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1
Which Attorney General ordered mass deportation of aliens?
Mitchell Palmer
Andrew Mellon
Albert Fall
Herbert Hoover
2
What year was Calvin Coolidge elected President?
1926
1924
1928
1930
3
People in favor of Prohibition were called
fly boys
dries
wets
suffregettes
4
The Red Scare was a fear of
blood
alcohol
religion
immigrants
5
What sentence did Sacco and Vanzetti receive?
death
lynch mob
deportation
jail time
6
How many votes does it take in Congress to propose an amendment?
simple majority
2/3
unanimous (100%)
3/4
7
What new style of music was introduced by African-Americans in the 1920s?
jazz
classical
rock and roll
rap
8
Women who wore short hair and short skirts were called
flappers
crusaders
runners
streakers
9
What gangster became famous during prohibition?
Charles Lindbergh
Jimmy Walker
Al Capone
Eliot Ness
10
Margaret Sanger was arrested for
pocessing alcohol
protesting during the war
trying to vote
distributing info about birth control
11
What year was Herbert Hoover elected President?
1920
1922
1926
1928
12
What was Al Capone's nickname?
Teddy Bear
Scarface
Sproose Goose
Bugs
13
The Women's Suffrage amendment was named after
Susan B. Anthony
Hillary Clinton
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
14
Which President of the 1920s has been judged one of the worst in history?
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin Roosevelt
15
What was Janette Rankin's nickname?
The woman who voted no
Cutie Pie
Baby Cakes
first woman of the world
16
Which of the following was NOT a reason given for Prohibition?
alcohol is immoral
grain was needed for the war
alcohol led to crime
more taxes could be collected
17
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
18
21
16
19
18
Which Italian immigrants were accused of robbery and murder?
Masters and Johnson
Penn and Teller
Sacco and Vanzetti
Briggs and Straton
19
John Scopes was arrested for teaching about
communism
birth control
evolution
creationism
20
Who ratifies amendments to the Constitution?
President
Senate
the states
Supreme Court
21
Which of the following was an African-American poet?
Langston Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
John Scopes
22
Who was the first woman elected to congress?
Grace Harding
Margaret Sanger
Amelia Earhart
Janette Rankin
23
Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
20
21
16
22
24
People against Prohibition were called
exodusters
crusaders
wets
wobblies
25
What was the nickname of the 1920s?
Roaring 20s
Tipsy 20s
Happy 20s
Crazy 20s
26
People who believe that no government should exist are called
socialists
idealists
capitalists
anarchists
27
Who proposes amendments to the Constitution?
President
Congress
Supreme Court
the States
28
What year was Warren Harding elected President?
1926
1922
1920
1918
29
What punishment did Fall receive?
jail time
he was found not guilty
deported
executed
30
Which African-American woman was a champion of education for girls?
Amelia Earhart
Lou Hoover
Grace Coolidge
Mary McLeod Bethune
31
Ness's group of government agents were called the
Untouchables
Justice League
Unsinkables
Unstoppables
32
Which African-American leader started a back to Africa movement?
WEB DuBois
George Washington Carver
Booker T Washington
Marcus Garvey
33
Which of the following was NOT a scandal of Harding's administration?
having a girlfriend
Teapot Dome
Thunder Dome
taking bribes
34
What word means "the right to vote"?
pacivism
anarchy
suffrage
platoon
35
Which of the following was NOT an African-American musician?
Eliot Ness
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
36
Segregation laws were nicknamed
Jim Crow laws
Abraham Lincoln laws
Robert Lee laws
Jefferson Davis laws
37
"Prohibition is a noble experiment."
Andrew Mellon
Al Capone
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
38
In the 1920s, most women worked
as teachers
in their homes
as nurses
in factories
39
What group hated Jews, foreigners, African-Americans, and Catholics?
KKK
AFT
NAACP
NRA
40
How many states does it take to ratify an amendment?
simple majority
3/4
2/3
unanimous (100%)
41
The explosion of creativity in the Black community in the 1920s was called the
Southern Front
Antebellum movement
Black is Beautiful movement
Harlem Renaissance
42
Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly solo from New York to
Paris
Los Angeles
Hawaii
the North Pole
43
"America needs a return to normalcy."
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
44
What group helped Scopes during his trial?
Ku Klux Klan
American Civil Liberties Union
American Federation of Teachers
National Rifle Association
45
Who was the most famous baseball player of the 1920s?
Wee Willie Wilson
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
James Bond
Babe Ruth
46
Which cabinet secretary was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal?
Calvin Coolidge
Albert Fall
Andrew Mellon
Herbert Hoover
47
People that supplied illegal liquor were called
suffragettes
bootleggers
fly boys
crusaders
48
What was the verdict in the Scopes case?
hung jury
not guilty
guilty
not guilty by reason of insanity
49
Which amendment outlawed the sale of alcohol?
18
16
22
21
50
In what economic system does the government control everything?
capitalism
socialism
pluralism
communism
51
Some Americans feared that what type of people would bring communism to America?
industrialists
environmentalists
republicans
immigrants
52
What was Coolidge's campaign slogan?
Cal is your pal
He'll roar in 24
Keep Cool with Coolidge
Don't be a fool, vote for Cool
53
Someone who is opposed to war and will not fight is a
plutocrat
pacifist
coward
deist
54
Places that sold illegal liquor were called
suffragettes
bootleggers
speakeasies
cow palaces
55
What was Calvin Coolidge's nickname?
Boring Cal
Sleepy Cal
Silent Cal
Crazy Cal
56
After women's suffrage, what was the next goal of the women's movement?
ban slavery
equal rights amendment
elect the first woman president
allow women into college
57
Which of the following was NOT a new electrical appliance available in the 1920s?
refrigerator
hair dryer
microwave oven
radio
58
What was the name of Lindbergh's plane?
Spruce Goose
Spirit of St. Louis
Hindenburg
Enterprise
59
"The business of America is business."
Al Capone
Franklin Roosevelt
Babe Ruth
Calvin Coolidge
60
The Teapot Dome scandal involved
coal
oil
gold
tea