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23 Chapter

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Can you recall what the 18th amendment is

a)

Made it illegal to make or sell alcohol

b)

Gave women the right to vote

c)

Led to a decrease in crime

d)

Gave African Americans the right to vote

2.

A “return to normalcy” after World War I meant….

a)

Increased US involvement in Europe

b)

No longer selling alcohol in the United States

c)

Going back to life as it had been before the war

d)

Limiting immigration

3.

Henry Ford produced a more affordable car primarily because his company….

a)

Paid workers lower wages than his competitors.

b)

Used foreign-made parts.

c)

Developed a faster and less expensive method of production called the assembly line.

d)

Offered a variety of options to buyers

4.

During the 1920s, controversies concerning national Prohibition and the behavior of “flappers” were all signs of disagreement over…

a)

The return to normalcy

b)

Changing culture and lifestyles

c)

Causes of the Great Depression

d)

The benefits of new technology

5.

The __________________________ ended prohibition and was passed in 1933.

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

6.

Smugglers who brought alcohol into the United States when it was illegal were called?

a)

Flappers

b)

Bootleggers

c)

Anarchists

d)

Communists

7.

Which of the following is the main idea of the cartoon below?

a)

Alcohol should only be banned because it is expensive

b)

Alcohol causes Americans to become poor and make bad decisions

c)

Only Christian Americans should stop drinking alcohol

d)

Alcohol hurts the economy because Americans do not go to work

8.

What are speakeasies?

a)

Illegal bars and clubs

b)

Jazz musicians

c)

Communication that reaches many people

d)

Powerful gangsters

9.

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by —

a)

Internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb.

b)

Bank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines.

c)

Installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers.

d)

Brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment.

10.

Which inference about the 1920s is supported by this illustration?

a)

Women confronted discrimination in employment and education.

b)

Women challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.

c)

Reform organizations targeted women’s issues.

d)

Mass media reflected trends popular in rural communities.

11.

What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?

a)

To prevent workers from joining labor organizations.

b)

To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests.

c)

To suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges.

d)

To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals.

12.

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the —

a)

Increased use of credit by U.S. consumers.

b)

Development of new forms of popular entertainment.

c)

Decline of public support for Progressive reforms.

d)

Conflict between modernism and traditionalism.

13.

What was a primary reason for the demographic shift described in this excerpt?

a)

Increased demand for sharecroppers in the North.

b)

Limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South.

c)

Increased availability of manufactured goods in the North.

d)

A lack of educational institutions for African Americans in the South.

14.

How does this excerpt reflect a significant turning point in American history?

a)

It depicts the reaction to victory in the Spanish-American War.

b)

It portrays the changing social norms of the Jazz Age.

c)

It describes the experiences of immigrant workers during the Gilded Age.

d)

It details the industrial progress of the post–World War I era.

15.

Which of these cause-and-effect relationships is accurate?

a)

The ideas of social Darwinism led to the passage of Prohibition laws.

b)

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the implementation of the New Deal.

c)

The ideas of the Harlem Renaissance influenced the growth of the Civil Rights movement.

d)

The rise of fascism in Italy influenced the onset of the Red Scare.

16.

Who is this

a)

Al Capone

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Babe Ruth

17.

Who is this

a)

Al Capone

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Albert Fall

d)

Charles Lindbergh

18.

Who is this

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Charles Lindbergh

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Langston Hughes

19.
Prohibition created which one of the following?
a)
Reduction in crime.
b)
Reduction in alcohol related deaths
c)
Organized Crime.
d)
More money being made.
20.
This was a major innovation found in most homes by the end of the 20s.
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Microwave.
21.

Who was Langston Hughes?

a)

famous African American author and poet

b)

famous African American musician

c)

famous African American artist

22.

Which of the following could be considered a change in American culture as a result of the widespread ownership of automobiles in the 1920s?

a)

the acceptance of labor unions by the American auto industry

b)

the Great Migration of African Americans from the South

c)

increased privacy for teenagers and young adults

d)

the election of Republican presidents throughout the 1920s

23.

Which was the name of a scandal during Harding's presidency?

a)

Business Boom Scandal

b)

Supplemental Draft Scandal

c)

Toaster Scandal

d)

Teapot Dome Scandal

24.

Which president promised a "return to normalcy"?

a)

Taft

b)

Hoover

c)

Harding

d)

Coolidge

25.

Which president was quoted, "The business of America is business"?

a)

Harding

b)

Coolidge

c)

Taft

d)

Hoover

26.
As President Harding's Secretary of Interior, I played a major role in the Teapot Dome Scandal by taking kickbacks from wealthy oil men.
a)
W.H. Taft
b)
Calvin Colidge
c)
Albert Fall
27.
Emphasized Protestant teachings and the belief that every word in the Bible was the literal truth.
a)
Modernism
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Fundamentalism
d)
Consumer Revolution
28.
A flood of new, affordable goods available after WWI.
a)
Modernism
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Fundamentalism
d)
Consumer Revolution
29.
The act of making a small down payment on a product and then paying off the rest in monthly payments.
a)
Buying on Margin 
b)
Installment Buying
c)
Mass Production
30.
First pilot to fly from NY to Paris.
a)
Charlie Chaplin
b)
Babe Ruth
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Louis Armstrong
31.
What was the Volstead Act?
a)
A constitutional amendment that outlawed alcohol.
b)
The law under which Al Capone was prosecuted.
c)
A tax on illegal saloons.
d)
The law that officially enforced Prohibition.
32.
A group who targeted Jews, Catholics, and immigrants for hate crimes. 
a)
KKK
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Organized Crime
33.
Who stared the back to Africa movement to free Africans from their colonial oppressors?
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Marcus Garvey
34.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: The trial of ____________focused on the fact that the accused men were anarchists and foreigners.

a)

Calvin & Hobbes

b)

Starsky & Hutch

c)

Scopes

d)

Sacco & Vanzetti

35.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: Two laws, the ____________ and the __________ , restricted immigration permanently by establishing quotas.

a)

Emergency Quota Act, National Origins Act

b)

Fundamentalism law, National Quota Act

c)

Nationalism Quota Act, Deportation Act

d)

Patriot Act, Findanother Home Act

36.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: Immigrants from _______ were exempt from quotas and found work on large farms in the _________ .

a)

China, California

b)

France, Midwest

c)

Mexico, Southwest

d)

Italy, Northeast

37.

Main Idea: A “new morality” challenged traditional ways of behavior.

Detail A religious movement called _______ did not embrace the new morality. It rejected the theory of ________ and embraced creationism.

a)

evangelical, reasoning logic

b)

scopes, darwinism

c)

fundamentalism, evolution

d)

darwinism, mankind

38.
Which law began limiting the flow if immigrants when it was passed in 1921?
a)
National Origins Act
b)
Emergency Quota Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Teapot Dome Act
39.

Showed disillusionment after WWI

a)

Lost Generation

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

isolationism

d)

Scopes Trial

40.

Click all that apply. In the Presidential Election of 1928:

a)

Herbert Hoover was the Democrat

b)

Al Smith was the Republican

c)

Al Smith was the Democrat

d)

Herbert Hoover was the Republican

41.

The Democratic candidate for President in 1928

a)

Al Smith

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Warren G. Harding

e)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

42.

In 1928, nativism hurt which candidate more?

a)

Smith

b)

Hoover

43.

By 1929, _____% of the nation relied on eletricity.

a)

30%

b)

50%

c)

70%

d)

90%

44.

Henry Ford was a big supporter of welfare capitalism because:

a)

it resulted in increased production.

b)

it resulted in more profits.

c)

he realized the better you take care of your workers, the better the produce.

d)

all answers are correct

45.

The "explosion" of images and sound in the 1920s led to:

a)

a decrease in advertising.

b)

an increase in consumption.

c)

a decrease in literacy rates.

d)

an increase in wages.

46.

President Harding's main controversies came from

a)

the "Ohio" gang.

b)

Congress.

c)

the Supreme Court.

d)

his over-qualifications as President.

47.

The Dawes Plan

a)

offered a way for the Russian economy to recover.

b)

offered a way for the Germany economy to recover.

c)

was not supported by the Senate.

d)

outlawed/banned war.

48.
This agreement was outside the League. This Pact outlawed war. Initially 15 countries, and eventually 68 countries, agreed never again to use war as foreign policy.
a)
Locarno Pacts 1925
b)
Treaty of Rapallo
c)
Dawes Plan 1924
d)
Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928
49.
This agreement was outside the League. It was the only successful attempt to limit arms and armaments in the 1920s.
a)
The Washington Conference 1921 - 22
b)
Treaty of Rapallo
c)
Locarno Pacts 1926
d)
Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928
50.

FOREIGN POLICY: 1928- This outlawed war as a tool of foreign policy. it denounced war, called for a limitation of arms, and prohibited the use of war as an "instrument of national policy".

a)

Neutrality acts

b)

Kellogg- Briand Pact

c)

Dawes Plan

51.

FOREIGN POLICY: US, Great Britain, France and & Japan; These countries intended to respect interests of others in Pacific Islands, It was expected to produce a balance of forces in the Pacific.

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Four Power Treaty

c)

Kellogg- Briand Pact

52.

FOREIGN POLICY: An efforts to avoid future wars. Delegates were worried about naval arms race and the threat of an expansionist Japan. The Five- Power Treaty, Nine-Power Treaty and the Four-Power Treaty all resulted from this.

a)

Washington Naval Conference

b)

Kellog Brian Pact

c)

Disarmament Conference

53.
World leaders used the ________ to limit international construction of warships
a)
Teapot Dome scandal
b)
Dawes Plan
c)
sinking of the Luisatania
d)
Washington Naval Disarmament Conference
54.

What were the women in the 1920s called who wore make-up, cut their hair short, and wore shorter dresses?

a)

bobbers

b)

exodusters

c)

flappers

d)

suffragettes

55.

What was President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

a)

He believed "rugged individualism" would solve the economy

b)

He created mass welfare

c)

He increased infrastructure to create jobs

d)

He violated his policy of laissez-faire

56.
"________ _________" is known as the idea that people should succeed through their own efforts.
a)
Positive Attitude
b)
Rugged Individualism
c)
Direct Relief
d)
Charity and Giving