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1
Who was the first pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean non-stop?
Sinclair Lewis
Amelia Earhart
Charles Lindbergh
Daniel Lindbergh
2
People started buying stocks with borrowed money as what is called ...
Buying on Margin
Reckless Prosperity
Buying on Credit
Investor surplus
3
From 1922 to 1928, industrial production ...
remained the same
fell
climbed
4
This high school teacher lost his job because he taught his students the 'Theory of Evolution'
none of them
John Scopes
Charles Darwin
George Herman Ruth
5
A period of rising stock prices is called ...
Bull Market
Buying on Margin
Bear Market
Benefits Market
6
Calvin Coolidge
succeeded Warren Harding
anarchist who was opposed to government
died in office
preceeded Warren Harding
7
Disarmament
the reduction or limitation of military armaments
imposed harsh punishments on aggressive countries
policy to restrict weapons imports to the United States
both a and b
8
One of the scandals during the Harding presidency
Sacco-Vanzetti
Teapot Dome
Veteran's Bureau Bribery
Labor Disputes
9
Sap
means
to have a crush on someone
an honest person
a fool
to get lost
10
Sacco and Vanzetti were
all of them
wrongfully accused of killing 2 people and executed
anarchists
part of the Harlem Renaissance
11
Reasons why the stock market crashed
Investors were concerned about stock values
A rapid sell-off of stocks triggered loss of value
Stocks collapsed
All of these
12
How was the American industry protected during the 1920s?
High tariffs on exports
High tariffs on imports
Buying on Margin
13
Communism
A single party rules
a policy of letting things take their own course
both B and C
The state owns the means of production
14
The undisputed HERO of the 1920s who epitomizes the roaring spirit of this decade is ...
Charles Lindbergh
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
15
Liquor Smugglers are called
Anarchists
The Bee's Knees
Bootleggers
The Mob
16
The Red Scare had ...
people afraid of communism
people afraid of food shortages
people afraid of socialism
none of them
17
The
Universal Negro Improvement Association
(UNIA) promoted what?
None of these
Black pride
The return of African Americans to Africa
Black unity
18
Chicago mob boss who was idolized by those he supported and who made a fortune in Prohibition
Al Capone
Marlon Brando
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jesse James
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Installment Buying
strengthened the economy
allowed people to invest in the stock market
created a new consumer culture
weakened the economy
20
Speakeasy
a writer during the Harlem Renaissance
a complaint about injustice
illegal sales of cigars from Cuba
illegal tavern serving liquor
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Laissez-faire is
a hands-on approach
a hands-off approach
the price (fare) one had to pay to enter a speakeasy
a term that described lazy workers
22
Who did actually not do so well during the economic boom of the 1920s?
Women
Farmers
African Americans
Factory Workers
23
Prohibition
both a and b
a period of falling stock prices
made selling arms illegal
made distilling and selling alcohol illegal
24
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
21st amendment
20th amendment
19th amendment
18th amendment
25
_____ worked on assembly lines squeezing out skilled labor for less money
Republicans
Women and children
Unskilled workers
Democrats
26
What defines the Jazz Age?
Music, literature and art affecting society during the 1920s
Movies using Jazz music
Migration of African Americans to the north
fads and heroes during the 1920s
27
What was the stock market crash commonly referred to?
Wall Street Collapse
Black Tuesday
Fat Tuesday
28
In which year did the stock market crash?
1929
1927
1928
29
Jazz
a spiffy person
a bunch of nonsense
music style with influences from around the world
code word to enter a Speakeasy
30
Large numbers of African Americans moved to the north from the south in what was called ..
The temperance movement
The birth of the Ku-Klux Klan
A symbol of individual freedom and independence
The Great Migration
31
"A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" was a presidential election slogan for ...
Calvin Coolidge
Alfred E. Smith
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
32
The 18th amendment is also known as ...
Laissez-Faire
National Origins Act
Women's right to vote
Prohibition
33
Women who flaunted their disdain for what was considered acceptable behavior were called ...
Bobs
Cat's Meow
Flappers
Babe Ruth
34
Economists, stock brokers and bankers became concerned because ...
stocks were priced at their "true worth"
stocks sold too quickly
stock were overpriced compared to earnings and profits
35
The Harlem Renaissance took place in which state?
Georgia
New Jersey
New York
Louisianna
36
Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
18th amendment
21st amendment
19th amendment
none of them
37
Henry Ford invented this - it is the most important economic invention of the 1920s
Ford Model T
buying on margin
assembly line
installment buying
38
Sinclair Lewis, Langston Hughes, Billie Holiday are just a few artists associated with ...
Harlem Renaissance
Communism
The Great Gatsby
New Orleans
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Warren Harding
Died in office
29. President of the United States
all of them are correct
"Return to Normalcy"
