Worksheets10th-AH-Roaring 20's Practice Test(T1)(25-26)
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What caused the sharp rise in unemployment after World War I?
a)
Factories using Ford's new assembly line technology needed fewer workers.
b)
The millions of workers who went on strike for higher wages were fired.
c)
Veterans returning from the war could not get their old jobs back from the men who had filled them.
2.
What plan of President Harding’s was called the "trickle-down theory" by his opponents?
a)
tax cuts for the working poor that would give them more money to buy goods, stimulating the economy
b)
tax cuts for wealthy Americans that were supposed to stimulate investment in business and create jobs
c)
federal investment in business, including subsidies for businesses to keep them hiring
3.
President Warren Harding defined "normalcy" as?
a)
a return to pre-war isolationism.
b)
stability and prosperity.
c)
big business and small government.
4.
What caused prices for goods to rise so much after World War I?
a)
The costs of raw materials increased dramatically.
b)
Manufacturers held back goods from sale to drive prices up.
c)
People rushed to buy goods they could not get during the war.
5.
Why did trade with Europe increase under President Coolidge despite higher tariffs on foreign goods?
a)
Europe wanted to show its loyalty to the United States.
b)
Europe needed to rebuild its economy after the war.
c)
Tax cuts for wealthier Americans encouraged trade with Europe.
6.
President Coolidge expanded the pro-business policies started by President Harding by…?
a)
removing tariffs on foreign goods.
b)
establishing tax cuts for the wealthiest citizens.
c)
increasing competition among domestic products
7.
The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawed...?
a)
War.
b)
Free trade.
c)
Strikes.
8.
What strategy helped Calvin Coolidge win the presidential election in 1924?
a)
running on the slogan "Keep Cool with Coolidge," which won over young voters
b)
firing all officials who had been involved in the Harding administration scandals
c)
focusing on relations with Europe, Asia, and Africa to prevent another world war
9.
How did the rise of the auto industry affect the American economy in the 1920s?
a)
A record number of Americans were inspired to buy other labor-saving devices.
b)
Millions of workers took jobs making steel, rubber, and glass for car parts.
c)
Millions of workers asked for raises to pay off their car loans.
10.
How was Henry Ford able to make his Model Ts affordable for most Americans?
a)
He received government subsidies that kept production costs down.
b)
He invented an assembly line that enabled him to produce cars quickly and cheaply.
c)
He rewarded hard workers with car vouchers, thereby boosting morale and productivity.
11.
The new mass entertainment technologies of radio and movies were made possible by the…?
a)
new cult of celebrity.
b)
existence of plentiful electricity.
c)
postwar attitudes of Americans.
12.
How was the Ford automobile business different from General Motors?
a)
Ford offered the Model T in several colors, while General Motors offered high powered cars in black only.
b)
Ford offered affordable cars in black only, while General Motors offered cars with more power and colors.
c)
Ford provided work for both men and women, while General Motors provided work for men only.
13.
What caused the Palmer raids?
a)
Anarchists and Communists put a flaming cross on the lawn of a senator's home.
b)
Italian-born anarchists robbed and murdered a factory paymaster.
c)
An anonymously placed bomb exploded outside the home of the attorney general.
14.
Why was it difficult to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment?
a)
It attempted to end prohibition, which was already over.
b)
It outlawed the sale of alcohol, which could not be supervised.
c)
It set fines for defying prohibition that could not be imposed.
15.
How did fundamentalism affect society in the 1920s?
a)
Urban areas were blamed for society's problems by inhabitants of small towns.
b)
It called attention to important issues such as race, equality, and religion.
c)
Children were taught how to conduct themselves in a more mature manner.
16.
One way the Ku Klux Klan terrorized African Americans was by…?
a)
taking them into fields and lynching them.
b)
working them to death without pay.
c)
having them thrown out of the country.
17.
The effects of Prohibition included…?
a)
strained relations with Canada, because so much illegal alcohol entered the United States across the Canadian border.
b)
more expensive home-made alcohol, such as moonshine, which was sold in speakeasies.
c)
increased government corruption, as local police and politicians took bribes from gangsters to ignore the movement and sale of alcohol.
18.
Clarence Darrow saw the Scopes trial as a conflict over freedom of speech, but William Jennings Bryan saw it as a conflict between…?
a)
Christians and non-Christians.
b)
science and faith.
c)
Communists and Christians.
19.
The Red Scare of the 1920s was fueled by the fear that…?
a)
another world war might begin.
b)
Communist ideas might spread in the United States.
c)
workers’ strikes might take a violent turn.
20.
Some thought that Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti had been victims of xenophobia because they were…?
a)
poor.
b)
anarchists.
c)
foreign immigrants.
21.
The decade after World War I was characterized by a clash between the ideals and values of…?
a)
rich and poor Americans.
b)
traditional rural and modern urban Americans.
c)
American women and men.
22.
American religious fundamentalism of the 1920s can be defined as a/an…?
a)
atheist socialist movement.
b)
radical Protestant movement.
c)
evolutionist Lutheran movement.
23.
Which people had a hard time defending their rights before 1924 because they did not have U.S. citizenship?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Jewish Americans
c)
Chinese Americans
24.
1927 was a fundamental year in the history of motion pictures because it brought the first…?
a)
3D color film.
b)
film with sound.
c)
still-frame animation.
25.
One effect of the rise of mass culture in the 1920s was that it…?
a)
allowed Americans across the country to share common experiences.
b)
diverted attention from politics to entertainment.
c)
emphasized the difference between country and city life.
26.
Jazz exploded in popularity in the 1920s because jazz…?
a)
was more upbeat than the blues, which was an expression of suffering.
b)
found a new audience when the Great Migration took it out of the South.
c)
had a simple rhythm to it that could be learned easily by aspiring musicians.
27.
The 1920s were referred to as the Roaring Twenties because of the…?
a)
booming economy and exciting forms of entertainment.
b)
Southern influence on the era.
c)
reference to the decade as such in The Great Gatsby.
28.
The main idea of Marcus Garvey’s black nationalism was that African Americans should…?
a)
fight against the violence of the Ku Klux Klan.
b)
have their own businesses and communities.
c)
promote their culture in books and newspapers.
29.
T or F : After World War I the U.S. economy suffered a downturn that led to hard times as the 1920s began.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
T or F : Coolidge's administration suffered as the Teapot Dome scandal came to light.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
T or F : In 1928 the United States and fourteen other nations signed a pact that they would not engage in war.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
T or F : The Red Scare began in April 1919 when U.S. postal workers found bombs hidden in packages addressed to famous Americans and assumed Communists had sent them.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
T or F : Immigration to the United States fell dramatically in the 1920s because of the millions of people killed in Europe during the war.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
T or F : The Eighteenth Amendment put an end to the prohibition era.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
T or F : The 1920s became known as the Roaring Twenties because of the thousands of new automobiles filling the streets with their loud, banging engines.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
EC1. Until 1924 Native Americans did not have access to adequate legal protection from the government because they…?
a)
were not citizens of the United States.
b)
had refused to fight during World War I.
c)
were not allowed off the reservations.
37.
EC2. Created in 1921 to serve as the resting place for an unidentified soldier from WWI. It became a memorial for all soldiers and all wars that have lost their lives and are lost to war or are unidentifiable.
a)
Tomb of America
b)
Tomb of the Pharaoh
c)
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
38.
EC3. In the 1920s, women were allowed into which of the following for the first time?
a)
The Senate
b)
Colleges
c)
The military
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