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Worksheets1920's Smith
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 29mins
Federal economic policies during the 1920s focused on
lowering protective tariffs
increasing income taxes
supporting big business
regulating key industries
“A government’s primary role is to provide a favorable atmosphere for business, including a stable currency, hands-off regulation, and domestic order.”
A supporter of this idea would most likely favor:
establishing consumer protection laws
securing collective-bargaining rights
levying high taxes on business
following laissez-faire economics
Which economic condition of the 1920s was a major cause of increased consumer spending?
decrease in prices
advertising
increased income taxes
increased wages
Which statement about the United States economy during the 1920s is true?
Federal regulation of business was strengthened
The purchase of stocks steadily declined.
Mass production decreased the supply of consumer goods
Republican Party presidents supported business growth.
Consumerism is closely associated with
rising consumer debt
reduced spending
lax monetary policy
access to low interest loans
Which slogan did Harding use in the 1920 election?
Return to Normalcy
Honest like Abe
Peace, Progress, Prosperity.
Who but Hoover?
What scandal marked Harding's presidency?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Watergate Scandal
Iran-Contra Affair
XYZ Affair
Who became president after Harding's death?
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
Which term describes buy for pleasure, not need?
Consumerism
Communism
Socialism
Patriotism
What industry expanded as a result of the assembly line?
Automobiles
Banking
Textiles
Agriculture
Which term describes the process of buying something and paying overtime?
Installment buying
Buying on Margain
Stock Market
Consumerism
What term describes the communication to large audience?
Mass Media
Stock Market
Prohibition
Flappers
What term was used to describe the new women of the 20s?
Consumerism
Flappers
Prohibition
Bootleggers
The term used to describe the migration of African American families north-
The Great Migration
The Civil War
Garveyism
Prohibition
The ________________________ was a rebirth in African American Art, intellectualism, and literature.
The Great Migration
The Harlem Renaissance
Prohibition
Consumerism
A famous Black musician from the 1920s-
Louis Armstrong
Zora Neal Hurston
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Marcus Garvey
What year was the 19th amendment passed, giving women the right to vote?
(a)
era of special creativity among African American writers, artists and musicians in a New York City neighborhood in the 1920s
bootlegging
Prohibition
Harlem Renaissance
traditionalists
By the 1920's most people had ____
electricity
computers
fire
VR
Which appliance was invented in the 1920's?
Charger
Oven
Lamp
Refrigerator
Business spent more money on ___
Products
Advertising
Quality
Payment
Who made the first affordable car?
Charles Darwin
Henry Ford
Harry Chevrolet
Amelia Earheart
The Nineteenth Amendment
allowed women
to become doctors.
allowed women
to go to college.
forbade
suffragists to protest.
gave women the
right to vote.
What era was the jazz dance "Charleston" apart of?
1900s
1920s
1980s
1970s
Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?
The availability of land grants for homesteaders
Economic opportunities in industrialized cities
Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas
The lower cost of living in urban areas
What movement during the 1920s caused many Americans to fear immigrants because they thought they could be communists?
Red Scare
Americanization Movement
Social Gospel Movement
Social Darwinism
What belief system encouraged immigration quotas and the rise of the KKK during the 1920s?
Social Gospel
Civil Rights Movement
Nativism
NAACP
What scandal during the 1920s led to public disappointments over revelations of corrupt government?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Watergate Scandal
Clinton Impeachment
All of the above
Flappers during the 1920s -
confronted discrimination in employment and education
challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.
joined the Army and fought in combat
refused to use their 19th Amendment rights
Organized the "Back to Africa" movement and Believed "Black is Beautiful", where all Africans must take pride in their roots.
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
Marcus Garvey
Martin Luther King Jr.
The sale and consumption of alcohol was made illegal by the _____ amendment.
La venta y el consumo de alcohol fueron ilegalizados por la enmienda _____.
18th
19th
5th
20th
Liquor was now sold in places called _____.
El licor ahora se vendía en lugares llamados _____.
speakeasies
moonshines
saloons
clubhouses
___________ was a uniquely American music.
___________ era una música exclusivamente estadounidense.
Jazz
Classical
Ragtime
Bossa Nova
Billboards (roadside advertising) first became a phenomenon in the 1920's.
Las vallas publicitarias (publicidad en las carreteras) se convirtieron por primera vez en un fenómeno en la década de 1920.
True
False
The birth of the modern radio began in _______.
El nacimiento de la radio moderna comenzó en _______.
1920
1935
1900
1930
On ________________ 1929 the stock market crashed, symbolizing the end of the Roaring 20's.
El ________________ de 1929, el mercado de valores se derrumbó, simbolizando el final de los locos años 20.
October 29th
September 11th
December 25th
February 3oth
