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1
What was John Scopes accused and convicted of doing?
teaching the theory of evolution
insulting the Bible and Christianity
beating up a student in an argument over evolution
teaching creationism
2
What were the secret saloons or nightclubs that sold alcohol illegally?
bootleggers
taverns
pubs
speakeasies
3
The outbreak of jazz and African American culture that began in the 1920s in west Manhattan..?
The Jazz Age
The Jazz Era
Jazz Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
4
What was the first cartoon with sound?
Tom and Jerry
Bugs Bunny
Steamboat Willie
The Jazz Singer
5
Which of the following was NOT a major effect of Prohibition?
organized crime grew
tension between different groups of people
people developed a disrespect for law
people stopped drinking
6
What topic did Ernest Hemingway mostly write about?
the dark side of twenties culture
the fall of the old south
civil war stories
criticism of the glorification of war
7
Which of the following was NOT written by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Furry
As I Lay Dying
The Sun Also Rises
8
Which of the following ideologies supports a total lack of government authority?
democracy
republicanism
socialism
anarchism
9
What was the name of the plan where the US loaned money to Germany so it could pay reparations?
Palmer Plan
Kellogg-Briand Plan
Dawes Plan
Marshall Plan
10
Which of the following does NOT describe a typical 1920s city?
traditional, conservative values
tiring, fast pace of life
a place where many new ideas were shared
center for industry and manufacturing
11
Who were the smugglers who brought in liquor from Canada or the Caribbean?
speakeasies
moonshiners
fundamentalists
bootleggers
12
What was the first full length film with sound?
Birth of a Nation
The Jazz Singer
Steamboat Willie
America
13
What was Warren G. Harding's platform in the 1920 presidential election?
a New Freedom for the American people
a New Deal for the American people
A Return to Normalcy
A chicken in every dinner pail
14
Which major strike led to rising popularity for future president Calvin Coolidge?
Coal Miners' Strike
Haymarket Affair
Pullman Car Strike
Boston Police Strike
15
Which company represented the popularity and significance of the automobile?
Ford
Chrysler
Chevrolet
Jeep
16
What was a "flapper?"
symbol of the changing culture of the 1920s
nickname for the first radios
a new instrument that was created for jazz
the "new man" of the 1920s
17
How was American radio different from European radio?
it operated on the free market rather than by government
American radio did not have sports programs, only news
programs were censored far more in the US
it had no advertising
18
What Mississippi Native wrote about the downfall of the old south and tragedy in his novels?
Langston Hughes
William Faulkner
Claude McKay
F. Scott Fitzgerald
19
This man used Prohibition to create a massive bootlegging operation that was highly profitable.
Al Capone
Clarence Darrow
John Scopes
Tony Soprano
20
What was the major goal of the 1920s Ku Klux Klan?
Assassinate the President
bring back slavery
promote 100% Americanism
21
In what pact did major nations agree to not use force and the military in foreign policy?
Molotov-Ribbentropp Pact
Treaty of Versailles
Dawes Pact
Kellogg-Briand Pact
22
What was the illegalization of the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcohol?
Communism
Prohibtion
Suffrage
Temperance
23
Who was the Attorney General of the United States who led a crusade against communism?
Warren G. Harding
Eugene V. Debs
A. Mitchell Palmer
Joseph MCarthy
24
These were the two Italian immigrants who were convicted and executed for murder.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Soprano and Bompiensero
DeVito and Cicero
Corleone and Mancini
25
What was the significance of the 1920 census?
it was the first time the majority of Ams lived in cities
the first time majority of Americans lived in rural areas
the first time majority of Americans owned cars
first time majority of Americans worked in factories
26
What nickname, given by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was given to describe the culture of the 1920s?
The Age of Music
The Jazz Age
Roaring Twenties
The Party Age
27
Who were the members of Harding's cabinet who used their positions for their own personal gain?
Herbert Hoover and William Jennings Bryan
Ohio Gang
The Ohio Players
Boss Tweed
28
Which full length feature-film glorified the KKK of the Reconstruction Era?
Birth of a Nation
The Jazz Singer
As I Lay Daying
Steamboat Wille
29
Which of the following was NOT an idea that characterized postwar America?
fear of radical ideas
isolationsism
nativism
desire for communism
30
What technological innovation revolutionized popular culture in the 1920s?
radio
television
the telegraph
xbox
31
What amendment outlawed the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcohol?
21st
17th
19th
18th
32
What group of people tended to dislike Prohibition the most?
women
fundamentalists
small farmers
immigrants
33
How did France react when Germany defaulted on one of its reparations payments?
They assassinated their president
they sent in troops to invade Germany
They dropped bombs on Berlin and Munich
they militarized the Rhineland
34
In what scandal did Harding's Secretary of the Interior sell government land for bribes?
The Ohio Oil Ring
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal
Yosemite Affair
35
In what regions of the country was fundamentalism most popular?
Northeast
Rural South and West
Midwestern Cities
West Coast
36
What were movies with sound called?
sounders
films
musicals
talkies
37
Which well-known Democrat served as the special prosecutor at the Scopes Trial?
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Darrow
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
38
How could Americans now buy new goods and products in the 1920s?
credit and installment plans
debit cards
checks
online
39
What was the Red Scare?
the fear that communism would spread and destroy America
fear of the color red
a "purge" in which the gov't allowed murder of communists
A series of hate crimes against immigrants
40
Who was a well known poet who wrote about the plight of working class blacks?
Duke Ellington
Ernest Hemingway
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
41
Which European psychologist's ideas contributed to the apparent loss of morals of the 1920s?
Erik Erikson
Ivan Pavlov
B.F.Skinner
Sigmund Freud
42
Which of the following was NOT a way that we discussed Americans resisting Prohibition?
stealing from the government's private stash
moonshine and home distillery
tried to get a medical exemption
bootlegging and speakeasies
43
What was the Butler Act?
A Tennessee state law preventing the teaching of evolution
Banned the sale of liquor in tennessee
law that made the reading of the Bible in school illegal
44
What religious movement supported literal translations of the Bible?
Catholicism
Fundamentalism
Islam
Methodism
