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1920's Smith

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Federal economic policies during the 1920s focused on

a)

lowering protective tariffs

b)

increasing income taxes

c)

supporting big business

d)

regulating key industries

2.

“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:

a)

establishing consumer protection laws

b)

securing collective-bargaining rights

c)

levying high taxes on business

d)

following laissez-faire economics

3.

Which economic condition of the 1920s was a major cause of increased consumer spending?

a)

decrease in prices

b)

advertising

c)

increased income taxes

d)

increased wages

4.

Which statement about the United States economy during the 1920s is true?

a)

Federal regulation of business was strengthened

b)

The purchase of stocks steadily declined.

c)

Mass production decreased the supply of consumer goods

d)

Republican Party presidents supported business growth.

5.

Consumerism is closely associated with

a)

rising consumer debt

b)

reduced spending

c)

lax monetary policy

d)

access to low interest loans

6.

Which slogan did Harding use in the 1920 election?

a)

Return to Normalcy

b)

Honest like Abe

c)

Peace, Progress, Prosperity.

d)

Who but Hoover?

7.

What scandal marked Harding's presidency?

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Watergate Scandal

c)

Iran-Contra Affair

d)

XYZ Affair

8.

Who became president after Harding's death?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Barack Obama

9.

Which term describes buy for pleasure, not need?

a)

Consumerism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Patriotism

10.

What industry expanded as a result of the assembly line?

a)

Automobiles

b)

Banking

c)

Textiles

d)

Agriculture

11.

Which term describes the process of buying something and paying overtime?

a)

Installment buying

b)

Buying on Margain

c)

Stock Market

d)

Consumerism

12.

What term describes the communication to large audience?

a)

Mass Media

b)

Stock Market

c)

Prohibition

d)

Flappers

13.

What term was used to describe the new women of the 20s?

a)

Consumerism

b)

Flappers

c)

Prohibition

d)

Bootleggers

14.

The term used to describe the migration of African American families north-

a)

The Great Migration

b)

The Civil War

c)

Garveyism

d)

Prohibition

15.

The ________________________ was a rebirth in African American Art, intellectualism, and literature.

a)

The Great Migration

b)

The Harlem Renaissance

c)

Prohibition

d)

Consumerism

16.

A famous Black musician from the 1920s-

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Zora Neal Hurston

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

Marcus Garvey

17.

What year was the 19th amendment passed, giving women the right to vote?

(a)  

18.

 era of special creativity among African American writers, artists and musicians in a New York City neighborhood in the 1920s

a)

bootlegging

b)

Prohibition

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

traditionalists

19.

By the 1920's most people had ____

a)

electricity

b)

computers

c)

fire

d)

VR

20.

Which appliance was invented in the 1920's?

a)

Charger

b)

Oven

c)

Lamp

d)

Refrigerator

21.

Business spent more money on ___

a)

Products

b)

Advertising

c)

Quality

d)

Payment

22.

Who made the first affordable car?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Harry Chevrolet

d)

Amelia Earheart

23.

The Nineteenth Amendment

a)

allowed women

to become doctors.

b)

allowed women

to go to college.

c)

forbade

suffragists to protest.

d)

gave women the

right to vote.

24.

What era was the jazz dance "Charleston" apart of?

a)

1900s

b)

1920s

c)

1980s

d)

1970s

25.
This is a policy of avoiding conflicts with other countries
a)
quota
b)
interventionist
c)
isolationist
d)
colonialism
26.
A numeric limit used to slow immigration in the 1920's.
a)
evolution
b)
fundamentalism
c)
quota
d)
isolationism
27.
Which of the following US Presidents died in office during the 1920's?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Warren Harding
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Herbert Hoover
28.
This celebrity is known for flying non stop from New York to Paris.
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Babe Ruth
c)
Curly Lambeau
d)
Charles Lindbergh
29.
The "red scare" was a reaction to
a)
the end of WWI
b)
the communist victory in Russia
c)
the Republicans winning the Presidency
d)
The Kellogg-BriandPact
30.
The boom of the automobile in popularity led to 
a)
 decline in tourism
b)
new roads and bridges being built
c)
gasoline being rationed
d)
workers in the Ford plants receiving pay cuts
31.
One change for women in the 1920s...
a)
Women felt freer to be bolder in styles and manners
b)
Married women balanced career and family easily
c)
Many women had long hair and avoided makeup
d)
Women dominated leadership in businesses
32.
This led to a political scandal for President Harding
a)
restrictions on immigration
b)
selling of oil rights on federal property
c)
the federal response to the red scare
d)
Awarding a Medal of Honor to an aviator
33.
Owners often accused striking workers of being
a)
capitalists
b)
communists
c)
bigots
d)
nativists
34.
Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the mass media increase of the 1920s?
a)
the telegraph
b)
magazines
c)
radio broadcasts
d)
movies
35.

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?

a)

The availability of land grants for homesteaders

b)

Economic opportunities in industrialized cities

c)

Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas

d)

The lower cost of living in urban areas

36.

What movement during the 1920s caused many Americans to fear immigrants because they thought they could be communists?

a)

Red Scare

b)

Americanization Movement

c)

Social Gospel Movement

d)

Social Darwinism

37.

What belief system encouraged immigration quotas and the rise of the KKK during the 1920s?

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Civil Rights Movement

c)

Nativism

d)

NAACP

38.

What scandal during the 1920s led to public disappointments over revelations of corrupt government?

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Watergate Scandal

c)

Clinton Impeachment

d)

All of the above

39.

Flappers during the 1920s -

a)

confronted discrimination in employment and education

b)

challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.

c)

joined the Army and fought in combat

d)

refused to use their 19th Amendment rights

40.
The 20s were characterized by
a)
Political Isolationism
b)
World War
c)
Economic Depression
d)
Decreased Nativism
41.
Why were Sacco and Vanzetti viewed with suspicion?
a)
Sacco owned a gun similar to the murder weapon
b)
they were Italian immigrants and anarchists
c)
they were members of the Ku Klux Clan
d)
they looked funny
42.

Organized the "Back to Africa" movement and Believed "Black is Beautiful", where all Africans must take pride in their roots.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. Dubois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

43.

The sale and consumption of alcohol was made illegal by the _____ amendment.


La venta y el consumo de alcohol fueron ilegalizados por la enmienda _____.

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

5th

d)

20th

44.

Liquor was now sold in places called _____.


El licor ahora se vendía en lugares llamados _____.

a)

speakeasies

b)

moonshines

c)

saloons

d)

clubhouses

45.

___________ was a uniquely American music.


___________ era una música exclusivamente estadounidense.

a)

Jazz

b)

Classical

c)

Ragtime

d)

Bossa Nova

46.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

The birth of the modern radio began in _______.


El nacimiento de la radio moderna comenzó en _______.

a)

1920

b)

1935

c)

1900

d)

1930

48.

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.

a)

October 29th

b)

September 11th

c)

December 25th

d)

February 3oth