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1
This poster is most closely associated with
bonfires, popular at 1920s public schools
the Scopes Trial
fear of American soldiers
the Red Scare
2
The Great Migration was the movement for Africans Americans from
northern cities to midwest cities
southern cities to midwest cities
southern cities to northern cities
northern cities to southern cities
3
The Harem Renaissance refers to
a celebration of African-American culture in lit. and art
a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
a population increase in 1920s Harlem
a program to promote African-American owned businesses
4
Which of the following is NOT considered a sign that 1920s prosperity was superficial?
the income difference between workers and managers
the number of products purchased on credit
the success of advertising
5
To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went to underground nightclubs called
speakeasies
tenements
tea rooms
penthouses
6
John Scopes violated a Tennessee law by teaching
creationism
evolution
fundamentalism
chemistry
7
The Bolshevik Revolution (led to communism) happened in which country?
Italy
France
England
Russia
8
A new form of art developed during the Harlem Renaissance was
Jazz
poetry
motion pictures
ragtime
9
The revival of the KKK & the creation of immigration quotas was a direct result of the
rise of fundamentalism
stock market crash
rise of nativism
Harlem Renaissance
10
Rebellious young women of the 20s adopted the fashion trends of a
Gibson Girl
Flapper
Gramdmothers
Feminists
11
Installment plans allowed consumers to
purchase new goods on credit
work for lower wages
change computer operating systems
have workers put new appliances in their homes
12
The Scopes Trial was given the nickname of the
Theory of Evolution Trial
Monkey Trial
Darwin Trial
Big Bang Trial
13
The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
oil-rich lands
gold mines
high tariffs
union members
14
The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of
African Americans from the US to Africa
immigrants from Europe to America
people from rural areas and towns to large cities
African Americans from the South to northern cities
15
The decade of the 1920s are called the "Roaring Twenties" because
the US joined the League of Nations and was a global leader
political reforms made the government more democratic
foreign trade was prosperous for the US
widespread social and economic change happened
16
The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to
stop a repeat of WWI
help Britain and France pay off war debts
raise taxes on goods entering the US
raise taxes on goods leaving the US
17
The economy of the 1920s can be described using which of the following terms
Mediocre
Prosperity
Depression
Recession
18
The passage of the 18th Amendment is seen as a victory for the
socialist movement
temperance movement
fundamentalist movement
suffrage movement
19
The National Origins Act (Quota System) was meant to target
immigrants from Western Europe
immigrants from Eastern & Southern Europe
all immigrants
native born Americans
20
Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicians as
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Paul Robeson
John Stockton
21
To expand is membership in the 20s, the KKK engaged in all of the following
EXCEPT
blaming problems on immigrants
encouraging foreign born men to join
playing on people's fear of political radicals
allowing members to profit off of new members
22
Except
for __________________, all of the following were likely to APPROVE of prohibition
immigrants
rural residents of the South
criminals
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
23
Government crackdowns on suspected communist radicals became known as the
Palmer Raids
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
Bolshevik Revolution
Scopes Trial
24
The Sacco & Vanzetti Trial, demonstrated the nation's paranoia during the
First World War
Dust Bowl
Great Depression
Red Scare
25
Which of the following was
not
a result of prohibition?
Speakeasies emerged
Increase in crime
All Americans stopped drinking
People became bootleggers
26
Who is credited with trying to start the "Back to Africa" movement?
W.E.B. DuBois
Langston Hughes
Marcus Garvey
Duke Ellington
27
"Double Standard" refers to
unfair treatment of women in the workplace
amount of work that women did both at home and outside
lower wages women earned compared to those earned by men
stricter social and moral standards for women than men
28
The passage of the 19th Amendment is seen as a victory for the
socialist movement
temperance movement
suffrage movement
fundamentalist movement
29
The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was
growth in professional jobs
the use of electricity
a change in birthrate
the automobile
30
Who is
not
considered a Harlem Renaissance artist?
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Georgia O'Keefe
Duke Ellington
31
The Nineteenth Amendment was
outlaw drinking
women's suffrage
give citizenship to black Americans
create an income tax
32
Easily available credit allowed Americans to
loans money to banks
spend beyond their means
send their more in a conservative manner
loans money to the government