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A quiz over US History 1919-1932.
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1
During the beginning of the Great Depression, towns where poor people lived were nicknamed...
Coolidge Country
Urban Centers
Hoovervilles
Ethnic Neighborhoods
2
What was the name of Franklin D Roosevelt's plan that he believed would restore the US economy?
The Square Deal
The 14 Points
The New Deal
The Stimulus Plan
3
Radio was significant during the Roaring 20's for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...
Radio advertising helped the economy grow
Radio replaced television in the 1920's
By the end of the 1920's, 40% of homes had radios
Radio provided news, music, and broadcasted sporting events
4
Which of the following are NOT associated?
Women's Suffrage - 19th Amendment
Teapot Dome Scandal - Mexico
Prohibition - 18th Amendment
Stock Market Crash - Great Depression
5
Which of these men was NOT President during the 1920's?
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
6
What novel, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was critical of materialism and conformity in 1920's US?
The Great Gatsby
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Catcher in the Rye
Summer for the Gods
7
What was the name given to the method of production when 1 worker puts on 1 piece of a product?
Assembly line production
End production
Recycle production
Retail production
8
All of these were immediate effects of the Stock Market Crash EXCEPT...
Some people lost their savings, their homes, and their farms
President Hoover was impeached
Rise in unemployment
Lack of money in circulation because banks went bankrupt
9
Which of the following is TRUE about the 1920's?
Clash of values between younger and older generations
Sports were not popular
WWI ended in 1924
By 1924, Ku Klux Klan membership was in decline
10
What were "speakeasies" of the 1920's?
Private places people went to speak freely on controversies
High-paying jobs that people job easily
Public speaking events
Illegal bars
11
During the early 1920's, the isolation common to rural farm families was most changed by the...
television
library
airplane
automobile
12
Which of the following is NOT correctly paired?
Harold Day - elected POTUS in 1928
Lost Generation - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great Migration - African Americans moved North in 1920's
A. Mitchell Palmer - Red Scare
13
The first car in America was called the...
Corvette
Model T
Thunderbird
Model A
14
October 29, 1929 is the date of which event?
Start of WWII
Stock Market Crash
Fist television broadcast
End of WWI
15
Why did Charles Lindbergh become a hero in 1927?
He flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2 hours
He won 3 Olympic gold medals
He was the first Jewish man to become Secretary of State
He caused the economic boom of the 1920's
16
What was President Hoover's opinion of the stock market crash?
He believed Laissez-Faire economics was to blame
He believed the economic situtation would only last 6 months
He believed the stock market didn't actually crash
He believed it was a catastrophe that required gov't action
17
What court case took place in the Summer 1925 that symbolized the clash of values in 1920's US?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Roe vs. Wade
Plessy vs. Fergusson
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
18
The Red Scare (1919-1920) is associated with which of the following?
Famous radio programming in the 1920's
Lost Generation and Hollywood movie industry
Car industry developed the Management System to produce cars
Gov't arrested people who were suspected of being anti-USA
19
What are government taxes on imported goods called?
Income tax (16th Amendment)
Wage gaps
Tariffs
Deficit spending
20
Which president promoted a "Return to Normalcy"?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
21
Which of the following is NOT true about the Harlem Renaissance?
Located in New York City
It limited the number of foreigners that could enter the USA
Took place in the 1920's
It was a cultural rebirth of black art, music, & literature
22
The cultural rebirth of African American literature, art, & music in the 1920's was called the
Civil Rights Movement
Great Migration
Black Exodus
Harlem Renaissance
23
Which of the following is NOT true about the Stock Market Crash?
President Hoover was in office from 1929-1933
The Great Depression affected all economic levels of the US
It only affected northern and western urban centers
After, Hoover said the economy would fix itself in 6 months
24
All of these were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT...
Railroads lost profits to the car industry
Buying on Margin in the stock market & inflated stock prices
Coal lost profits due to electricity
The high cost of fighting World War I
25
Which of the following is TRUE about the 1920's?
Herb Hoover was President in 1920 and was re-elected in 1924
Model T was the most popular car
USA practiced Containment as its foreign policy
US gov't sold land in Maine to Canada for fishing rights
26
All of these were important developments in the 1920's EXCEPT...
Cars
Jazz
Railroads
Electricity
27
The Red Scare was caused by a fear of...
Laissez-Faire Economics
Immigrants
Communism
Economic Depression
28
What controversial topic was the Scopes Trial about?
African American's Civil and Political Rights
Flappers and Prohibition
Women's Suffrage
The Theory of Evolution and Fundamentalism
29
Who were the two lawyers who argued a side in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial?
William Jennings Bryan and Daniel Webster
Homer Plessy and Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster and Clarence Darrow
Willliam Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow
30
Who won the 1932 Presidential election and what was the margin of victory?
Franklin Roosevelt won by a landslide
Herbert Hoover won by a landslide
Franklin Roosevelt won by a very thin margin
Herbert Hoover won by a very thin margin
