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WorksheetsUSH-U7-1920's USA
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
President Warren G. Harding promised to do what during the 1920 election?
make America join the League of Nations
become an imperialist nation and gain more land
"return us to normalcy" (isolationism)
bringing in more Eastern European socialists
What is true about the early part of the 1920s?
blacks and whites lived together in peace
there were a lot of strikes and race riots
the war industries continued to thrive
government supported labor unions and the workers
What President is associated with the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G Harding
In the Dawes Plan, who loaned money to whom?
France --> Germany
USA --> Germany
Germany --> Britain
Russia --> USA
What did innovations like the assembly line and mass production do to the PRICE of items like the Model T?
it increased price
it decreased price
it had no effect on price
What was the most powerful communication medium of the 1920s?
the tv
the radio
magazines
yo momma yelling out the front door
Laws like the Immigration Act of 1924 were meant to keep who out of America?
East & South Europeaners
West & North Europeaners
Africans
Asians
If I am a "Nativist", what am I doing?
being prejudice against blacks
being prejudice against Catholics
being prejudiced against immigrants
being prejudiced against Indians
Why was John Scopes on trial?
murdering a citizen
starting a race riot in Detroit
teaching evolution
caught in the Teapot Dome oil scandal
The Scopes "Monkey Trial" was about...
science vs religion
immigrants vs nativists
kkk vs blacks
communism vs capitalism
Who is associated with the Red Scare?
John L. Lewis
John Scopes
Charles Lindbergh
Michael Palmer
What was the big fear with the "Red Scare"?
that blacks would riot over race
that immigrants would overthrow our government
that evolution would be taught in our schools
that Alabama would have another dynasty and win even more championships
Sacco & Vanzetti were found guilty MAINLY bc they were...
Italian immigrants
capitalists
men of science
black
Speakeasies......the Mafia......bootleggers; these are associated with:
Harlem Renaissance
Prohibition
Fundamentalism
Anarchism
Which group had the most to do with prohibition of alcohol?
socialists
blacks
women
labor unions
What evil thing did prohibition of alcohol accidentally create?
Sponge Bob
the mafia (organized crime)
the KKK
the Bolsheviks
What did the Flapper culture represent for women?
a desire to be more conservative
a challenge to traditional values
a new faith in religion
more education
Part of the Harlem Renaissance was a push to get blacks to do what?
assimilate with white culture
segregate into their own societies
celebrate their black identity
Blacks moved north during the Great Migration PRIMARILY for...
equal housing
jobs
no Jim Crow laws
more segregation
Which of these authors was part of the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
Ernest Hemingway
Which President is most associated with a big oilfield scandal?
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Which President is most associated with being blamed for the Great Depression
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Which industry/group had the worst time in the 20s, economically?
the oil industry
car (auto) manufacturers
radio manufacturers
farmers
Which word is NOT associated with Easter/Southern European extremists?
Fundamentalists
Reds
Bolsheviks
Anarchists
The 3 Presidents of the 1920s were all...
Democrats
Republicans
Socialists
Communists
Soldiers returning home from WWI could mostly find work in:
farming
war industries
manufacturing
Troops and cops were sent in to squash the steel strike of 1919. This means government sided with:
the workers ( labor unions)
business owners (management)
Sacco & Vanzetti were executed because of...
racism
the red scare
labor strikes
laizzez faire
The Red Summer was about....
communism
the Palmer Raids
racism
consumerism
The Chicago Race Riots began bc of an incident .....
on a beach
in a speakeasy
at a labor rally
in an elevator
During the 1920s, what was happening in Germany?
their economy was thriving
they struggled to repay war reparations
they invaded France
Which economic theory did the Republican presidents of the 1920s believe in?
more regulation / more govt oversight
laissez-faire economics
If I'm a nativist in the 1920s who do i hope the Immigration Act of 1924 & Quota Act of '21 keep out?
German immigrants
British immigrants
Italians immigrants
Irish immigrants
Supply Side Economics says we need _______ taxes and government regulation.
MORE
LESS
The Teapot Dome scandal dealt with...
religion
foreign trade
immigration
oil
The Dawes Plan was necessary because __________ couldn't pay their war reparations from WWI.
France
Belgium
Germany
Russia
1st person to fly solo across the Atlantic?
Amelia Earhart
Warren Harding
Charles Lindbergh
Langston Hughes
Immediately after WWI, America wanted to get _______ involved in world affairs.
MORE
LESS
Writers like Hemingway & F Scott Fitzgerald often wrote about
how great life was
racism
not liking 1920s culture
improving factory production
Because people bought consumer goods with installment debt, the prosperity of the 1920s was seen as....
real
fake
The most powerful mass media communication medium of the 1920s was....
tv
books
radio
internet
Mass production & assembly lines did what to the PRICES of consumer goods in the 1920s?
caused price to go UP
caused price to go DOWN
prices remained the same
What is this author saying?
anarchists oppose labor unions
the capitalists have sided with the communists
the steel industry surrenders
communists support the strike
Is political cartoon is _________ labor unions.
FOR
AGAINST
Which of these is the LEAST connected to the Red Scare?
Scopes Trial
Sacco & Vanzetti
Palmer Raids
Immigration Act of 1924
This picture is most likely tied to which part of the 1920s?
prohibition
Harlem Renaissance
Palmer Raids
Scopes Monkey Trial
Which of the following is MOST likely to approve of this cartoon's message?
John Scopes
Zora Neal Hurston
Mitchell Palmer
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey & many of the Harlem Renaissance writers encouraged blacks to embrace & celebrate their race and identity.
TRUE
FALSE
