What were speakeasies?

Underground bars where people purchase alcohol illegally

What did it mean to buy stocks on margin in the 1920s?

Borrowing money to purchase the stock

Who were the Bonus Marchers?

WWI Veterans who wanted their bonuses from fighting in the war

What was the purpose of nicknaming Shantytowns "Hoovervilles"?

To showcase the anger and frustration people had with President Hoover

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US II Q1 Review

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1
The time period that celebrated racial pride and artistic developments in African American communities in the 1920s
The San Fransisco Renaissance
The Enlightenment
Harlem Renaissance
The Great Awakening
2
Which New Deal program created employment opportunities?
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Works Progress Administration
Social Security Act
3
This weather phenomenon caused midwestern families and farmers to leave their homes
The Hail Storm
The Tornados
Hurricane Sandy
The Dust Bowl
4
What were speakeasies?
Prison cells mafia members were placed in when arrested
Locations where KKK members held meetings
Night clubs in Harlem for African Americans
Underground bars where people purchase alcohol illegally
5
This group was responsible for hatrid and nativist ideologies in the 1920s
Ku Klux Klan
Flappers
The mafia
Fundamentalists
6
What did it mean to buy stocks on margin in the 1920s?
Purchasing the stock for another investor
Paying less for the stock than it was worth
Borrowing money to purchase the stock
Paying more for the stock than it was worth
7
The day the stock market crashed was known as:
Black Friday
No Bones Wednesday
Black Tuesday
Bad Friday
8
Modernized women of the 1920s were known as:
Flappers
Fundamentalists
Rosie Riveters
Hippies
9
Who were the Bonus Marchers?
Displaced families who lost their farms due to the Dust Bowl
WWI Veterans who wanted their bonuses from fighting in the war
Flappers who wanted more modern aspects of society
Klu Klux Klan members that faught against immigration
10
President FDR's plan for combating the Great Depression was known as the:
New Frontier
New Deal
Build Back Better
Great Society
11
Woodrow Wilson's plan for a world peace organization was known as:
The United Nations
The League of Nations
The Avengers League
The World Justice Organization
12
Which product was created most effectively on the assembly line?
Model T cars
Prohibition moonshine
Radios
Airplanes
13
This person taught biology in a midwest classroom despite laws requiring that creationism be taught
Al Capone
Charles Lindbergh
Calvin Coolidge
John Scopes
14
Sacco & Vanzetti, Italian immigrants, were charged with what crime?
Accepting bribes from local government officials
Spying for a communist country
Murder of another immigrant
Being involved with an anarchist group
15
This amendment outlawed alcohol in the United States
20th
19th
18th
17th
16
Which of the following was not a main cause of World War I?
Alliances
Imperialism
Militarism
Isolationism
17
Which mechanical weapons were used effictively in WWI?
Airplanes
Trenches
Musket guns
Atomic bombs
18
What was the purpose of nicknaming Shantytowns "Hoovervilles"?
To show respect for the executive office
To show how much the US public loved President Hoover
To demonstrate the extreme pride Americans had in their country
To showcase the anger and frustration people had with President Hoover

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