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Unit 4 Review: The Roaring Twenties
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US History - 1920s Review
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1
Secretary of the Interior sold government land to oil companies, kept the money for himself.
Boss Tweed Scandal
The First Red Scare
Teapot Dome Scandal
Watergate Scandal
2
This Ku Klux Klan parade during the 1920s can best be explained by:
The passage of the 19th Amendment
The First Red Scare
The Teapot Dome Scandal
Prohibition
3
Communism was a specific threat to Americans in the 1920s due to the fact that:
It would make schooling mandatory
It would make the U.S. a capitalist country
It would pull the U.S. into more European wars
It would take away freedom of speech and the right to vote
4
All businesses are privately owned and business owners keep all profits themselves:
Socialism
Communism
Capitalism
Nativism
5
The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was designed to:
Encourage Americans to buy products made in the US
Encourage Americans to save money in banks
Ensure that another war like World War 1 never happens again
Make it easier to repeal the 18th Amendment
6
Which of the following is best reflected by the cartoon below?
Scopes Trial
Emergency Quota Act
Harlem Renaissance
Teapot Dome Scandal
7
Uncle Sam's position on the "Peak of Prosperity" (during the 1920s) is:
True
False
8
The Emergency Quota Act was put into place for what major purpose?
To prevent African-Americans from gaining full voting rights
To prosecute gov't officials who sell land to oil companies
To keep immigrants from bringing communist ideas into U.S.
To stop the illegal liquor trade
9
Which of the following best explains the verdict that was reached in the Sacco/Vanzetti case?
The Progressive Era
World War I
The First Red Scare
The Harlem Renaissance
10
7 members of Bugs Moran's gang were brutally murdered in a Chicago garage:
The First Red Scare
Teapot Dome Scandal
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Emergency Quota Act
11
High school science teacher in Tennessee who illegally taught the theory of evolution:
Albert Bacon Fall
John T. Scopes
Charles Lindbergh
Warren G. Harding
12
President of the U.S. who wanted a "return to normalcy" after World War I:
A. Mitchell Palmer
Bugs Moran
John T. Scopes
Warren G. Harding
13
A friend asks you why the 1920s was "Roaring." What do you tell him/her?
That Katy Perry's "Roar" was the number one song of 1926
The fact that lions were running (and roaring) all over
Anything negative (Red Scare, nativism, Teapot Dome, etc.)
Anything good about it (jazz, economy, media, fads, etc.)
14
Many Americans were in favor of prohibition due to the idea that:
Russia had become a communist nation (the U.S. was next)
Decreased militaries would make war less likely
Society's problems would disappear if alcohol was banned
Women were starting to question society's expectations
15
Which of the following best describes the U.S. government's response to the 1st Red Scare?
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Prohibition
Palmer Raids
The Harlem Renaissance
16
Ancient Rome warning Uncle Sam to be careful would be supported by:
The passage of strict antitrust laws
The expansion of industrialization and mass production
The widespread use of credit by American consumers
A surge in labor union membership
17
Economic system in which government owns all businesses, distributes profits evenly to citizens
Nativism
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
18
A young 1920s woman who "bobbed" her hair, wore shorter dresses, and danced in public:
Nativist
Bootlegger
Flapper
Communist
19
Government with a dictator in charge, citizens don't have any individual rights:
Socialism
Capitalism
Communism
Nativism
20
Which of the following best explains the decision reached at the Washington Naval Conference?
The Harlem Renaissance
World War I
The First Red Scare
Prohibition
21
The policy shown in the cartoon below is easier to understand with knowledge of:
Prohibition
The Teapot Dome Scandal
The Industrial Revolution
The First Red Scare
22
Which of the following would
NOT
explain the flapper movement?
Women gaining access to college educations
Women filling men's jobs during World War I
Women gaining the right to vote in 1920 (19th Amendment)
Women strictly following prohibition laws
23
First human being to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean:
Charles Lindbergh
Warren G. Harding
A. Mitchell Palmer
John T. Scopes
24
Along with J. Edgar Hoover, he broke into the homes of suspected communists without a warrant:
John T. Scopes
Albert Bacon Fall
Warren G. Harding
A. Mitchell Palmer
25
Which of the following is demonstrated by the cartoon below?
Economic prosperity
Political corruption
An intense fear of communism
Nativism
26
Once prohibition was put into place, society:
Failed to address racial problems
Became worse with more criminal activity
Improved with less crime and more education
Completely rejected capitalism, leaning more to socialism
27
The time period in the U.S. when alcohol was illegal to make, possess, consume, or transport:
Prohibition
Progressive Era
The Antebellum Era
The First Red Scare
28
The belief that a person born in the U.S. is superior to someone born outside the U.S.
Socialism
Nativism
Capitalism
Prohibition
29
Set up an official Prohibition enforcement agency:
Volstead Act
Emergency Quota Act
21st Amendment
Harlem Renaissance
30
The event at the center of the cartoon below reflected a conflict of:
national security vs. individual liberty
communism vs. democracy
science vs. religion
capitalism vs. socialism
31
The act of illegally smuggling alcohol into the United States:
Bootlegging
Flapping
Socialism
Capitalism
32
At the Washington Naval Conference:
The League of Nations developed a superboat to fight Germany
The lessons from World War I were not learned
Large nations agreed to destroy their biggest warships.
It became clear that there would be a World War 2
33
Fewer people were joining labor unions in the 1920s due to the idea that:
Sacco and Vanzetti's case involved labor unions.
Women were working more during the 1920s
Unions promoted socialist ideas, which is tied to communism
There was no need. Factory workers were paid really well.
34
The Harlem Renaissance changed race relations in the U.S. due to the fact that:
An African-American was elected President
Jim Crow Laws were established in southern states
African-Americans were beginning to be accepted into mainstream society
Racism became illegal under federal law
35
Time of intense fear of communism in the United States:
Progressive Era
Harlem Renaissance
Prohibition
First Red Scare
36
How did Uncle Sam reach his position on the "Peak of Prosperity" during the 1920s?
Increase in immigration led to higher worker wages
More Americans saving money in banks
Increased consumer spending
More government regulation on large companies
37
An illegal bar, saloon, or tavern during prohibition:
Bootleg
Prohibition
Speakeasy
Flapper
38
Chicago gangster worth approximately $60 million per year:
John T. Scopes
A. Mitchell Palmer
Al Capone
Warren G. Harding