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1920s Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was president after World War I (1921)?

a)

Harding

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Wilson

d)

Ford

2.

The 1921 president won because he appealed to

a)

normalcy

b)

winning the war

c)

banning the 18th Amendment

d)

complacency

3.

Major problems with WWI reparations were

a)

the Fordney McCumber Tariffs

b)

Germany's economy

c)

France's economy

d)

Great Britain's economy

4.

True or False? The Fordney McCumber Tariffs raised taxes on exports to 60% in order to protect US business

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The result(s) of the Fordney McCumber Tariffs...

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Pawes Plan

c)

Germany getting money from US

6.

Harding wanted a _______ economy.

a)

socialist

b)

laissez-faire

c)

government controlled

d)

increased tax based

7.

Graft is

a)

when the government is pro-business and has less government controll

b)

when people use their gov positions to become richer

c)

the thought of buying more material goods

d)

raised taxes on imports

8.

Consumerism is

a)

when the government is pro-business and has less government controll

b)

when people use their gov positions to become richer

c)

the thought of buying more material goods

d)

raised taxes on imports

9.

Laissez-faire is

a)

when the government is pro-business and has less government controll

b)

when people use their gov positions to become richer

c)

the thought of buying more material goods

d)

raised taxes on imports

10.

The Teapot Dome Scandal.....

a)

had to do with tea import

b)

was a government scandal

c)

Harding's government officials involved in corruption

d)

over a period of years

11.

The auto industry boom of the 1920s...

a)

led to more gas stations

b)

isolated the rural family

c)

gave people more places to vacation

d)

promoted dependence on women

e)

decreased shopping centers

12.

Superficial prosperity

a)

led to a false sense of economic security

b)

closed the income gap

c)

led to higher credit borrowing

d)

led to the rise of the standard of living

e)

was partially due to the post-war economy

13.

Xenophobia is....

a)

policy of pulling away involvement in world affairs

b)

unreasoned fear of things/people seen as foreign, strange

c)

prejudice against foreign-born people

d)

prejudice directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

14.

Nativism is....

a)

policy of pulling away involvement in world affairs

b)

unreasoned fear of things/people seen as foreign, strange

c)

prejudice against foreign-born people

d)

prejudice directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

15.

Isolationism is....

a)

policy of pulling away involvement in world affairs

b)

unreasoned fear of things/people seen as foreign, strange

c)

prejudice against foreign-born people

d)

prejudice directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

16.

A nativist would say...

a)

"Immigrants ruin our country!"

b)

"We need to worry about what is happening here, not with Brexit!"

c)

"Watch out for those communists from _____ "

17.

A xenophobe would say...

a)

"Immigrants ruin our country!"

b)

"We need to worry about what is happening here, not with Brexit!"

c)

"Watch out for those communists from _____ "

18.

An isolationist would say...

a)

"Immigrants ruin our country!"

b)

"We need to worry about what is happening here, not with Brexit!"

c)

"Watch out for those communists from _____ "

19.

Communism is

a)

an economic/political system with one political party

b)

an economic/political system with two political parties

c)

ending private industries

d)

promoting private industries

e)

laissez-faire based

20.

The 1920s Red Scare involved

a)

Palmer Raids

b)

execution of Sacco and Vanzetti

c)

execution of the Rosenbergs

d)

McCarthy Raids

e)

xenophobia and nativism

21.

The Emergency Quota Act

a)

put a cap on immigrants from foreign countries

b)

discriminated against immigrants of China

c)

discriminated against immigrants of west and south Europe

d)

discriminated against immigrants of east and south Europe

e)

was a response to nativists

22.

True or False? The nativism movement started in the 1920s.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Why were labor unions unsuccessful in the 1920s?

a)

government intimidation

b)

immigrants speaking English

c)

farmers joining unions

d)

immigrants willing to work in bad conditions

e)

government support

24.

An urban life was...

a)

fast paced

b)

focused on hard work

c)

based on competition and change

d)

casual lifestyle

e)

about making friends

25.

Which amendment banned the selling of alcohol?

a)

17th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

20th

e)

21st

26.

Which amendment fixed the amendment that banned alcohol?

a)

17th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

20th

e)

21st

27.

True or False? The 18th amendment was disliked but well enforced.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

A speakeasy was a

a)

place where alcohol was sold and/or consumed illegally

b)

smuggler of alcohol

29.

A bootlegger was a

a)

place where alcohol was sold and/or consumed illegally

b)

smuggler of alcohol

30.

The problem(s) with Prohibition ...

a)

caused disrespect for the law

b)

led to the fall of organized crime

c)

led to fake prescriptions

d)

led to fall of corruption

31.

Fundamentalism was

a)

a Protestant religion

b)

belief that stories of Bible were literal

c)

belief that stories of Bible were symbolic

d)

believed in evolution

e)

popular in states like Tennessee

32.

The Scopes Trial was about

a)

the role of evolution, science, and religion in schools

b)

about Sacco and Vanzetti's anarchist roots and alleged murder plan

c)

involved nativism

d)

involved the Butler Law

33.

A double standard is

a)

a principle that is unfairly applied in different ways to different people

b)

a principle that is fairly applied in different ways to different people

c)

casual dating in the 1920s

d)

gender pay gap

34.

The rise of a new woman in the 1920s led to

a)

rising birth rates

b)

more leisure time

c)

marriage based on love

d)

equal pay for women

e)

"women's" professions

35.

In what ways did high school change in the 1920s?

a)

more enrollment

b)

less enrollment

c)

more vocational training

d)

decline of kids going to college

e)

more open to immigrant children

36.

How did mass media change in the 1920s?

a)

more current news

b)

increased sensational stories

c)

local newspapers gained power

d)

more events accessible to families

37.

How did artists and writers react to the 1920s?

a)

embraced the new changes of the urban city

b)

became the "Lost Generation"

c)

focused on the reality behind the "glamour"

d)

criticized Fundamentalists

e)

criticized the urban city

38.

The Great Migration was

a)

hundreds of thousands of immigrants escaping persecution from Europe

b)

hundreds of thousands of African Americans escaping persecution from Jim Crow laws

c)

hundreds of thousands of African Americans escaping persecution from the South

d)

a search for better opportunity

39.

The NAACP stands for

a)

National African Americans of Colored People

b)

National American Association of Colored People

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

National African Americans for the Adavancement of Colored People

40.

UNIA's leader was

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

WEB Du Bois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Martin Luther King

41.

NAACP's leader was

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

WEB Du Bois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Martin Luther King

42.

UNIA's goal was to

a)

overthrow white oppressors in America

b)

overthrow white oppressors in Africa

c)

unite all black people

d)

diversity all black people

e)

protest injustice in the United States

43.

True or False? The Palmer Raids were successful in finding true communists/socialists/anarchists that caused harm to the US.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Communism ...

a)

was based in the Soviet Union

b)

had followers in the United States

c)

was about equalizing wealth and power

d)

caused the Red Scare

e)

supported private property

45.

The Ku Klux Klan...

a)

was a racist group only against black Americans

b)

consisted of millions of members

c)

focused on "American" ideals of being "white, male, gentile citizens"

d)

started in the 1920s

46.

An rural life was...

a)

fast paced

b)

focused on hard work

c)

focused on close relationships

d)

impersonal lifestyle

e)

strict morals

47.

Why was the 18th Amendment a failure?

a)

it was implemented after WWI

b)

Immigrants didn't see drinking as bad

c)

the government was seen as too controlling

d)

It had no support from Americans

48.

True or False? The free-thinking young flapper woman believed that housework and child-rearing was still the woman's job.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Popular culture in the 1920s consisted of

a)

flapper girls

b)

skinny suits for males

c)

romance movies

d)

traditional classical writing

50.

The Harlem Renaissance

a)

was an artistic movement based in New York

b)

celebrated black culture

c)

closed the wage gap between white and black artists

d)

gave African American representation in the arts