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Coach Walker The Roaring 1920s
Coach Walker The Roaring 1920s
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Early 20th c. culture
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This entrepreneur was known for paying his workers well and using the assembly line.
Upton Sinclair
Henry Ford
None of the above
Orville Wright
2
I mass produced the car, the Model T, to sell to the public...
None of these
Henry Ford
Mercedes Benz
Diamler Chrysler
3
He was a mega-celebrity; pilot; son abducted; invented heart transplant procedure
Amelia Earheart
George Gershwin
Charles Lindberg
F. Scott Fitzgerald
4
Gov. of MA during Boston Police strike who called in National Guard and fired cops:
Calvin Coolidge
Louis Armstrong
A Mitchel Palmer
John L. Lewis
5
The car created jobs in all of the following areas except:
Highway construction
Gas stations
car repair
Railroad industry
6
This woman was known for living the flapper lifestyle
Bessie Smith
Zora Neale Hurston
Helen Wills
Zelda Fitzgerald
7
to obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as:
penthouses
tea rooms
Speakeasies
tenements
8
The Harlem Renaissance was a black cultural movement that featured the talents of all EXCEPT:
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Al Kelly
9
The Great Gatsby was a novel about the "Roaring 20s" by:
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dorothy Parker
Zora Neale Hurston
10
The US took on this foreign policy since it was tired of foreign entanglements after WWI:
Isolationism
Anarchism
Interventionism
Nativism
11
To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being:
nativists
communists
bigots
spies
12
double standard refers to:
stricter social and moral standards for women than men
lower wages for women than men
fact that women worked outside home and did all housekeeping
13
Attorney General Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from :
big business
political radicals
corruption and fraud
labor union members
14
The Prohibition movement sought to ban the sale of
Alcohol
Rotten meat
cars
Guns
15
The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all
EXCEPT:
England
Japan
Mexico
Italy
16
This woman was known for her soulful singing
Zora Neale Hurston
Helen Wills
Zelda Fitzgerald
Bessie Smith
17
John T. Scopes challenged a TN law that forbade the teaching of:
biology
fundamentalism
evolution
creationism
18
This invention led to a more efficient postal service:
Assembly line
Airplianes
Refridgeration
Advertising
19
Prohibition was really a women's issue, with women from
this group
leading the charge:
Mobsters' wives
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Mormons
National Women's Suffrage Association
20
According to Bartolomeo Vanzetti, he and Nicola Sacco were guilty of:
None of the above
being anarchists/radicals
committing robbery
committing murder
21
Advertisers rebranded
t
his cleaning product
in the 20s by convincing people they had a problem
Listerine
Baking Soda
Pledge
Lysol
22
The Palmer Raids went after this type of person:
union members
all of the above
communists
immigrants
23
Composer who merged traditional elements of music with American jazz
Georgia O'Keefe
Jack Dempsey
Ernest Hemingway
George Gershwin
24
To expand in the 20s, the KKK did all of the following
except:
encouraging white women to join
blaming national problems on immigrants
playing on people's fears of political radicals
allowing members to profit by recruiting new members
25
This famous gangster was known for his work on the black market during Prohibition
Alvin York
Al Jolson
Al Capone
Al Pacino
26
The Great Migration was the movement of African Americans to:
None of the above
Northern cities
Western cities
Liberia, Africa
27
Wounded in WWI, this writer criticized the glorification of war
Ernest Hemingway
Charles Lindberg
Jack Dempsey
Sinclair Lewis
28
The collective work of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla led to ALL of the 20s inventions below except:
Toaster Ovens
Electric Chair
Cars
Refridgeration
29
Fundamentalists believed that:
drinking alcohol was acceptable
prohibition should be repealed
evolution and creationism could coincide
the Bible should be taken literally
30
Which of the following is NOT true of women in the 1920s
Their bosses were likely men
assembly line jobs were available
they could earn as much as men
most paid workers were still men
31
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of:
receiving bribes
Anarchy
treason
robbery and murder
32
Which of the following facts about women's home lives in the 1920s was NOT true?
they were usually expected to work outside the home
more ready-made food and clothing was available
traditional housework chores were more important than ever
their children spend most of their days at school
33
The Harlem Renaissance refers to:
population increase in Harlem
Program to promote African American businesses
celebration of African American culture in literature & art
a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
34
Was a member of the "Lost Generation;" married to iconic socialite/flapper
Charlie Chaplin
Ernest Hemingway
George Gershwin
F. Scott Fitzgerald
35
Due to a fear of immigrants from S. and E. Europe,
this
was instituted in 1924:
Dawes Plan
Ku Klux Klan
Anarchy
Quota System
36
to obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as:
Speakeasies
tenements
penthouses
tea rooms
37
Advocated for equal rights for all citizens through the court system; Headed by WEB DuBoise
National Association for Advancement of Colored People
Universal Negro Improvement Assocation
Niagara Movement
None of the above
38
The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was:
the automobile
change in the birthrate
the use of electricity
growth in industry
39
He was the leader of the successful 1919 Coal Mine strike- more money, unionization, & less hrs
Warren G Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
John L. Lewis
40
What was Langston Hughes known for?
being a jazz musician
was a racial pride leader
got popular for performed at the cotton club
being a writer and thinker who shaped literature and politics
41
The use of
this
allowed people to buy more than they could afford in the 20s
credit cards
None of the above
installments plans
layaway
42
The Teapot Dome scandal centered on:
gold mines
oil-rich lands
high tariffs
union members