WorksheetsUS History: Ch. 8 - The Jazz Age
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
The chief architect of the supply-side economics policy in the United States during the 1920s was
Andrew Mellon
Charles Evan Hughes
Herbert Hoover
Warren Harding
To attract consumers for their new products, manufacturers turned to
Advertising
Mass production
Newspaper and magazine articles
Television
What is the name of the belief that one's land needs to be protected against immigrants?
Foreignism
Isloationism
Nativism
Racism
True or False: The Jazz Singer was the 1st "talking" motion picture.
True
False
What style of music was influenced by Dixieland and ragtime?
Rap
Country
Jazz
Soul
President Harding's secretary of the interior, Albert B. Fall, secretly allowed private interests to lease lands containing US Navy oil reserves, causing a scandal that came to be known as the
Daugherty scandal
Fall scandal
Forbes scandal
Teapot Dome scandal
What effect did the automobile industry of the 1920s have on American society?
People could live farther from their places of work.
People moved from the suburbs to the city.
The mail delivery system expanded across the country.
Workers did not commute anymore.
Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because
Sacco owned a gun similar to the murder weapon.
The bullets used int he a murder matched Sacco's gun.
They were Italian immigrants and anarchists.
They were members of the Ku Klux Klan.
The emergence of mass media helped make which baseball star a national hero?
Babe Ruth
Bill Tilden
Jack Dempsey
Red Grange
The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as the
Glory Days
Great Awakening
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
The Ohio Gang was a
Group of Harding's friends
Group of notorious bank robbers
Nickname for the Veterans' Bureau
Powerful crime network
Who made the 1st successful flight in history in 1903?
Charles Lindbergh
Glenn Curtiss
the Wright brothers
Samuel Langley
Many Americans feared that the country was losing its traditional values and responded by joining a religious movement known as
Catholicism
Fundamentalism
Protestantism
Quakerism
The ____________ including radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines, fostered a sense of a shared experience that helped unify the nation.
Mass media
Bohemian life
"New morality"
Fundamentalist movement
The Universal Negro Improvement Association was formed to
Elect African Americans to Congress
Promote black pride and unity
Promote integration
Protest the horrors of lynching
Which policy would allow US banks to loan money to Germany to help it make its reparation payments in exchange for France & Great Britain accepting less reparations from Germany so they can pay more back to the US for their war debts?
Dawes Plan
Washington Conference
Kellogg-Briand Pact
League of Nations
What policy attempted to outlaw war?
Dawes Plan
Washington Conference
Kellogg-Briand Pact
League of Nations
Which of the of the following characteristics was NOT true of Calvin Coolidge?
Promised a return to normalcy
Was a very quiet individual
Tried to avoid crisis
Only capable cabinet members
What was the policy of Herbert Hoover to encourage manufacturers and distributors to form their own organizations and volunteer information to the federal government to stimulate the economy?
Cooperative individualism
Supply-side economics
Isolationism
Internationalism
What is the national policy to avoid involvement in world affairs?
Isolationism
Internationalism
Nativism
Racism
Who was the 1st cabinet member to ever go to prison?
Albert Fall
Andrew Mellon
Harry Daugherty
Charles Evan Hughes
Which of the following statements is true for farmers in the 1920s?
Farmers earned about 1/3 less income than other American workers.
Farmers were continuing to produce food for Europe.
Coolidge did his best to help farmers with their troubles.
Although there was an incredible surplus of food, prices remained high.
Which of the following DID prosper during the 1920s?
Residents in the Northeast
African Americans
Immigrants
Residents of the Deep South
Which of Harding's cabinet members was caught selling medical supplies from the Veteran's hospitals and kept the money that cost the public around $250 million?
Charles Forbes
Albert Fall
Harry Daugherty
Charles Evan Hughes
Of Harding's corrupt cabinet members, who WAS one to serve honorably?
Andrew Mellon
Albert Fall
Charles Forbes
Harry Daugherty
Which president died while in office?
Harding
Coolidge
What does "laissez-faire" mean in the economics world?
Government shouldn't be involved
Government should be in total control
Which of the following was NOT part of Andrew Mellon's 3 economic goals in his supply-side economic plan?
Balance the budget
Reduce the government's debt
Cut taxes
Increase loans to foreign countries
True or False: Our desire to be isolationist resulted in our not approving the Treaty of Versailles (ending WWI) which would have required us to join the League of Nations.
True
False
Which policy agreed to halting the production of warships for 10 years and was signed at the Washington Conference?
League of Nations
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Dawes Plan
London Naval Treaty
Which of the following was NOT a sign that Americans' standard of living was rising?
Decreased automobile ownership
Income earnings rose 22%
Companies began to offer shorter work weeks
Companies began to offer paid 2-week vacations
Who had the 1st successful trans-Atlantic flight in 1928?
Charles Lindbergh
the Wright brothers
Glenn Curtiss
Samuel Langley
Which constitutional amendment banned the making, selling, and distributing of alcoholic beverages?
16th
18th
19th
21st
Which constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?
16th
18th
19th
21st
Which constitutional amendment was known as Prohibition?
16th
18th
19th
21st
Which constitutional amendment repealed Prohibition and allowed for the making, selling, and distribution of alcoholic beverages?
16th
18th
19th
21st
Many consumers in the 1920s began to feel confident they could buy now and pay later, so many bought everything from radios to cars on the (a) plan.
Which of the following was NOT something Henry Ford was known for?
Mainstreaming the assembly line
Doubled his workers' wages
Created the 8-hour work day
Increased car prices as demand increased
True or False: Although consumers had more disposable (extra) income, they tended to save their money vs. spending on cosmetics, vacuum cleaners, and deodorant.
True
False
This man invented the ailerons that attached to airplane wings so they could be tilted to steer the plane.
Orville Wright
Charles Lindbergh
Glenn Curtiss
Samuel Langley
This was the main form of mass media during the 1920s.
Radio
Television
Newspapers
Posters
What city housed the 1st radio station in the country?
Pittsburgh, PA
Baltimore, MD
New York City, NY
Richmond, VA
What was used when companies began time and motion studies to eliminate wasted motion of factory workers?
Scientific management
Assembly line
Supply-side economics
Workers unions
Immigrants from what part of Europe were discriminated against here because they were Catholic, Jewish, and just culturally different?
Southern Europe
Northern Europe
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Which group was NOT targeted by the KKK?
Protestants
Jews
Catholics
Immigrants
True or False: Membership in the KKK continued to increase despite scandals, power struggles, and restrictions decreasing immigration.
True
False
The National Origins Act of 1924 set immigration quotas at _________ % of each national group represented int eh 1890 Census.
2%
4%
5%
10%
Which name was NOT associated with the "Monkey Trial?"
John Scopes
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Calvin Coolidge
In which state did John Scopes illegally teach evolution?
Tenessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Oklahoma
Women who bobbed their hair, smoked cigarettes, drank prohibited liquor, and wore makeup and sleeveless dresses with short skirts were called (a) .
Florence Sabin was known for her research and decrease in deaths from ______________.
Tuberculosis
Pneumonia
Measles
Small Pox
Margaret Sanger promoted education on ___________.
Birth control
Influenza
Flapper "rules"
Dating
Fundamentalists would have supported which of the following ideas. Check all that apply.
Charles Darwin
Evolution
Creationism
Bible
What was another term for Prohibition?
The Volsted Act
Speakeasy
Bootlegger
21st Amendment
What was an unconventional lifestyle and a freedom to express oneself?
Bohemian
Speakeasy
Nativism
Lost Generation
What were 2 characteristics of the Lost Generation?
Many moved to Paris, France
They were disillusioned by WWI and consumerism
They were painters
They appreciated our new consumer-driven culture
What was the name of the movement of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to industrial cities in the North between 1917-1930?
The Lost Generation
The Great Migration
The Harlem Renaissance
The Bohemian Movement
True or False: The Harlem Renaissance laid the foundations of the Civil Rights movement.
True
False
True or False: The Harlem Renaissance discouraged African Americans to separate themselves from society.
False
True
The Cotton Club was a
Chicago speakeasy where gangsters, artists, and politicians congregated.
Fictitious nightclub featured int he famous picture "The Jazz Singer."
Harlem nightspot where many African American entertainers got their start.
Hollywood nightspot frequented by the stars of the silver screen.
This was a soulful style of music that evolved from African American spirituals.
Blues
Jazz
Rap
Country
The was a famous jazz musician who used improvisation combining various instruments?
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
Gertrude Ederle
Who founded the UNIA?
Marcus Garvey
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Oscar DePriest
What does the NAACP stand for?
National African American Civil Program
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National African Americans for Civil Policies
National Association for the Advantages of Colored People
People who believe there should be no government are called (a) .
Who was an author of the Lost Generation?
Gertrude Stein
Bobby Jones
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Harding won the presidency by promising...
To return the country back to normalcy since WWI
Repeal Prohibition
Become a world superpower
Increase citizens' standard of living
Scopes was known to be involved in...
Teaching evolution
Robbery and murder
Bootlegging
Leading the KKK
True or False: Although Sacco and Vanzetti were killed via the electric chair, they were probably both innocent and the trial was just part of our nation's nativist hysteria.
True
False
Which of the following was NOT a role change for women int he 1920s?
Could vote
Went to college
Could get an abortion
Worked outside the home
