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1920s Review

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Prohibition was implemented by passage of the
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
2.
Most of the smuggled alcohol came into the US from
a)
Mexico
b)
Alaska
c)
Canada
d)
Asian Shipping
3.
Al Capone gave this city a reputation of Corruption and Criminality.
a)
New York
b)
Boston
c)
St. Louis
d)
Chicago
4.
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.
5.
All are examples associated w/ Flappers EXCEPT
a)
Smoking
b)
Skin Showing
c)
Lipstick 
d)
Ankle length dresses.
6.
This was a major innovation found in most homes by the end of the 20s.
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Microwave.
7.
The man who flew the first nonstop flight from US to Paris.
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Charlie Chaplin
d)
Louis Armstrong.
8.
Henry Ford is credited with mastering 
a)
Modern day filming.
b)
Use of the Assembly Line.
c)
Flying aeroplanes.
d)
Radio Broadcasting.
9.
When WWI started, what was the wealth gap between the rich and poor like in the United States?
a)
It was very small gap between the rich and the poor.
b)
Wealth in American society was basically equal among all citizens.
c)
There was a large gap between the rich and the poor.
d)
None of the above.
10.
The government of what country was overthrown in 1917 and turned into a Communist country?
a)
Russia
b)
Austria-Hungary
c)
Germany
d)
England
11.
If I am an anarchists I believe:
a)
that governments are evil and should not exist.
b)
that governments should make all decisions in order to create an equal society.
c)
that governments should make decisions about the economy but not about social issues.
d)
None of the above.
12.
Who were the Palmer Raids meant to find and root out?
a)
Anarchists
b)
Communists
c)
Socialists
d)
All of the above
13.
Who was A. Mitchell Palmer?
a)
Secretary of State during WWI.
b)
President of the United States during WWI.
c)
Attorney General of the United States during WWI.
d)
General in charge of the Army during WWI.
14.
What did opponents of A. Mitchell Palmer say he was doing?
a)
Weeding out groups who were attempting to take down the United States.
b)
Taking down anybody who was a supporter of Woodrow Wilson.
c)
Protecting people's freedom of speech.
d)
Taking away people's freedom of speech during and directly after WWI.
15.
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.
a)
school
b)
Evolution
c)
life
d)
religion
16.
After 1921, cheap labor workers decreased in America.  What was the reason for the lack of immigrants? (Red Scare)
a)
Less people wanted to come to the United States
b)
Immigrants were not looking for jobs.
c)
Most of the immigrants were already working.
d)
Adoption of stricter immigration quotas
17.
The Red Scare led to which of the following?
a)
The ratification of the 19th amendment
b)
a demand for limits on immigration
c)
the start of the Great Depression
d)
the repeal of the 18th amendment 
18.
Nativists are against _______?
a)
Corruption
b)
African Americans
c)
Railroads
d)
Immigrants
19.
More than likely, the end result of the Sacco and Venzetti trial was a direct result of?
a)
Nativism
b)
Increased racial tensions
c)
Racial prejudice
d)
All of the above
20.
What was the main reason the KKK revived?
a)
WWI veterans had to compete with immigrants for jobs
b)
Sacco + Vanzetti case outrage
c)
Many "New Immigrants" arrived before immigration laws
d)
Bible Belt humiliated by Monkey Trial 
21.
Peak membership of KKK 1925
a)
>5M
b)
>3M
c)
>15M
d)
>100 000
22.
The study or belief in the possibility in improving human qualities by discouraging the reproduction of people who have undesirable inheritable traits, or encouraging the reproduction of people who have desirable inheritable traits
a)
Radicalism
b)
Communism
c)
Eugenics
d)
Democracy
23.
Tennessee outlawed the teaching of __________ 
a)
  Math
b)
Evolution
c)
Creationism
d)
History
24.
Beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible are called
a)
fundamentalism
b)
evolution
c)
urbanization
d)
values
25.
The prosecuting attorney in the Scopes trial was
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Clarence Darrow
d)
Aimee Semple McPherson
26.

African American artistic movement during the 1920s centered in New York.

a)

Arts Renaissance

b)

Civil Rights Renaissance

c)

Hoboken Renaissance

d)

Harlem Renaissance

27.

Fear of communism in the US during the 1920s.

a)

Black Scare

b)

Communism Scare

c)

Red Scare

d)

Scopes Scare

28.

Court case over the teaching of evolution in schools during the 1920s.

a)

Scopes

b)

Red Scare

c)

Tennessee Evolution

d)

Smith

29.

An arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants allowed from each country.

a)

Quota System

b)

Limit System

c)

Number System

d)

Immigrant System

30.

Name given to women who challenged traditional standards of behavior during the 1920s.

a)

Fashionistas

b)

Pearls

c)

Charlestons

d)

Flappers

31.

Popular baseball player who lived an excessive lifestyle that embodied the 1920s.

a)

Babe Ruth

b)

Lou Gehrig

c)

Joe Sewell

d)

Jackie Robinson

32.

Famous silent movie star of the 1920s.

a)

Shirley Temple

b)

Tom Cruise

c)

Charlie Chaplin

d)

Jessica Alba

33.

Amendment to the Constitution that ended Prohibition.

a)

18th Amendment

b)

21st Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

34.

Infamous mob boss in Chicago during the age of Prohibition who was arrested for tax fraud.

a)

Al Capone

b)

Bugsy Siegal

c)

Frank Costello

d)

Lucky Luciano

35.

Name given to large numbers of African Americans moving from the South to the North for industrial jobs.

a)

Scopes Movement

b)

Huge Migration

c)

Great Depression

d)

Great Migration

36.

Name of an illegal and secret bar or saloon that sold alcohol during Prohibition.

a)

Secret Bar

b)

Scopes

c)

Flappers

d)

Speakeasy

37.

A person who makes, distributes, and sells alcohol illegally.

a)

Bootlegger

b)

Jazzer

c)

Boozer

d)

Flapper

38.

Type of music credited to African Americans that includes improv, including Dixieland swing and big band.

a)

Blues

b)

Jazz

c)

R & B

d)

Rock

39.

America's viewpoint on foreign policy after WWI.

a)

Isolationism

b)

World involvement

c)

Self governance

d)

Internationalism

40.
A great jazz musician who helped the 1920s become known as the "Jazz Age"
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Babe Ruth
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Langston Hughes
41.
Famous African American poet who lived in Harlem and was a part of the Harlem Renaissance
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Woodrow Wilson
42.
During the 1920s many African  Americans became excellent in music, art, writing, and sports.  They wanted to prove they were talented and wanted to be treated equally.  This time period is known as the
a)
Equal Rights Movement
b)
Specialization
c)
Cultural Change Movement
d)
Harlem Renaissance
43.
According to the map, where were African Americans migrating from?
a)
The East
b)
The North
c)
The South
d)
The Midwest
44.

What is the name of the movement which promoted the growth of African-American culture and later influenced the civil rights movement?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Back to Africa Movement

d)

Temperance Movement

45.
During The Great Migration, many southerners moved to big cities for what reason?
a)
to find more food
b)
because they didn't like growing cotton
c)
to find better jobs
d)
to get bigger homes
46.
It was hard for black people to find jobs in the south because of __________, which made segregation legal.
a)
Jim Crow laws
b)
Slave laws
c)
Segregational Act of 1900
d)
Civil Rights
47.

Which Civil Rights leader believed African-Americans should form their own communities or move to Africa?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

W.E.B. Du Bois

d)

Booker T. Washington

48.

________________ focused on making legal changes in the American court system that would undo Jim Crow laws and protect rights for African Americans.

a)

UNIA

b)

HRA

c)

NAACP

d)

Black Nationalist Movement

49.

What did the artists of the Lost Generation have in common?

a)

they were all writers

b)

they were disillusioned with society after WWI

c)

they had suffered severely from the Wall Street Crash

d)

they took so many drugs that they were deeply dependent

50.

Which of the following had the greatest influence on entertainment and the arts during the 1920s?

a)

automobiles

b)

television

c)

newspapers

d)

radio

51.

What form of music became popular in the 1920s?

a)

hip hop

b)

rock and roll

c)

country

d)

jazz

52.
What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous book?
a)
The Jazz Age
b)
Prohibition
c)
The Great Gatsby
53.
What crime was John Scopes accused of committing?
a)
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
b)
Teaching religion
c)
Teaching evolution
d)
Conspiracy
54.
A  traditionalist who believed in the literal interpretation of the Bible was called a 
a)
Fundamentalist
b)
Bibliophile
c)
Literalist
d)
Biologist
55.

All of the following were presidents during the 1920's EXCEPT

a)

Coolidge

b)

Harding

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Hoover

56.

The Republican leadership of the 1920's

a)

Continued the progressive reforms of Roosevelt and Taft

b)

Encouraged a government hands off, limited intervention to encourage the growth of business

c)

Provided many social reform programs to encourage economic growth

57.

The Red Scare was a

a)

Fear of immigrants

b)

Fear of flappers

c)

Fear of communism

d)

Fear of alcohol

58.

Fundamentalism was a revival of...

a)

women's rights

b)

temperance

c)

conservative religious values

59.

The Immigration Act of 1924 strictly

a)

encouraged immigration

b)

limited imports of alcohol

c)

limited immigration from certain areas

60.

Which group was least likely to be economically prosperous during the 1920's

a)

Industrialists

b)

Farmers

61.

Which of the following statements DOES NOT apply to the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

a celebration of African American culture

b)

Art, literature, and music

c)

Jazz Age

d)

Birth of Rock n roll

62.

This image reflects all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Movement of African Americans out of the south

b)

New economic opportunities for African Americans

c)

Social equality in the North for African Americans

d)

Higher wages in factories

63.

This image reflects...

a)

the 16th Amendment

b)

the 17th Amendment

c)

the 18th Amendment

d)

the 19th Amendment

64.

Events leading to the point of view shown in the image include all of the following (click all that apply)

a)

the Red Scare

b)

Increased immigration during the Age of Industrialism

c)

Rise of the KKK

d)

Increased immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe

e)

Rise of Natvisim

65.

Americans enjoyed all of the following technological advancements during the 1920's EXCEPT

a)

Radio

b)

Television

c)

Cars (Fords)

d)

Kitchen appliances that required electricity

66.

How did many Americans afford luxury items (cars, radios, etc) during the 1920's?

a)

Easy, everyone was rich

b)

Credit. Buy now, pay later

c)

Duh. Cash

67.

What was a major influence on the popularity of the flapper during the 1920s?

a)

A decline in the number of women working in urban factories

b)

A shift away from the traditional roles of women

c)

An increase in the use of credit and installment plans

d)

A decrease in crime associated with prohibition

68.

Which result completes this diagram?

a)

Ratification of a suffrage amendment

b)

Building of the transcontinental railroad

c)

Passage of prohibition legislation

d)

Expansion of labor unions

69.

What was one immediate result of Henry Ford’s manufacturing methods?

a)

Cars became affordable for more people.

b)

Cars required little fuel to operate efficiently.

c)

Cars replaced railroads as the fastest way to ship goods.

d)

Cars could be customized.

70.

What was one way the U.S. government responded to this combination of events?

a)

Made labor unions illegal

b)

Passed immigration restrictions

c)

Implemented a military draft

d)

Established a federal income tax

71.

Which application of a new technology can be attributed to an invention of Thomas Edison?

a)

Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances.

b)

Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night.

c)

Diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes.

d)

Sonar technology was used to track submarines.

72.

Which president promised a "return to normalcy"?

a)

Taft

b)

Hoover

c)

Harding

d)

Coolidge

73.

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

a)

Harding

b)

Coolidge

c)

Taft

d)

Hoover

74.
Led to big immigration restrictions with discriminatory quotas
a)
American Civil Liberties Union
b)
Teapot Dome Scandal
c)
Scopes Trial
d)
National Origins Act of 1924
75.
President pushed for tax cuts and isolationism; corrupt admin.
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Warren G. Harding
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Herbert Hoover
76.
Failed international agreement to avoid war as a political tool
a)
Return to Normalcy
b)
Washington Naval Arms Conference
c)
Kellogg-Briand Pact
d)
Five Powers Treaty
77.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the relative economic prosperity in the 1920s?

a)

increased consumer buying aided by easy credit

b)

increased savings by most Americans

c)

availability of oil for fuel and innovations for its use

d)

the development of the assembly line

e)

pent up demand from the war which had to be satisfied by material goods

78.

The most important change that the census of 1920 showed in America was that:

a)

the frontier was closed

b)

urban dwellers now outnumbered rural ones

c)

most people had electricity

d)

population had doubled in a decade

e)

a majority of the people owned automobiles

79.

All of the following were forces that helped to bring about Prohibition EXCEPT

a)

Dry states wanted a national law because their citizens could go to wet states to subvert their laws

b)

businesses felt that productivity could be increased if "blue Monday's" could be eliminated

c)

the temperance movement had a close alliance with the women's movement and the success of one helped the success of the other

d)

The Evangelical Protestant churches were strong supporters of it

e)

in order to prove their patriotism most ethnic groups wanted it

80.

Business leaders who wanted to promote a higher level of consumption of their products and get rid of the old ideas of thrift developed:

a)

advertising

b)

installment buying

c)

scientific management

d)

consumer savings

e)

retail selling

81.

After the Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Dayton, Tennessee:

a)

Fundamentalist religion remained the undisputed dominant force in American spiritual life

b)

John Scopes was sentenced to serve time in jail

c)

Christians found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the revelations of religion with modern science

d)

The gap between theology and biology began to close

e)

The conflict between evolution and creationism was finally settled in America

82.

Which of the following became a symbol for corruption of the Harding administration?

a)

Muscle Shoals

b)

Sacco-Vanzetti

c)

Teapot Dome

d)

McNary-Haugen

e)

Greenwich Village

83.

All of the following could be considered weaknesses in the economy in the US in the late 1920s EXCEPT:

a)

durable goods

b)

textiles

c)

service industry

d)

agriculture

e)

real estate

84.

What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact that was signed by 35 nations including the US do?

a)

provided for arms limitation

b)

put the signatures on the gold standard

c)

made it illegal to travel on a ship going into a war zone

d)

kept countries from the further colonization of Africa

e)

outlawed offensive war

85.

Langston Hughes was a leading figure in which of the following?

a)

bootlegging

b)

"Ash Can" painting

c)

immigration restriction movement

d)

Harlem Renaissance

e)

efforts to promote efficiency by eliminating wasted motion

86.

This politician, Attorney General under Wilson, took advantage of the Red Scare of 1919-20 to arrest thousands of radicals and either jail them or ship them to Russia. Who was he?

a)

William Jennings Bryan

b)

A. Mitchell Palmer

c)

Frederick Taylor

d)

John T. Scopes

e)

Al Capone

87.

Symbolic of the popular fears of immigrants, communism, change, and diversity, this group became very powerful during the 20s with a reputed 5 million members and hatred for anyone who was foreign, Catholic or Jewish, liberal or different. What was the group?

a)

American Legion

b)

NAACP

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Mafia

e)

American First Committee

88.

The Immigration Act of 1924 was written to specifically favor the arrival of which of the following groups to US shores?

a)

Asians

b)

Africans

c)

Southern Europeans

d)

Northern Europeans

e)

South Americans

89.

Who was the charismatic political leader of the United Negro Improvement Association who eventually ended up being deported back to his Jamaican homeland for mail-fraud against his own people?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Andrew Mellon

d)

Louis Armstrong

e)

Dr. W.E.B. DuBois

90.

All of the following statements concerning the 3 Republican presidencies of the 20s and conditions that existed in the nation are correct EXCEPT:

a)

Republicans sought to serve the public good with less direct government action

b)

Government agencies sought to cooperate with big business rather than to regulate it

c)

Corruption among public officials did appear as some individual exploited public resources for private profit

d)

US foreign policy abandoned internationalism for a return to isolationism and military unpreparedness

e)

Supported by the federal government, labor unions grew in power and influence

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