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1920s Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Disarmament means a............

a)

Program in which nations voluntarily give up their weapons

b)

Period of intense fear of communism and other extreme ideas

c)

Policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries

d)

Set of religious beliefs including traditional Christian ideas about Jesus Christ. The belief that the Bible is literally true

2.

Official ideology of the Soviet Union, characterized there by complete government ownership of land/property and a lack of individual rights.

a)

Socialism

b)

Democratic Communism

c)

Democratic Socialism

d)

Communism

3.

Agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to use war in their dealings with one another.

a)

Wilson-Roosevelt Pact

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Kellog-Briand Pact

d)

Disarmament

4.

Print and broadcast methods of communicating info to a lot of people

a)

Mass Information

b)

Mass Media

c)

Speakeasy

d)

Consumer Economy

5.

A period of intense fear of communism and other extreme ideas

a)

Red Scare

b)

White Scare

c)

Mass Media

d)

Russian Scare

6.

Statistics that describe a population, such as data on race or income

a)

Fundamentalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Demographics

7.

Who would have been the most likely to attend a speakeasy?

a)

Flapper

b)

Conservative

c)

Fundamentalist

d)

Herbert Hoover

8.

The Scopes Trial focused on the teaching of _______________ in public schools

a)

Health

b)

Ethics

c)

Evolution

d)

Nativism

9.

The passage of the 18th amendment led to:

a)

The creation of speakeasies

b)

Police corruption

c)

An increase in organized crimes (gangs)

d)

All of the above

10.

Which individual or group best relates to the Red Scare?

a)

A. Mitchell Palmer

b)

Albert B. Fall

c)

Clarence Darrow

d)

The Ohio Gang

11.

Sacco and Vanzetti were?

a)

Communists who were deported to Italy.

b)

Falsely accused of murder

c)

A comedy team with a hit radio show.

d)

Famous New York Yankee outfielders

12.

What eventually happened to Sacco and Vanzetti?

a)

Deported back to Italy

b)

Set free

c)

Executed by the electric chair

d)

Sent to jail for 38 years

13.

Policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries.

a)

Isolationism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Disarmament

14.

Set of religious beliefs including traditional Christian ideas about Jesus Christ. The belief that the Bible is literally true

a)

Denomination

b)

Christianity

c)

Fundamentalism

d)

Isolationism

15.

A new type of woman: young, rebellious, fun loving, and bold.

a)

Suffragist

b)

Bootlegger

c)

Speakeasy

d)

Flapper

16.

What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

a)

Happened during the Harding administration involving the granting of oil drilling rights on government land in return for money.

b)

Happened during the Coolidge administration involving the granting of oil drilling rights on government land in return for money.

c)

Happened during the Hoover administration involving the granting of oil drilling rights on government land in return for money.

d)

Happened during the Wilson administration involving the granting of oil drilling rights on government land in return for money.

17.

What is an installment plan?

a)

A place where alcoholic drinks were served illegally

b)

A plan that allows people to participate in the stock exchange.

c)

A system that lets customers make partial payments at set intervals over a period of time

d)

A plan that allows countries to slowly build up their military.

18.

What is a Consumer economy?

a)

An economy that lets customers make partial payments at set intervals over a period of time

b)

An enconomy that favors saving money.

c)

The primary economy of the 1800s

d)

An economy that depends on a large amount of buying by individuals

19.

African-American literary awakening of the 1920s.

a)

The Southern Renaissance

b)

New York Renaissance

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

The Northen Renaissance

20.

A Bootlegger is a ........

a)

A supplier of illegal alcohol

b)

Term used to describe the 1920s

c)

A supplier of illegal drugs

d)

A supplier of Christian literature

21.

Term used to describe the 1920s

a)

Jazz Age

b)

Roaring 1900s

c)

The Money Age

d)

Bootlegger Age

22.

A place where alcoholic drinks were served illegally

a)

Local bar

b)

flapper

c)

bootlegger

d)

speakeasy

23.

1920s fundamentalists believed:

a)

Evolution and fundamentalism could work together

b)

Science explained man's origin

c)

The nation needed to become more liberal

d)

The bible should be taken literally

24.

This president was plagued by major corruption scandals in his administration

a)

Harding

b)

Hoover

c)

Coolidge

d)

Wilson

25.

Ford did all of the following except for:

a)

Used the assembly line

b)

Stated his love for history

c)

Invented the “quadricycle”

d)

Paid workers $5-a-day

26.

Women made this fashion change during the 1920s

a)

Short hair

b)

Tight-fitting hats

c)

Began wearing makeup

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

27.

Before 1927, movies were _______________.

a)

In color

b)

made with music only

c)

made with sound

d)

silent

28.

_______________________ is considered to be the king of jazz.

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Ernest Hemingway

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Langston Hughes

29.

During the summer of 1919 race riots erupted in about 25 cities nationwide. This summer became known as the ________________________.

a)

Red Summer

b)

White Summer

c)

Black Summer

d)

Green Summer

30.

A group of writers during the 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked morals.

a)

The Lost Writers

b)

The Lost Generation

c)

The Renaissance Writers

d)

The Flapper Generation

31.

A barrio is a __________________________.

a)

English-speaking neighborhood

b)

A suburb of Los Angelas

c)

A suburb of Hollywood

d)

Spanish-speaking neighborhood

32.

Why did the number of European immigrants drop in 1925?

a)

Congress passed laws restricting immigration from Europe

b)

Interest in living in America declined

c)

There was no room in American cities for more immigrants

d)

There were fewer immigrants due to WWI

33.

Why did the United States limit the number of immigrants coming from eastern and southern Europe?

a)

The United States wanted to bring in more immigrants from places like Australia and China.

b)

The U.S. was concerned with immigrants coming from unstable parts of Europe where they might hold dangerous political ideas

c)

They were not as educated as immigrants from the western part of Europe

d)

Those countries were dealing with the Spanish flu

34.

Numerical limits called ________________ were set up as a way to control how many immigrants made it into the U.S.

a)

Barrios

b)

Quotas

c)

Suburbs

d)

Demographics

35.
What type of music is blended from several different types and often played with improvisation?
a)
country
b)
rap
c)
jazz
d)
disco
36.
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved from
a)
North to South
b)
South to North
c)
East to West
d)
West to East
37.

What scandal marked Harding's presidency?

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Watergate Scandal

c)

Iran-Contra Affair

d)

XYZ Affair

38.

Who became president after Harding's death?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Barack Obama

39.

What industry expanded as a result of the assembly line?

a)

Automobiles

b)

Banking

c)

Textiles

d)

Agriculture

40.

The author of "The Great Gatsby"

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Zora Neal Hurston

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

Marcus Garvey

41.

There was severe social and judicial bias against immigrants in the United States as shown during the case of:

a)

Albert B Fall

b)

Sacco & Vanzetti

c)

Warren G Harding

d)

Marcus Garvey

42.

The 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment because people

a)

opposed income tax

b)

wanted Civil Rights for women

c)

opposed the prohibition of alcohol

d)

supported the prohibition of alcohol

43.
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.
a)
school
b)
Evolution
c)
life
d)
religion
44.

This jazz musician grew famous in the 1920s

a)

Josephine Baker

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Niccola Sacco

45.
Chicago mob boss that made millions as a bootlegger
a)
Henry Ford 
b)
Elliott Ness
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Al Capone 
46.

Marcus Garvey was a civil rights activist that led

a)

the NAACP

b)

Back to Africa campaign

c)

the March on Washington

d)

the KKK rally in Washington DC

47.
The complete ban on the sale of alcohol is known as ______________.
a)
Prohibition
b)
Illegal alcohol
c)
Twenty-first Amendment
d)
Bootleggers
48.

Assembly lines were improved

a)

so workers could focus on a specific task

b)

so that companies don't have to pay overtime

c)

so that workers could learn all parts of the product

d)

so that workers could show off their skills

49.
This was a major innovation found in most homes by the end of the 20s.
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Microwave.
50.
Henry Ford is credited with mastering 
a)
Modern day filming.
b)
Use of the Assembly Line.
c)
Flying aeroplanes.
d)
Radio Broadcasting.
51.
The man who flew the first nonstop flight from US to Paris.
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Charlie Chaplin
d)
Louis Armstrong.
52.
Who were the Palmer Raids meant to find and root out?
a)
Anarchists
b)
Communists
c)
Socialists
d)
All of the above
53.

In the 1920s Americans consumers began to do which of the following?

a)

sewing clothes

b)

recycling goods

c)

buying on credit

d)

work from home

54.

WWI job openings, Jim Crow Laws, and an increase in racial violence in the South were all contributing factors to which of the following?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Growth of the KKK

c)

Passing the 18th Amendment

d)

The Red Scare

55.

What made the Model-T a popular automobile in the 1920s?

a)

Its sleek design

b)

Its speed

c)

It was affordable to most Americans

d)

It never needed serviced