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Chapter 22 The Roaring Twenties
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#Roaring Twenties #Chapter 22
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1
Americans responded to Wilson's work at the Paris Peace Conference by...
re-electing him for another four years
choosing a different Democrat for president in 1920.
erecting a monument in Washington, D.C., honoring him.
rejecting him and the Democrats in the 1920 election.
2
For what is "installment buying" another term?
charity giving
buying on credit
theft
trade
3
Which of the following led to the quick spread of jazz music?
the Universal Negro Improvement Association
the Charleston
the Radio
Hollywood films
4
What innovation resulted in cheaper automobiles?
the growth of suburbs
improved methods of auto repair
the assembly line
chains of gas stations
5
In which presidential election did American women first vote?
the 1916 election
the 1920 election
the 1924 election
the 1928 election
6
What began as a way to conserve grains in the 1920?
disarmament
Installment buying
Prohibition
Communism
7
What did these three writers have in common?
They arrived from Africa in the 1920s.
They were members of the Harlem Renaissance.
They were expatriates.
They criticized American middle-class culture.
8
T or F: Before 1927, motion pictures were talkies.
False
True
9
What reform movement resulted in the Eighteenth Amendment?
temperance movement
isolationism
A women's suffrage movement
anti-Communism
10
The booming stock market in the 1920s. (pick either one of the two correct choices)
encouraged people to borrow money to buy stocks.
discouraged people from borrowing money to buy stocks.
ended unemployment in the United States.
made most Americans wealthy.
11
Which cause belongs on the blank line of the chart?
Administration was involved in Teapot Dome scandal
Federal government slashed the budget
Coolidge reward business friends with government appointment
Economic recession hit the United States
12
T or F: The Ku Klux Klan scorned blacks, immigrants, Catholics, and Jews.
True
False
13
Women often wore Chinese-style silk gowns when...
they danced the Charleston.
they went to jazz clubs.
they sat on flagpoles.
they went to Mahjong clubs.
14
Which invention encouraged tourism and created new businesses in the 1920s?
the refrigerator
the automobile
silent films
the radio
15
One cause of the industrial boom in the 1920s
Disarmament
Installment buying
Prohibition
Communism
16
T or F: The automobile discouraged tourism among middle-class American families.
True
False
17
What was the first major talking picture?
King Kong
The Jazz Singer
The Kid
The Scopes Trial
18
Who claimed credit for the economic prosperity of the 1920s?
the Quakers
the Democrats
The Republicans
the Catholics
19
The first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Sinclair Lewis
Calvin Coolidge
Charles Lindbergh
Langston Hughes
20
Which group was treated most favorably by 1920s immigration laws?
Eastern Europeans
Asians
People from the Americas
Southern Europeans
21
Who sent troops to Nicaragua to protect American business interests?
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindbergh
Calvin Coolidge
22
Which athlete was a celebrated baseball player in the 1920s?
Helen wills
Bobby Jones
Jack Dempsey
Babe Ruth
23
Why did some Americans dislike jazz music?
they thought jazz was too slow and lacked rhythm.
vinyl recordings of jazz were expensive.
They could not find jazz clubs in smaller cities.
They thought jazz encouraged frivolity and undermined morals
24
Which of the following statements best explains the situation shown on the graph?
Personal debt rose at the beginning then stabilized.
As people invested money in stocks, they bought more goods.
Americans were in debt to buy things they couldn't afford.
Wealthy Americans were spending a lot of money.
25
The Nineteenth Amendment made it possible for women to vote in the 1920 presidential election.
True
False
26
La Guardia made this statement to suggest that...
Organized crime figures operated out of these businesses.
Getting rid of saloons moved liquor sales to other locations
These businesses should be shut down along with saloons.
Prohibition had been a huge success.
27
Some writers were so disillusioned with America that the ...
held protests at libraries that would not carry their work.
stopped writing.
embraced babbittry.
became expatriates.
28
What became a symbol of a 1920s woman?
the female wartime factory workers
the flapper
female jazz singers
the women voters
29
Why did American postwar strikes trouble many Americans?
People were afraid another world war was brewing.
The strikers often blocked traffic.
Americans did not want foreigners to be deported.
People were afraid a Communist revolution was beginning.
30
Who was famous for his deeds as a pilot?
Johnny Weissmuller
Bobby Jones
Charles Lindbergh
Jack Dempsey
31
How did radio change American life in the 1920s?
gave women a public voice and a place to air their concerns
It made it easier for families to move to the suburbs.
exposed the nation to the same information and entertainment
It increased racial and religious tensions.
32
What became widespread due to Prohibition?
organized crime and violence
immigration from Canada
respect for the law
immigration from the Caribbean
