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20's & 30's Review

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The ban of alcohol during the 1920’s was called
a)
dancing
b)
flappers
c)
Prohibition
d)
Temperance
2.
When did the stock market crash?
a)
1932
b)
1894
c)
2019
d)
1929
3.
What is the decade of the 1920's known as? Why?
a)
The Roaring Twenties - they were very prosperous and there were many new, exciting developments
b)
The Roaring Twenties - people went wild during this time and roared like crazy
c)
The Jazz Age - everybody was rich and all they wanted to do was dance
d)
The Jazz Age - jazz was invented
4.

How did Eleanor Roosevelt help FDR?

a)

Being his eyes and ears

b)

Helping him walk

c)

Telling everyone he was hurt

d)

She didn't help anyone

5.
The 1920s are also called The Golden Age of ______. What is unique about this form of music?
a)
Ragtime. It became popular because of its upbeat and “ragged” rhythm, thus being called “ragtime music.”
b)
Jazz. It blended African and American rhythms with blues and created this new sound, the U.S. was credited for inventing it.
c)
Rock. The loud crazy beat got people up and moving during the 20s.
d)
Country. The smooth and mellow sounds of country singers helped people cope with stress and anxiety during these tough times.
6.
What was the secret service nickname for Eleanor Roosevelt?
a)
Ranger
b)
Rover
c)
Rudolf
d)
Runner
7.

What is the 18th Amendment?

a)

No selling or producing food.

b)

No selling or producing water.

c)

No selling or producing alcohol.

d)

There is no 18th Amendment.

8.

Al Smith beat Herbert Hoover in the 1928 election.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Where do you buy stocks?

a)

Stock houses

b)

Stock exchange

c)

Stock market

d)

Ebay

10.
Who is the person who buys and sells stocks for you?
a)
Stockbanker
b)
Stockmarketer
c)
Stockbroker
d)
None of the above
11.

For what was Charles A. Lindbergh famous?

a)

Building the first airplane.

b)

Flying from New York to Paris successfully.

c)

Being the first person to fly in an airplane.

d)

Crashing his plane and never being found.

12.
Who were the people that illegally sold alcohol?
a)
Bootleggers
b)
Rumrunners
c)
Liquor sellers
d)
All of the above
13.
What is a Hooverville?
a)
A village full of Who’s.
b)
A village is built out of cloth shacks.
c)
A village that is built out of cardboard and plywood.
d)
The town where president Hoover was born.
14.
Who was Wilson’s attorney general who promoted the Red Scare?
a)
Mitchell Palmer
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
John Scopes
d)
Nicola Sacco
15.
What were president FDR’s radio programs called?
a)
Radio chats
b)
Fireside chats
c)
Campfire chats
d)
Family chats
16.
What were the towns/villages called during the Great Depression?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Hopervilles
c)
Cardboard villes
d)
Shack countries
17.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
a)
One of the greatest jazz performers.
b)
President of the US.
c)
One of the worst jazz performers.
d)
The first person to walk on the moon.
18.
What did the 18th amendment do?
a)
Made it illegal to wear short socks.
b)
Freed the slaves.
c)
Allowed women to vote.
d)
Made it illegal to buy or sell alcohol.
19.

Which of the following is one of FDR's famous quote?

a)

“There is nothing to fear!”

b)

“Fear is the only thing we should fear!”

c)

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!”

d)

“The only thing I fear is death!”

20.
What made Franklin D. Roosevelt unable to walk?
a)
A car accident
b)
Cancer
c)
Polio
d)
Falling down the stairs
21.
Who was known for accusing 5,000 people of being communists?
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Mitchell Palmer
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Susan B. Anthony
22.

Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone?

a)

Robert Goddard

b)

Mitchell Palmer

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Calvin Coolidge

23.
What is the 19th amendment?
a)
Prohibition.
b)
Gave women the right to vote.
c)
The President elected in November becomes President in January.
d)
Ended Prohibition.
24.
What is not true about Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
a)
Grew up poor.
b)
Got Polio.
c)
He was elected 4 times.
d)
He created new deal programs.
25.

The John Scopes trial was also known as

a)

the seek trial.

b)

the horse trial.

c)

the monkey trial.

d)

the antelope trial.

26.
What was Franklin Roosevelt's campaign slogan?
a)
Retirement programs for all.
b)
The New Deal.
c)
The Old Deal.
d)
Something New.
27.
When was the 19th Amendment passed?
a)
1935
b)
1880
c)
1920
d)
1911
28.
What did rumrunners do?
a)
They bought beer from speakeasies, bars where they needed to not talk about the alcohol.
b)
They illegally smuggled/transported alcohol.
c)
They ran in “Rum Races” for prizes of alcohol and money.
d)
They illegally made alcohol.
29.
What is considered America’s most original form of art?
a)
Baseball
b)
Fidget spinners
c)
Hoovervilles
d)
Jazz
30.
Who were the women who listened to jazz, wore short skirts, and cut their hair short called?
a)
Bootleggers
b)
Rum Runners
c)
Flappers
d)
Speakeasies
31.
Who came up with the 14 Points?
a)
Calvin Coolidge
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
FDR
32.
Who fought in the monkey trial?
a)
The KKK vs. Susan B. Anthony
b)
John Scopes vs. Fundamentalists
c)
Abolitionists vs. Zach Adkins
d)
Monkeys vs. Dayton, Tennessee
33.

Which of the following is true about the roaring 20’s?

a)

Many legends like Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson, and Satchel Paige played baseball.

b)

A new form of music called Jazz (a mixture of African and European beats) became extremely popular.

c)

Women’s fashion experienced a great change

d)

All of these are true.

34.

The dust bowl was caused by

a)

people not sweeping there houses.

b)

over-farming and drought.

c)

chickens scratching at the ground.

d)

the government trying keep the people in submission under their tyrannical hand!

35.
Who was not involved with the women's suffrage movement?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Julia Howe
c)
Lucretia Mott
d)
Rosa Parks
36.
Who did Herbert Hoover run against?
a)
Al Smith
b)
Donald Trump
c)
Gregory Yosemite the 69h
d)
Stanley Gorge
37.
What were the black baseball leagues called?
a)
Babe Ruth Leagues
b)
Negro Leagues
c)
National Baseball League
d)
None of the above.
38.
Oliver Wendall Holmes disagreed with the Supreme Court
a)
because he supported John Scopes teaching Evolution.
b)
because he believed Homer Plessy was white.
c)
because he didn’t think throwing pamphlets out of windows represented “Clear and Present Danger.”
d)
because he was voted off.
39.
The Versailles Treaty
a)
said Germany won WWI.
b)
set up the League of Nations.
c)
ended secret packs/treaties
d)
made Germany pay a huge bill (reparations) for war costs.
40.
What happened on the 11th month on the 11th day at the 11th hour in 1918?
a)
WWI ended
b)
WWI started
c)
WWII ended
d)
WWII started
41.
He was the President of the US during and at the conclusion of WWI.
a)
Taft
b)
Wilson
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Truman
42.
________________ called for ~self-determination ~free trade ~an end to secret pacts between countries ~freedom of the seas ~arms deduction ~and the forming of a world organization.
a)
Fourteen Points
b)
Six Points
c)
Armistice
d)
The Declaration of Independence
43.
______________ was blamed for the war and was charged high fees (reparations).
a)
Germany
b)
Great Britian
c)
Japan
d)
Mexico
44.
Who/what was the enemy discussed in Chapter 3 "Another Kind of War?"
a)
the flu
b)
yellow fever
c)
chicken pox
d)
communism
45.
__________________ made drinking alcohol illegal.
a)
Prohibition
b)
Tolerance
c)
Suffrage
d)
Bootleggers
46.
These illegal bars sold alcohol during Prohibition.
a)
speakeasies
b)
flappers
c)
suffragists
d)
bootleggers
47.
The peace treaty that ended WWI was signed in 
a)
Versailles.
b)
Germany.
c)
America.
d)
Austria-Hungary
48.
"No Clear and Present Danger" involved 
a)
free speech.
b)
isolationism.
c)
the flu.
d)
Prohibition.
49.
The "Red Scare" involved a fear of 
a)
communism
b)
democracy
c)
capitalism
d)
Americans
50.
Mitchell Palmer went on a witch hunt after
a)
communists.
b)
capitalists.
c)
criminals.
d)
a famous painting.
51.
_____________________ became President after Harding.
a)
Coolidge
b)
Lincoln
c)
Wilson
d)
Palmer
52.
John Scopes was arrested for 
a)
teaching Evolution. 
b)
skipping school.
c)
playing baseball.
d)
drinking alcohol during Prohibition.
53.
Which of the following women was not involved in the suffrage movement discussed in Chapter 5?
a)
Carrie Chapman Catt
b)
Susan Anthony
c)
Alice Paul
d)
Eleanor Roosevelt
54.
Prohibition was the ___________ Amendment.
a)
18th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
14th
55.
Where did the Scopes Trial occur?
a)
Dayton, Tennessee
b)
Dayton, Ohio
c)
Nashville, Tennessee
d)
Indianapolis, Indiana
56.
John Scopes was found _________.
a)
innocent
b)
guilty
57.
The fear of communism taking over the US during the 1920's was called the
a)
Red Menace
b)
Bolshevik Revolution
c)
Red Scare
d)
Palmer Revolt
58.
Nativism is
a)
the idea that Native Americans should have more land
b)
the distrust of immigrants by Americans
c)
a fear of radical ideas
d)
hatred of all people by Native Americans
59.
The two Italian immigrants who were executed for killing 2 men at a factory were named
a)
Galleani & Luigi
b)
Harding & Capone
c)
Sacco & Vanzetti
d)
Malone & Galleani
60.
The KKK in the 1920s were against all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
The destruction of saloons
b)
Roman Catholics
c)
100 percent Americanism
d)
Foreign born individuals
61.

Which group targeted African Americans, immigrants, Catholics and Jews?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Flappers

c)

Prohibitionists

d)

Fundamentalists

62.

Which of the following statements is true

a)

Capitalism and communism are types of economic systems

b)

Capitalism allows for private property rights and free enterprise

c)

Communism puts government in control of all resources

d)

All are true

e)

None is true

63.

Sacco and Vanzetti were on trial for robbery and murder, but also for their

a)

membership in the Ku Klux Klan

b)

refusal to pay taxes.

c)

political beliefs and ethnicity.

d)

resistance to read.

64.

During the Red Scare, Americans often linked __________ with communism.

a)

workers

b)

Prohibitionists

c)

immigrants

d)

Progressives

65.
An Anti-immigration sentiment (feeling or fear) is called
a)
Fundamentalism
b)
Nativism
c)
Communism
d)
Modernism
66.

The "Return to Normalcy" was this man's plan.

a)

Wilson

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Harding

d)

FDR

67.

The campaign against this man was an "anti-Catholic" hate campaign.

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

c)

Smith

d)

Hoover

68.

Chapter 14 is titled The Prosperity Ballon, why?

a)

It was a time of wealth and success that was about to pop.

b)

Hot air balloons were invented.

c)

The US celebrated a milestone birthday.

d)

Blimps were everywhere looking for Communists.

69.

FDR had Eleanor Roosevelt, who helped him keep in touch with the public and the _____________, a group of advisers who gave him ideas and helped develop the New Deal.

a)

Brain Trust

b)

Capitalists

c)

Communists

d)

Newspaper reporters

70.

All of the following were New Deal programs except for

a)

CCC

b)

FDIC

c)

HOLC

d)

KKK

71.

This group of WWI Veterans marched to DC demanding the bonus they were offered for their service.

a)

Bonus Army

b)

Brain Trust

c)

Politicians

d)

KKK

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