Britain

d)

Russia --> USA

5.

What did innovations like the assembly line and mass production do to the PRICE of items like the Model T?

a)

it increased price

b)

it decreased price

c)

it had no effect on price

6.

What was the most powerful communication medium of the 1920s?

a)

the tv

b)

the radio

c)

magazines

d)

yo momma yelling out the front door

7.

Laws like the Immigration Act of 1924 were meant to keep who out of America?

a)

East & South Europeaners

b)

West & North Europeaners

c)

Africans

d)

Asians

8.

If I am a "Nativist", what am I doing?

a)

being prejudice against blacks

b)

being prejudice against Catholics

c)

being prejudiced against immigrants

d)

being prejudiced against Indians

9.

Why was John Scopes on trial?

a)

murdering a citizen

b)

starting a race riot in Detroit

c)

teaching evolution

d)

caught in the Teapot Dome oil scandal

10.

The Scopes "Monkey Trial" was about...

a)

science vs religion

b)

immigrants vs nativists

c)

kkk vs blacks

d)

communism vs capitalism

11.

Who is associated with the Red Scare?

a)

John L. Lewis

b)

John Scopes

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Michael Palmer

12.

What was the big fear with the "Red Scare"?

a)

that blacks would riot over race

b)

that immigrants would overthrow our government

c)

that evolution would be taught in our schools

d)

that Alabama would have another dynasty and win even more championships

13.

Sacco & Vanzetti were found guilty MAINLY bc they were...

a)

Italian immigrants

b)

capitalists

c)

men of science

d)

black

14.

Speakeasies......the Mafia......bootleggers; these are associated with:

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Prohibition

c)

Fundamentalism

d)

Anarchism

15.

Which group had the most to do with prohibition of alcohol?

a)

socialists

b)

blacks

c)

women

d)

labor unions

16.

What evil thing did prohibition of alcohol accidentally create?

a)

Sponge Bob

b)

the mafia (organized crime)

c)

the KKK

d)

the Bolsheviks

17.

What did the Flapper culture represent for women?

a)

a desire to be more conservative

b)

a challenge to traditional values

c)

a new faith in religion

d)

more education

18.

Part of the Harlem Renaissance was a push to get blacks to do what?

a)

assimilate with white culture

b)

segregate into their own societies

c)

celebrate their black identity

19.

Blacks moved north during the Great Migration PRIMARILY for...

a)

equal housing

b)

jobs

c)

no Jim Crow laws

d)

more segregation

20.

Which of these authors was part of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

John Steinbeck

d)

Ernest Hemingway

21.

Which President is most associated with a big oilfield scandal?

a)

Wilson

b)

Harding

c)

Coolidge

d)

Hoover

22.

Which President is most associated with being blamed for the Great Depression

a)

Wilson

b)

Harding

c)

Coolidge

d)

Hoover

23.

Which industry/group had the worst time in the 20s, economically?

a)

the oil industry

b)

car (auto) manufacturers

c)

radio manufacturers

d)

farmers

24.

Which word is NOT associated with Easter/Southern European extremists?

a)

Fundamentalists

b)

Reds

c)

Bolsheviks

d)

Anarchists

25.

The 3 Presidents of the 1920s were all...

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Socialists

d)

Communists

26.

Soldiers returning home from WWI could mostly find work in:

a)

farming

b)

war industries

c)

manufacturing

27.

Troops and cops were sent in to squash the steel strike of 1919. This means government sided with:

a)

the workers ( labor unions)

b)

business owners (management)

28.

Sacco & Vanzetti were executed because of...

a)

racism

b)

the red scare

c)

labor strikes

d)

laizzez faire

29.

The Red Summer was about....

a)

communism

b)

the Palmer Raids

c)

racism

d)

consumerism

30.

The Chicago Race Riots began bc of an incident .....

a)

on a beach

b)

in a speakeasy

c)

at a labor rally

d)

in an elevator

31.

During the 1920s, what was happening in Germany?

a)

their economy was thriving

b)

they struggled to repay war reparations

c)

they invaded France

32.

Which economic theory did the Republican presidents of the 1920s believe in?

a)

more regulation / more govt oversight

b)

laissez-faire economics

33.

If I'm a nativist in the 1920s who do i hope the Immigration Act of 1924 & Quota Act of '21 keep out?

a)

German immigrants

b)

British immigrants

c)

Italians immigrants

d)

Irish immigrants

34.

Supply Side Economics says we need _______ taxes and government regulation.

a)

MORE

b)

LESS

35.

The Teapot Dome scandal dealt with...

a)

religion

b)

foreign trade

c)

immigration

d)

oil

36.

The Dawes Plan was necessary because __________ couldn't pay their war reparations from WWI.

a)

France

b)

Belgium

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

37.

1st person to fly solo across the Atlantic?

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Warren Harding

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Langston Hughes

38.

Immediately after WWI, America wanted to get _______ involved in world affairs.

a)

MORE

b)

LESS

39.

Writers like Hemingway & F Scott Fitzgerald often wrote about

a)

how great life was

b)

racism

c)

not liking 1920s culture

d)

improving factory production

40.

Because people bought consumer goods with installment debt, the prosperity of the 1920s was seen as....

a)

real

b)

fake

41.

The most powerful mass media communication medium of the 1920s was....

a)

tv

b)

books

c)

radio

d)

internet

42.

Mass production & assembly lines did what to the PRICES of consumer goods in the 1920s?

a)

caused price to go UP

b)

caused price to go DOWN

c)

prices remained the same

43.

What is this author saying?

a)

anarchists oppose labor unions

b)

the capitalists have sided with the communists

c)

the steel industry surrenders

d)

communists support the strike

44.

Is political cartoon is _________ labor unions.

a)

FOR

b)

AGAINST

45.

Which of these is the LEAST connected to the Red Scare?

a)

Scopes Trial

b)

Sacco & Vanzetti

c)

Palmer Raids

d)

Immigration Act of 1924

46.

This picture is most likely tied to which part of the 1920s?

a)

prohibition

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Palmer Raids

d)

Scopes Monkey Trial

47.

Which of the following is MOST likely to approve of this cartoon's message?

a)

John Scopes

b)

Zora Neal Hurston

c)

Mitchell Palmer

d)

Marcus Garvey

48.

Marcus Garvey & many of the Harlem Renaissance writers encouraged blacks to embrace & celebrate their race and identity.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE