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Unit 4: The Roaring 1920's
Unit 4: The Roaring 1920's
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1
What was the
Red Scare
?
a panic that Communist revolutionaries were taking over
the abolishment of communism in America
an epidemic returning soldiers brought from Europe
A brand all communist leaders had on their upper back
2
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
alcohol smugglers
immigrant socialists
victims of prejudice after the Red Scare
communist revolutionaries
3
The law in 1917 that made Puerto Ricans US citizens
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Sugar Act
Scopes Trial
Jones Act
4
How did most Americans feel after World War 1 ?
exhausted and weary of worldly affairs
angry and ready to fight
excited and patriotic
content and happy to be home
5
Who was Charles A. Lindbergh?
Most famous baseball player of the 1920s
A writer who best captured the mood of the 1920's
First person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone
A brilliant African American musician who helped create jazz
6
The name of an organization that works to educate voters
Democratic Party
League of Women Voters
Voters for Equality
Equal Rights for Voters (ERV)
7
Who was the first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris?
Charlie Chaplin
Charles Lindberg
George Washington Carver
Amelia Earhart
8
Which Amendment ended Prohibition?
22nd
19th
21st
18th
9
Buying something on credit during the 1920's was called what?
stocks
installment buying
bull markets
interest
10
Which of the following groups gained power due to anti immigrant feelings?
The European Nation
Communists
Congress
The KKK
11
What was a main reason flappers dressed the way they did?
they felt sexy
it was comfortable
to impress men
as an image for rebellion
12
Who were the young women in the 20s who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking & acting?
prohibitionists
bootleggers
flappers
League of Women Voters
13
The name of a famous movie comedian in the 1920's
Charlie Chaplin
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Cooper
Adolph Hitler
14
The time in the 1920s when people were afraid of immigrants
Harlem Renaissance
anarchism
communism
the Red Scare
15
What bad thing happened during Prohibition?
interest rates skyrocketed
Organized crime increased and got more power
night life completely died and people became depressed
The economy almost crashed; main cause of The Depression
16
How did post war feelings in America influence the election of 1920?
they needed someone to make them feel patriotic again
people needed a president they felt would deal w/ the issues
Americans wanted a man that would keep the KKK in check
they needed someone to focus on women's suffrage
17
What is the reduction of armed forces and weapons of war called?
disamendment
artillery reduction movement
nuclear disinvolvment
disarmament
18
when it was illegal to manufacture, sell or distribute alcohol
communism
speakeasy season
prohibition
substance suffrage movement
19
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
10th
18th
2nd
20
What was the temperance movement?
early hippy movement to spread peace
pre prohibition effort to reduce alcohol consumption
movement that urged fundamentalist ideas
the first attempt women made to acquire equal rights
21
Which invention sparked the creation of appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, and mixers?
electricity
heat coils
bull market
the spark plug
22
President after Harding, economy grew, consumer goods grew
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
23
What was the name of the treaty in which 62 countries declared war to be illegal?
Equal Rights Amendment
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Teapot Dome Revolution
International Peace Treaty
24
This person was know as the "Empress of the Blues"
Louis Armstrong
Alice Paul
Bessie Smith
Gertrude Ederle
25
The time in the 1920's when people were afraid of immigrants and Communists.
The Recession
Isolation Era
The Red Scare
The Holocaust
26
Bars that operated illegally during the time of Prohibition were called what?
bootlegs
underground bar system
prohibitionists
speakeasies
27
Which of the following is NOT true about Warren G. Harding
had good relations with major world powers
considered good natured
presidential looking
he had poor judgment
28
Which group intensely supported Americanism?
KKK
Sacco and Vanzetti
flappers
League of Women Voters
29
What is the Harlem Renaissance ?
A combination of West African rhythms and European harmonies
The time in the 1920s when people were afraid of immigrants
fashion that was taken up w/great passion for a short period
A rebirth of African American culture during the 1920's
30
The 1920 election had far less votes than other elections b/c women couldn't vote yet.
True
False
31
The trial of a Tennessee schoolteacher who taught evolution in science class.
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Langston Hughes Trial
Church vs. John T. Trial
Scopes Trial
32
Gertrude Ederle was known for her contribution to what?
music
medical care
art and literature
sports
33
What is nativism?
prejudice against foreign born people
pulling away from involvement in foreign affairs
communism
single party ideology
34
Both Harding and Coolidge had great admiration for what?
teaching evolution
big business
elite military
isolationism
35
Anger against foreigners is called . .
nativism
isolationism
prejudice
patriotism
36
Movie Stars became key figures in the emergence of celebrities in 1920's pop culture?
false
true
37
What guy was one of the first advertisers to use radio for advertising?
Charles Lindbergh
Bruce Barton
George Carver
Henry Ford
38
Which Amendment created Prohibition?
19th
17th
18th
21st
39
Who were the biggest supporters of prohibition?
gangsters
small town residents
bootleggers
entrepreneurs
40
What music influenced jazz?
African
Mexican
Indian
all of these
41
Paved roads, bridges, and tunnels were built due to what?
the widespread accessibility of the automobile
creativity sparked by the Harlem Renaissance
give immigrants enough work
the need to move military equipment
42
The person who founded the League of Women Voters
Alice Cooper
Langston Hughes
Carrie Chapman Catt
Marie Ann Chaplin
43
What was F. Scott Fitzgerald best known for?
abstract paintings of close up flowers
writing the Great Gatsby
first to swim across the English Channel
"Athlete of the Century"
44
Who led the revolution in Russia and created the USSR ?
Ku Klux
Joseph Stalin
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Vladimir Lenin
45
Films in the 1920's often expressed what?
promiscuity
war
passion and social conformity
propaganda
46
Which person made the assembly line work really well?
Charles Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Lucy Ricardo
Louis Armstrong
47
What enticed consumers to buy products in the twenties?
propaganda
electricity
bull markets
advertising
48
Which of the following is NOT true about automobiles?
church attendance increased
commuting distance of jobs increased
the government started building roads
consumer borrowing increased
49
The founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes
Marcus Garvey
Alfred E. Smith
50
banned the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of liquor in the US
Liquor Act of 1920
prohibition
Red Scare
bootleggers
51
Law passed by Congress in 1921; kept immigrants from certain countries out of the US.
Immigrant Exclusion Act
Emergency Quota Act
Jones Act
Scopes Act
52
Who was not associated with the Jazz Age?
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
F. Scott Fitzgerald
53
People who oppose any form of government are called what?
KKK
bigots
communists
anarchists
54
This established the maximum number of people who could enter the US from each foreign country
The Expulsion Act
The Emergency Quota Act
foreign policy
The Immigration Act
55
Which of the following is
not
true about the use of the automobile?
liberated isolated rural families
only the rich elite & people who lived far away needed one
workers could live farther from their jobs
the automobile factory created a lot of jobs
56
Which Amendment allowed women their right to vote?
20th
18th
19th
21st
57
Movies in the 1920's can best be described as what?
America's pasttime
plays with no sound
new technology used to entertain
state of the art digital showcases
58
Another name for a movie star is what?
flapper
celebrity
hooker
dumb dora
59
Sec. of the Interior took bribes from oil company executives & gave them the use of gov't land
Teapot Dome Scandal
installment buying
Jones Scandal
Kellogg-Briand Scandal
60
Which Massachusetts governor became a Republican president in the 1920's?
Samuel McCall
John L. Bates
Calvin Coolidge
William Douglas
61
What was one big reason anarchists emerged in 1919?
it was an anti immigrant movement
to fight for women's suffrage
the Red Scare pushed people to rebel
America lost the War
62
In the 20's this invention began to be used to broadcast events, news, and comedies.
television
postal system
radio
telegrams
63
After the 19th amendment passed women began to ....
impact political candidates
riot in the streets
run for president
drink alcohol
64
Margaret Sanger didn't support women's suffrage because of her husband was in politics.
false
true
65
this group used anti communism as an excuse to harass other people different then them
Boston Police
KKK
Reds
Roman Catholics
66
What is communism?
government owns businesses
no private property
all of these
single party system
67
Post WW1 a wave of
nativism
swept America. What does that mean?
American people felt prejudice against foreigners
Native Americans bean fighting for rights
Native Americans were stripped of their lands across the US
The US wanted to pull away from involvement in world affairs
68
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 set up a quota system that did what?
the police were sent to arrest all illegal immigrants
set a maximum number of people that could enter the US
it cut out all immigration opportunities for 5 years
established a limit on traded goods that could enter the US
69
29th President of the United States, pro business, & died in office.
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Warren G Harding
70
2 radical immigrants found guilty of a crime & sentenced to death w/o real supportive evidence
KKK
The Mistrial of 1919
Benito & Mussolini
Sacco & Vanzetti
71
What good thing happened during Prohibition?
Alcoholism and liver diseases went down
Tobacco use also decreased
Organized crime decreased and got less power
the economy was positively impacted
72
paying for things in installments
stocks
bull market
credit
speakeasies
73
In what year was Herbert Hoover elected president?
1928
1920
1924
1926
74
This person won himself a scholarship at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania for his poetry.
Langston Hughes
The Great Gatsby
George O'Keeffe
Jim Thrope
75
The Emergency Quota Act did NOT include who?
immigrants pouring in from Mexico
Irish Steel workers
people from Japan
none of these
