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WorksheetsRoaring 20's
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was a main reason for rapid growth in the U.S. economy during the 1920s?
The economy boomed as industry focused on railroads, steel, and oil for the first time
Industry began to fill the public's demand for new consumer goods
American farmers were becoming very prosperous
Americans were buying more goods from foreign countries than ever before
The most popular form of mass entertainment following World War I was
news magazines
radio
television
newspapers
Irving Berlin and Tin Pan Alley made major contributions to what art form?
Music
Literature
Painting
Poetry
The changing image of women during the 1920s was symbolized by the
popularity of the flappers and their style of dress
drafting of women into the army
appointment of several women to President Calvin Coolidge’s cabinet
passage of an equal pay act
The Red Scare following World War I was caused primarily by
the influenza outbreak
fear of airborne diseases
the actions of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy
fear of communist infiltration of the United States
The creation of Prohibition had the unintentional effect of
increasing the popularity of television and motion pictures
causing increased popularity of radical groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
causing people to turn to ‘harder’ drugs such as heroin and cocaine.
creating a network of organized crime that illegally supplied people with alcohol
During prohibition, bootlegging was popular in large cities. What were establishments that provided alcohol called?
Saloons
Talkies
Speakeasies
Night Clubs
Which amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?
Twentieth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
Twenty-first Amendment
Which statement describes the impact of the 21st Amendment?
Prohibition was repealed
Congress could levy an income tax.
Women were given the right to vote.
African Americans were granted equality.
The increase in consumer spending during the 1920s was fueled in part by
higher taxes
unemployment
decreased land values
over-reliance on credit
New products such as refrigerators, washing machines and automobiles led to increased
isolation
education
consumerism
teen culture
Choose all of the statements that correctly describe the work of Henry Ford.
low costs meant his cars were more affordable
reinvented the assembly line to lower costs
invented the first horseless carriage (automobile)
developed the mass production of the automobile
invented the minimum wage
The “flapper” style that emerged among women in the 1920s, characterized by short skirts and bobbed hair, demonstrated the
emphasis on formal behavior
changing perceptions of women
effects of the Great Depression
popularity of European lifestyles
Louis Armstrong rose to fame in the 1920s as a(n)
actor
author
jazz musician
baseball player
What was the effect on the United States of the sinking of the ship Lusitania by a German submarine in 1915?
It led to an immediate United States declaration of war against Germany
It aroused public anger against Germany and led President Wilson to demand that Germany respect the rights of travelers from neutral countries
It led President Wilson to prohibit Americans from traveling on the ships of countries involved in the war.
It led President Wilson to sign a lend-lease plan to provide Great Britain with military supplies
Which aspect of U.S. society was least affected by the growth of the radio industry during the early 1900s?
national politics
racial integration
consumer spending habits
forms of cultural expression
The Monroe Doctrine (1823) was issued primarily because President James Monroe
wanted to warn European powers against intervention in Latin America
believed the United States needed overseas colonies
opposed the democratic revolutions that were taking place in South America
needed to establish a foothold in Panama for a future canal
The American Federation of Labor (AFL), led by Samuel Gompers, believed that
unions should be made up of all unskilled workers and not exclusive to white skilled workers
labor unions should have a right to strike and collectively bargain with company owners
the Sherman Antitrust Act should be abolished
government should adopt laissez-faire policies and avoid regulating big businesses
What was the purpose of the English colonies in the economic system known as “mercantilism”?
to help England maintain a positive balance of trade
to defend England against attack from its enemies
to make manufactured goods to export to England
to provide a source of tax revenue for the crown
In the South after Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the
racial integration of public schools
organization of the Ku Klux Klan
decline of the Democratic party
segregation of public facilities
