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WorksheetsThe Roaring Twenties
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Allowed Harding to reduce government regulation of business and return to a more traditional laissez-faire approach.
Allowed the Attorney General to use his position to accept money from criminals.
Involved transferring oil reserves from the Navy Department to the Interior Department and then forgot about the Navy’s needs.
Wasted taxpayers’ money by spending many thousands of dollars on a great deal of floor cleaner.
What was a major result of Henry Ford’s innovative manufacturing techniques?
The sale price of the average car increased.
The sale price of cars went down.
More Americans bought cars from overseas.
Fewer Americans had jobs.
The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was...
a change in the birthrate.
the use of electricity.
growth in industry.
the automobile.
Why did the 1920s decade earn the nickname the "Roaring Twenties?"
It was in regards to all the strikes and violence that occurred during the decade.
Immigration was at an all time high during this decade.
Many lions ran free in the United States.
It was a time of great progress and growth for the United States.
What charge eventually landed Al Capone into Alcatraz Prison?
Alcohol smuggling.
Income tax evasion.
Several murders in Chicago.
Manufacturing and selling illegal Model T's.
Why did Marcus Garvey’s movement fall apart?
There was no effective leadership after Garvey was deported to Jamaica.
His ideas became too extreme to attract many supporters.
His supporters lacked the money to keep his organization going.
White-owned newspapers and radio stations did not give the movement publicity.
How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?
The location of Ford’s plant gave him easy access to resources and allowed him to reduce the price.
He studied the techniques of Chicago meatpacking houses and used their same processes.
Ford put his cars on moving assembly lines and reduced the time it took to make a car.
Ford kept his workers happy by paying them well and giving them a 40-hour work week.
After World War I, many Americans wanted the U.S. to stay out of European affairs and focus on issues within the United States. This policy is referred to as...
Prohibition
Communism
Demobilization
Isolationism
Which of the following individuals became a popular silent film star during the 1920s?
John Wayne
Charlie Chaplin
Marlon Brando
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Harlem Renaissance refers to...
a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art.
a program to promote African-American owned businesses.
a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s.
a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP.
Which constitutional amendment officially banned the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol?
17th Amendment
21st Amendment
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
Which of the following statements listed below describes speakeasies?
They were secret messages used by gangsters to determine if you were “on the take.”
They were illegal bars that people partied in during the 1920s.
They were new machines used for people who were not able to speak so that they could communicate with others.
None of these statements are true about speakeasies.
All of the following statements are true about Charles Lindbergh EXCEPT...
His plane was called the Spirit of St. Louis.
He became a national hero and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his transatlantic flight.
He had suffered wounds in WWI and was left with one arm.
He made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1933, Congress repealed Prohibition with the...
21st Amendment.
19th Amendment.
18th Amendment.
20th Amendment.
Which of the following listed below was considered the biggest scandal of the 1920s?
The McCumber Tariff Scandal
The Sacco & Vanzetti Murder Trial
The Teapot Dome Scandal
The Watergate Scandal
Which of the following was an outcome of the Washington Naval Conference?
Many countries renounced war as a national policy.
The five major naval powers agreed to disarm.
American investors loaned Germany money to repay Britain and France.
The United States raised taxes on some imports to 60 percent.
What was the primary goal of the quota system?
To limit the number of people entering America from foreign countries.
To prevent African Americans from getting good jobs.
To provide Native Americans with U.S. citizenship.
To completely end immigration in America.
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between...
biology and science.
evolution and science.
religion and science.
education and science.
What was the nickname given to Warren G. Harding’s close friends that were appointed to high cabinet positions during his presidency?
The Dishonest Boys
Harding’s Heroes
The Corrupt Cabinet
The Ohio Gang
The sense of group identity created by the Harlem Renaissance...
was lost by the end of the 1920s.
enabled African Americans to form their own nation.
formed a basis for later progress for blacks in America.
ended discrimination against blacks in America.
What was one of the major challenges immigrants faced upon entering the United States?
The lack of food in the city.
Facing discrimination from others.
Staying in touch with family.
Finding transportation.
What was the name of the 1924 agreement with America which helped German economic stability?
The Dawes Plan
The Marshall Plan
The Schlieffen Plan
The Washington Naval Conference
Why is Louis Armstrong considered a jazz legend?
For being the highest-paid African American entertainer.
For becoming the first white musician to contribute to jazz.
For his ability to play the trumpet and his subtle sense of improvisation.
For predicting that America will be best remembered for the Constitution, baseball, and jazz.
Why did the Ku Klux Klan see a large surge in its membership during the 1920s?
The Ku Klux Klan's anti-foreign beliefs were well known.
The group increased its racism in the 1920s.
There were too many scandals in the government and they wanted the Ku Klux Klan to fix them.
The bad economy made people restless.
What was the condition of America’s economy following World War I?
There was a long recession.
There was immediate nationwide prosperity.
There was a long, gradual decline in America’s economy.
There was a brief recession, followed by economic growth.
How and why did some women earn the nickname "flappers" during the 1920s?
They were short order waitresses that helped could make pancakes in the kitchen.
They were called that because they dressed rebelliously with short skirts and often smoked as they hung out at bars.
They were sent to prison because of their radical beliefs.
They earned it because they worked in bars.
Buying stock on margin remained profitable as long as...
stock prices fell.
buyers did not acquire collateral.
stock prices rose.
buyers did not take out loans.
Which of the following themes did many African American authors write about during the Harlem Renaissance?
The dignified lives of immigrant farmers.
The easy life of working-class African Americans.
The trials of being black in a white world.
The necessity for war as a path to freedom.
Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that...
aided the growth of business.
brought about social reform.
discouraged a laissez-faire approach to the economy.
encouraged activism.
What was the name given to the impact that automobiles had allowing people to work in the cities but live in more rural areas?
Demobilization
Immigration
Assembly Line
Urban Sprawl
Why did so many factory workers want to work for the Ford Motor Company?
People were excited to be making new cars.
He paid his workers nearly twice as much as other businesses and had shorter work days.
His factories were located in great vacation destinations.
The Ford employees received a free car for their hard work.
How did the consumer economy of the 1920s affect the lives of women?
It made life harder for rural women.
It made life harder for urban women.
It made life easier for women taking care of their homes.
It made it harder for women to be housewives.
Fundamentalists believed that...
the Bible should be taken literally.
evolution and creationism could coincide.
drinking alcohol was acceptable.
prohibition should be repealed.
What does the term "double standard" mean?
It explains the higher wages women earned compared to those earned by men in the 1920s.
It explains the stricter social and moral standards for women than for men in the 1920s.
It explains the unfair treatment of women in the workplace in the 1920s.
It refers to the amount of work that women did both at home and outside the house in the 1920s.
Why did Al Capone became infamous during the 1920s?
He made millions of dollars with the illegal sale of alcohol.
He had the World Series fixed and made millions of dollars gambling.
He successfully ran for President in the 1928 election.
He ran the famous Cotton Club in Harlem, New York.
How did Prohibition contribute to the growth of organized crime?
By strengthening respect for the law.
By forcing farmers to grow grain for the production of alcohol.
By making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of illegal activity.
By forcing police to enforce anti-liquor laws.
Why were nativists opposed to immigration?
They feared a civil war between the United States and Mexico.
They feared that an illegal immigrant would be elected President.
They feared that Americans would be forced to move to other countries.
They feared the loss of jobs and damage to America’s traditions.
Who was the man that took over for President Harding when he passed away?
Albert Fall
William Taft
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
What invitation did President Coolidge reject to join during his presidency?
He rejected to join all of these organizations during his presidency.
The League of Nations.
The U.S. Naval Conference Agreement.
The United Nations.
What was the significance of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 that was passed during Harding's presidency?
It streamlined a federal budget balance to make sure that businesses did not receive special treatment during the 1920's.
It streamlined the federal budget system and established the General Accounting Office to audit government expenditures.
It established that the U.S. was heavily in debt after World War I.
None of these statements are true.
As President, Warren G. Harding...
reduced the regulations on businesses put into place by the Progressives.
took no action on economic matters.
strengthened the regulations on businesses put into place by the Progressives.
abolished all regulations on businesses.
What major U.S. event occurred shortly after President Coolidge left the office as POTUS?
World War II
The Roaring Twenties
The Great Depression
The Great Stock Market Rise of 1929
What former President was appointed by President Harding to become a justice on the Supreme Court?
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
President Coolidge believed that the creation of wealth...
benefited the nation as a whole.
helped America’s enemies.
eroded personal freedoms.
hurt the disadvantaged.
Which of the following actions did President Coolidge take once he became President?
He cut taxes, limited government spending, and stacked regulatory commissions with people sympathetic to business.
He dismissed Harding’s tarnished U.S. attorney general, Harry M. Daugherty.
He appointed a special counsel to investigate the Teapot Dome oil-lease scandal.
All of these statements are true.
