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1
In 1933 Congress repealed Prohibition with the
twentieth amendment
eighteenth amendment
twenty first amendment
nineteenth amendment
2
Buying stock on margin remained profitable as along as
buyers did not acquire collateral
stock prices rose
stock prices fell
buyers did not take out loans
3
Why were American writers of the 1920s referred to as "The Lost Generation?"
They lost their faith in people
Believed that people were lost in the subconscious mind
They lost their will to search out the truth
They lost their faith in the existing cultural guideposts
4
Abstract art was an expression of
Victorianism
Modernism
Prohibition
Traditionalism
5
What was the condition of America's economy following WWI?
a long gradual decline in America's economy
immediate nationwide prosperity
A long recession
brief recession, followed by growth
6
Which region developed Jim Crow laws and were the most prejudiced against African Americans?
North
South
West
Mid West
7
Which was an American hybrid style that mixed African American & European forms?
Jazz
Blues
Victorian Ideas
Modern Art
8
The women’s rights leader arrested for promoting birth control
Zora Neale Hurston
Susan B. Anthony
Alice Paul
Margaret Sanger
9
Under President Coolidge, the national economy
leveled off
declined slightly
boomed
stagnated
10
All of the following were reasons for farmers missing out on the prosperity of the 1920s except
new farm machinery.
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
new seed varieties and fertilizers helped lead to overprod
increasing demand.
11
Which event characterized the economy of the Roaring Twenties?
Farmers producing a surplus of consumer products.
Government protection of American business.
High unemployment throughout the U.S.
Buying on credit and margin.
12
Which of the following was an important impact of mass production on U.S. industries?
It required a more educated work force.
It increased the wages of factory workers.
It made production less expensive.
It led to the growth of custom-made products.
13
In towns such as New York, Chicago, & Cleveland
black middle & upper classes emerged
most blacks worked as sharecroppers
blacks did no better than they had in the South
Blacks were often victims of Jim Crow laws
14
U.S. was willing to cooperate with other nations to reduce world tensions by disarmament
The Washington Naval Conference
The Neutrality Acts
The Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations
15
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was
economic philosophy designed to grant tax cuts wealthy
agreement to extend the life of the League of Nations
final resolution to World War I.
agreement in which states promised not to use war
16
Why did President Coolidge NOT use federal legislation to achieve social change?
social problems were minimized by the economic progress
As a northerner, he was unaware of segregation & lynchings
Believed the govt was not intended to create an ideal nation
he did not think the American people believed in idealism
17
The sense of group identity created by the Harlem Renaissance
was lost by the end of the 1920s
formed a basis for later progress for blacks in America
ended discrimination against blacks in America
enabled African Americans to form their own nation
18
Economics idea claims that if taxes were lower, the economywould grow
voodoo economics
laissez-faire economics
progressive economics
supply-side economics
19
Which two of Harding's Cabinet members worked hard to achieve advancements for businesses
Herbert Hoover & Charles Forbes
Andrew Mellon & Albert Fall
Andrew Mellon & Herbert Hoover
Charles Forbes & Harry Dougherty
20
Why did some Americans disapprove of the “flappers” of the 1920’s?
They fought for prohibition and to permanently ban liquor.
Broke away from the traditional Victorian role for women.
They were considered a threat to capitalism.
They were too radical in their socialist political ideas.
21
Which group had more free time on their hands during the 1920s
Nativists
Urban Americans
African Americans in the North
Rural Americans
22
All of the following were new industries of the 1920s except
radio
home appliances
jet airlines
automobiles
23
All of the following were significant contributors to the Harlem Renaissance except
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
John Scopes
Zora Neale Hurston
24
Whose movement fell apart after he was deported to Jamaica?
Duke Ellington
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Marcus Garvey
Louis Armstrong
25
"I might have died, unmarked, unknown, a failure. Now we are not a failure."
quote from Teapot Dome
quote from John Scopes
quote from Dawes Act
quote from Sacco and Vanzetti
26
The presidents of the 1920s in chronological order
Hoover, Harding, Coolidge
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
Coolidge, Harding, Hoover
Wilson, Coolidge, Hoover
27
The most famous scandal of the 1920s
Teapot Dome
The Red Scare
Whiskey Ring
Standard Oil Bailout
28
What did Warren G. Harding mean when he referred to the phrase, “Return to Normalcy?”
Forgiving England and France of their war debts.
Adoption of a policy of collective security after WWI.
Signing a separate peace treaty with Germany.
Adoption of a policy of isolationism after World War I.
29
What industry in particular was plagued by low prices from overprod and under-consumption?
steel
railroads
textiles
farming
30
All of the following were ways most Americans spent their leisure time except
reading
attending the theater
playing sports like golf and tennis
attending political rallies
31
All of the following were political appointments common to the Harding and Coolidge except
Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover
Secretary of State, Charles Evans Hughes
Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins
Secretary of Treasury, Andrew Mellon
32
What was the goal of the Dawes Plan of 1924?
To punish Austria-Hungary for starting World War I
To punish Germany for starting World War I.
Make it easier for Germ to make reparations after WWI
Make it tougher for Germ to make reparations after WWI
33
All of the following were causes of the Red Scare
except
Wilson’s plan for peace, the Fourteen Points
labor strikes and agitation
1917 Russian Bolshevik Revolution
race riots in several cities in 1919
34
The Teapot Dome scandal involved which official?
Albert Fall
Edwin Denby
Charles Forbes
Harry Dougherty
35
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between
evolution & science
education & science
biology & science
religion & science
36
What was the purpose of the 1921 Washington Disarmament Conference in Washington, D.C.?
Italy and Germany wanted greater naval strength.
Many believed that naval competition caused World War I.
France feared the British naval power.
Japan feared the rising U.S. naval power.
37
What was a major result of Henry Ford's manufacturing techniques?
The sale price of cars went down
more Americans bought cars from overseas
Fewer Americans had jobs
the sale price of the average car increased
38
Under President Coolidge, the concerns of Mexican Americans & African Americans were
answered with hostility
a high priority
largely ignored
addressed in a series of fiery radio speeches
39
Which group opposed immigration believing immigrants would take American jobs & hurt traditions
Nativists
Native Americans
Catholics
Protestants
40
1925 trial tested traditional values and Christian fundamentalism with modern science
Brown v. Board of Education
the Scopes trial
Plessy v. Ferguson
the Scottsboro trial
41
What was the largest cultural split in the 1920s?
northern States -v- southern states
urban Americans -v- rural Americans
eastern states -v- western states
young Americans -v- elderly Americans
42
Those who opposed the KKK believed what?
that America was a "melting pot" of cultures
that David Stephenson should be elected president
that immigrants should be deported
that the races should remain separate
43
What happened to farmers' incomes as the 1920s progressed?
declined
stayed about the same
increased
increased faster than urban areas
44
How did Prohibition contribute to the rise of organized crime?
by forcing police to enforce anti-liquor laws
by forcing farmers to grow grain for the production alcohol
by strengthening respect for the law
by making it easier for bootleggers continue illegal acts
45
What trends in American society resulted from President Harding’s desire for normalcy?
Fear of communism and imperialism
Fear of communism and expansionism
Renewed isolationism, nativism, and political conservatism
Renewed fascism, activism, and economic conservatism
46
Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?
Civil Rights movement by African Americans.
Artistic and literary movement by African Americans.
It was a movement of white Amer into black neighborhoods.
Political movement by African Americans.
47
The literature of the Harlem Renaissance
explored the pains and joys of being black in America
explored the origins of Jazz
argued for the separation of races
is largely forgotten today
48
In 1920, America's first radio station
broadcast Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer
closed because few Americans bought radios
put early movie houses out of business
was an immediate success
49
Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 considered weak and ineffective?
There was low public support for the act.
Too few countries signed it.
No means of enforcement was provided.
It outlawed defensive war.
50
All of the following were aspects of Prohibition except
bootlegging
speakeasies
isolationism
organized crime