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ACADEC 2025 Social Science Test 1

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 2hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which phrase meant only a few people in the US had wealth or money?

a)

Stealing/theft

b)

Demobilization

c)

Uneven distribution of wealth

d)

Paying up front

2.
People who illegally made & sold liquor in the US during Prohibition were known as
a)
criminals
b)
smugglers
c)
bootleggers
d)
mobsters
3.
Bars that sold illegal alcohol during the 1920's were called
a)
bootlegging establishments
b)
speakeasies
c)
vamps
d)
flappers
4.

The immigration laws of the 1920s

a)

prevented illegal immigration

b)

encouraged immigration of skilled workers

c)

reduced the number of immigrants from certain contries

d)

allowed immigrants to enter if they were wealthy

5.

The Red Scare was mainly a result of

a)

the communist revolution in Russia

b)

the prohibition act

c)

the women's suffrage movement

d)

the Harlem Renaissance

6.

Someone who is against all government would believe in

a)

communism

b)

anarchy

c)

open immigration laws

d)

prohibition

7.

The rise of the KKK and the National Origins Act of the 1920s showed that Americans

a)

welcomed all immigrants

b)

supported the temperance movement

c)

feared foreigners and communist ideas

d)

wanted to pass the women's suffrage laws

8.

Goods such as the radio, refrigerator and other appliances caused

a)

economic growth in the 1920s

b)

the stock market to crash

c)

prohibition to be repealed

d)

gangsters to rise to power

9.

A flapper could be described as

a)

a women that supported prohibition

b)

the people involved in the Harlem Renaissance

c)

members of the KKK

d)

women that challenged traditional roles and ideas

10.

Women gained the right to vote with the _____ amendment

a)

15th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

21st

11.

Which of the following was a result of the auto industry growing?

a)

growth of suburbs

b)

rubber and glass was in high demand

c)

the railroad industry lost profits

d)

all of the above

12.

Which part of the Harlem Renaissance best reflects the image of the Roaring Twenties?

a)

demands for equal rights

b)

passage of the 18th and 19th amendments

c)

expression through jazz and dance

d)

an increase in the number of immigrants coming in to the US

13.
The fear of communism taking over the US during the 1920's was called the
a)
Red Menace
b)
Bolshevik Revolution
c)
Red Scare
d)
Palmer Revolt
14.
The move to arrest & deport supposed communists in 1919 & 1920 was called the
a)
Red Scare
b)
Palmer Raids
c)
Red Menace
d)
Emergency Quota Act
15.
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's hated all of these groups EXCEPT
a)
immigrants
b)
Catholics & Jews
c)
blacks
d)
Protestants
16.
Nativism is
a)
the idea that Native Americans should have more land
b)
the distrust of immigrants by Americans
c)
a fear of radical ideas
d)
hatred of all people by Native Americans
17.
Nativists in the 1920's had a particular dislike for
a)
mobsters & gangsters from Italy
b)
Irish & German immigrants
c)
Catholics, Jews, & immigrants from southern & eastern Europe
d)
poor immigrants
18.
Which law began limiting the flow if immigrants when it was passed in 1921?
a)
National Origins Act
b)
Emergency Quota Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Teapot Dome Act
19.
The two Italian immigrants who were executed for killing 2 men at a factory were named
a)
Galleani & Luigi
b)
Harding & Capone
c)
Sacco & Vanzetti
d)
Malone & Galleani
20.

President Harding’s secretary of the interior, Albert B. Fall, secretly allowed private interests to lease lands containing U.S. Navy oil reserves, causing a scandal that came to be known as the

a)

Daugherty scandal.

b)

Fall scandal.

c)

Forbes scandal.

d)

Teapot Dome scandal.

21.

The Ohio Gang was a

a)

group of Harding’s friends.

b)

group of notorious bank robbers.

c)

nickname for the Veterans Bureau.

d)

powerful crime network.

22.

With which statement would President Calvin Coolidge most likely agree?

a)

Big business should be heavily monitored by the Supreme Court.

b)

States bear the greatest responsibility in regulating large corporations.

c)

The federal government should interfere with business as little as possible.

d)

Corporations should shoulder the majority of the country’s tax burden.

23.

To encourage Americans to "buy now" and "pay later" when purchasing products in their stores they encouraged

a)

Credit

b)

Margin Buying

c)

Muckraking

d)

Imperialism

24.

Made consumers feel confident that they could make big purchases because they could buy now and pay later

a)

Laissez-Faire economics

b)

Welfare Capitalism

c)

Installments

d)

Supply Side Economics

25.
What grew as a result of installment buying?
a)
Incomes
b)
Consumer Debt
c)
Government Debt
d)
Fear of communism
26.
Amendment that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
a)
17
b)
18
c)
19
d)
20
27.
A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished 
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
New Deal
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Harlem Renaissance
28.
Leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians.
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Prohibition
d)
Dust Bowl
29.
Give two nicknames for the decade of the 1920's.
a)
The Roaring 20's and The Jazz Age
b)
The Great Society and C'mon Get Happy
c)
The New Frontier and The Silent Majority
30.
What moved America from a rural to an urban nation?
a)
The automobile
b)
Trains
c)
Horse and buggy
31.
What industry was "the art of convincing someone they needed something."
a)
Advertising
b)
Textiles
c)
Television
32.
What concept did the state of Tennessee prohibit being taught in schools?
a)
Evolution
b)
Listening
c)
Technology
33.
What did "Lucky Lindy" accomplish?
a)
First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
b)
First man on the moon
c)
First to climb Mt. Everest
34.
Which is the color of communism?
a)
Black
b)
Blue
c)
Green
d)
Red
35.
Which event of the 1920s best reflects the conflict in American society between science and religion?
a)
Scopes trial
b)
Red Scare
c)
Quota Acts
d)
Sacco and Vanzetti
36.
Henry Ford’s use of the assembly line in the production of automobiles led directly to
a)
a decrease in the cost of automobiles
b)
a decrease in the number of automobiles available
c)
an increase in the unemployment rate
d)
an increase in the time needed to produce a single automobileAddEditInfoFeedback
37.
The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920's became known as the
a)
Bad Times
b)
Red Scare
c)
Bolshevik Doom
d)
Communist Wave
38.
 leader of the “back to Africa” movement
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Marcus Garvey
39.
___________ is a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs.
a)
Isolationism
b)
Nativism
c)
Communism
d)
anarchist
40.
An act passed by congress in 1921 that allowed only a certain number of people from each country to enter the United States was the _________.
a)
Emergency Quota Act
b)
Urban sprawl
c)
Harlem Renaissance
d)
Volstead Act
41.
The __________ was the development of suburbs as a result of the automobile.
a)
Urban sprawl
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Bootleggers
d)
Flapper
42.
_________ were bars that operated illegally during the time of prohibition.
a)
Speakeasies
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Volstead Act
d)
Flapper
43.
________ were smugglers of illegal alcohol during the prohibition era.
a)
Urban sprawl
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Bootleggers
d)
Flapper
44.
_______ was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in his plane "The Spirit of St. Louis".
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Amelia Earhart
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Bessie Smith
45.
______ was a blues singer who played and important role in the Harlem Renaissance.
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Amelia Earhart
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Bessie Smith
46.
_________ is a person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority.
a)
Isolationism
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Communism
d)
anarchist
47.
A policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy is known as _________.
a)
Red Scare
b)
Laissez-faire
c)
Ohio Gang
d)
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
48.
The _______ is when Harding's administration illegally leased government oil fields in the West to private oil companies.
a)
Palmer Raids
b)
Laissez-faire
c)
Ohio Gang
d)
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
49.
What was the Great Migration?
a)

The large number of immigrants entering the United States from southern Europe during the 1920s.

b)

The mass movement of Black people from the South to cities in the industrialized North during the early 20th century.

c)

The name given to the annual movement of wild horses across indigenous reservations in the upper Rocky Mountain states.

d)

The yearly run of salmon up the Columbia River which provided a much-needed source of food for new settlers to Oregon and Washington.

50.
What was Prohibition?
a)

The outlawing of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol in the U.S. between 1920 and 1933.

b)

The law limiting the types of jobs Black people could take in the 1920s.

c)

The political movement in the 1920s that worked to prohibit women from voting.

d)

The law prohibiting U.S. presidents from serving more than two terms in office.

51.
The list below best describes -
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Langston Hughes
52.
What group is shown in the photo below?
a)
Suffragists
b)
Flappers
c)
Speakeasy Girls
d)
The Women's League of America
53.
What was different about the flappers from previous generations?
a)

They rejected traditional 1920s ideas of what was acceptable behavior for women.

b)

They smoked cigarettes, went out dancing at night clubs, drank alcohol, and wore "short" skirts.

c)

They "bobbed" their hair (cut it short) and listened to jazz music.

d)

They worked outside the home at different jobs not previously available to their mothers and grandmothers.

e)

All of the these are correct.

54.
The Harlem Renaissance refers to
a)

a women's basketball team.

b)

a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s.

c)

a program to promote Latino culture

d)

a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art.

55.
Amelia Earhart was famous as a(n)
a)

politician.

b)

composer.

c)

inventor.

d)

pilot.

56.
Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicians as -
a)
Louis Armstrong.
b)
Zora Neale Hurston.
c)
Paul Robeson.
d)
Langston Hughes.
57.
After Russia fell to Communism during WWI; _______________ swept across America.
a)

Dust bowl

b)

Support of communism

c)

Poverty

d)

Red Scare

58.
What aspect of the United States in the 1920s is shown in the political cartoon below?
a)
The Irish Exclusion Act
b)
Nationalism
c)
Nativism
d)
Universal suffrage
59.
Consumption became a common theme of American life in the 1920s. This means--
a)

The respiratory disease tuberculosis, also known as "consumption," spread rapidly throughout the country.

b)

Americans were encouraged to buy and use more mass-produced goods. This included new appliances, inventions, and cars.

c)

Wealthier Americans migrated out of urban areas into newly-developed suburban areas.

d)

High poverty meant Americans had to consume all they could

60.
The major issue debated during the Scopes Trial was the teaching of -
a)

Black history.

b)

Women's history.

c)

Evolution.

d)

Nativism

61.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Harlem Renaissance?
a)

Music.

b)

Novels and short stories.

c)

Black American shared experience and culture.

d)

The Liberian independence movement.

62.
What was the Red Scare?
a)

American overreaction to the threat of communism.

b)

The measles pandemic of 1925 - 1926.

c)

The extreme lack of blood donations following World War I.

d)

A beef shortage in 1923 caused by the "red" cattle disease in the West.

63.
Which of the following resulted in speakeasies?
a)

Prohibition

b)

Women's suffrage

c)

Immigration quotas

d)

The Red Scare

64.
The 19th Amendment--
a)

Gave Black men the right to vote.

b)

Gave women the right to vote.

c)

Made the two-party system the primary political system in the United States, which pushed Populist Party members to join the Democratic party.

d)

stopped the selling and producing of alchohol

65.
Which of the following was NOT a popular type of music during the Roaring Twenties?
a)

Rock n' Roll

b)

Jazz

c)

Swing

d)

The Blues

66.
Which of the following was directly related to the Red Scare?
a)

The establishment of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).

b)

The murder trial of Sacco and Vanzetti.

c)

The Scopes Trial

d)

Prohibition

67.
In which city did the events described below occur?
a)
Denver
b)
Chicago
c)
Haymarket, Illinois
d)
Tulsa
68.
Who was the most popular American celebrity of the 1920s?
a)

Lillian Gish

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Orville Wright

d)

Little Orphan Annie

69.

Who were the sharecroppers in American history?

a)

Native Americans who cultivated crops on reservations

b)

European immigrants who worked on plantations in exchange for food and shelter

c)

African American farmers who rented land and paid with a share of their crops

d)

Mexican laborers who worked on farms in the Southwest

70.

Which laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Jim Crow Laws

71.

Who founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Frederick Douglas

d)

Booker T. Washington

72.

Which organization was founded to fight for the civil rights of African Americans?

a)

Women's Suffrage Movement

b)

NAACP

c)

League of Nations

d)

United Negro Improvement Association

73.

Who started the "Back to Africa" movement to free Africans from their colonial oppressors?

a)
Langston Hughes
b)

Madam C.J. Walker

c)
Marcus Garvey
d)

W.E.B. DuBois

74.
What was the goal of Woodrow Wilson's 14 points?
a)
to achieve world peace
b)
to punish germany
c)
to start WW2
d)
to reward Russia
75.

The Great Migration was

a)

A way to get people to mobilize and move heavy equipment to the ocean ports

b)

Moving supplies to the docks and loading ships to Europe

c)

A technique to avoid German U-Boats in the Atlantic Ocean

d)

African Americans left the south to settle in the North to fill the job voids

76.

What happened to the Treaty of Versailles when Wilson went back to America?

a)

The treaty was ratified

b)

The treaty was rejected

c)

Wilson was reelected but the treaty was rejected

d)

America committed to be involved in European problems

77.
The fear of communism taking over the US during the 1920's was called the
a)
Red Menace
b)
Bolshevik Revolution
c)
Red Scare
d)
Palmer Revolt
78.
One of the reasons the KKK revitalized during the 1920's was
a)
the start of the civil rights movement in the South
b)
the increasing role of black figures in society
c)
the large numbers of immigrants coming into the US
d)
the increasing role of women in society
79.

writers who were against the materialism of the 1920s were called

a)

Bootleggers

b)

The Lost Generation

c)

Fundamentalists

d)

Conservatives

80.

What did the 18th Amendment accomplish?

a)

It granted all men the right to vote

b)

It granted all women the right to vote

c)

It banned the sale and consumption of alcohol (prohibition)

d)

It provided equal rights for women of all races

81.
The federal law that actually put Prohibition into effect was called the
a)
National Origins Act
b)
Emergency Quota Act
c)
Volstead Act 
d)
Dawes Act
82.
The end of the Prohibition era came with the
a)
passage of the Volstead act
b)
21st Amendment
c)
arrest of Al Capone
d)
start of the Great Depression
83.
The rebirth of African American arts and culture is known as:
a)
The Industrial Revolution
b)
The Harlem Renaissance
c)
Napoleonic Era
d)
Edwardian period
84.
What type of music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Jazz
b)
Hip Hop
c)
Country
d)
Rock
85.
How was the Harlem Renaissance a product of the Great Migration?
a)
Many who migrated ended up in Harlem where they shared their talents such as art and music.
b)
The Harlem Renaissance was not a product of the Great Migration.  They have nothhing in common.
86.

The Harlem Renaissance

a)

Occurred in Harlem, New York

b)

Took place in the 1920s

c)

Was a period of intellectual, artistic, and social explosion

d)

All of the answers are correct

87.

What technological advancement contributed most to the growth of towns and cities in the 1920s & 1930s?

a)

electric lights

b)

automobile

c)

radio

d)

telephone

88.

Which action was evidence that the prosperity of the roaring 20s was an illusion?

a)

the buying and selling of stocks

b)

the overproduction of consumer goods

c)

the sharp increase in the birth rate

d)

the widespread use of buying on credit

89.

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

90.

Which president promised a "return to normalcy"?

a)

Taft

b)

Hoover

c)

Harding

d)

Coolidge

91.

The biggest scandal during Harding's administration was the....

a)

Whiskey Ring Scandal

b)

Teapot Dome Scandal

c)

Watergate Scandal

d)

Iran-Congra Scandal

92.

Calvin Coolidge said the "Business of America is _______________."

a)

Business

b)

War

c)

Reform

d)

Taxing

93.

Coolidge first became president by....

a)

being Vice President when Warren Harding died

b)

winning all the votes in the electoral college

c)

winning the electoral college by only one vote

d)

by a 2/3 vote in the House of Representatives

94.

(2018)How did the process shown in this photograph enhance the automobile industry?

a)

By speeding up production of automobiles at lower costs

b)

By requiring only licensed workers to produce the automobiles

c)

By ensuring high-quality automobiles for consumers at higher prices

d)

By developing new designs to test automobile safety standards

95.

Which of the following was a pull factor that drew African Americans north during the Great Migration?

a)

the sale of inexpensive land by the federal government

b)

the construction of low-cost government housing in growing cities

c)

the absence of segregation and racial discrimination outside the South

d)

the availability of good jobs in the North and the West

96.

This time period in US History consisted of economic growth and prosperity, rise of the automobile, and the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance.

a)

1901-1914

b)

1946-1960

c)

1920-1929

d)

1961-1973

97.

The timeline below shows changes in U.S. tariff policy between 1920 and 1930:

May 1921— Emergency Tariff increases import taxes on agricultural products

September 1922— Fordney-McCumber Tariff raises tariffs on farm and manufactured goods

June 1930— Smoot-Hawley Tariff increases tariff levels to record high level.


What conclusion can be drawn from this timeline?

a)

The American economy was almost entirely self-sufficient throughout the 1920s.

b)

During the 1920s, the United States shifted from an export-based economy to an import-based economy.

c)

Crop prices and corporate profits increased steadily during the 1920s as a result of government policy

d)

During the 1920s, Congress supported domestic producers with a protective trade policy.

98.

Passage of which of these represented a shift from the foreign policy that dominated American politics between the two world wars?

a)

the Wagner Act

b)

the Espionage Act

c)

the Lend-Lease Act

d)

the Taft-Hartley Act

99.

With the creation of the ____________________ in 1926, Americans across the nation could now listen to the same programs, sporting events, and news broadcasts simultaneously.

a)

Columbia Broadcasting System

b)

Turner Sports

c)

Northern Broadcasting System

d)

National Broadcasting Company

100.

The _____________________ led to a flourishing of black art, literature, and music between the years of 1924-1929 within New York City

a)

Harlem Globetrotters

b)

Jazz Age

c)

Harlem Shake

d)

Harlem Renaissance