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Early 20th c. culture #isolationism #roaring20s #harlemrenaissance #heroes
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This entrepreneur was known for paying his workers well and using the assembly line.
None of the above
Henry Ford
Upton Sinclair
Orville Wright
2
I started using an assembly line to make cars in my factories.
None of these
Henry Ford
Diamler Chrysler
Mercedes Benz
3
The car created jobs in all of the following areas except:
Railroad industry
Highway construction
Gas stations
car repair
4
Which of the following facts about women's home lives in the 1920s was NOT true?
traditional housework chores were more important than ever
more ready-made food and clothing was available
they were usually expected to work outside the home
their children spend most of their days at school
5
Which of the following is NOT true of women in the 1920s
assembly line jobs were available
Their bosses were likely men
most paid workers were still men
they could earn as much as men
6
Due to a fear of immigrants from S. and E. Europe,
this
was instituted in 1924:
Quota System
Dawes Plan
Ku Klux Klan
Anarchy
7
The Teapot Dome scandal centered on:
gold mines
union members
oil-rich lands
high tariffs
8
This woman was known for her soulful singing
Zelda Fitzgerald
Zora Neale Hurston
Bessie Smith
Helen Wills
9
This invention led to a more efficient postal service:
Advertising
Refridgeration
Assembly line
Airplianes
10
This famous gangster was known for his work on the black market during Prohibition
Alvin York
Al Jolson
Al Pacino
Al Capone
11
The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all
EXCEPT:
Italy
Japan
Mexico
England
12
According to Bartolomeo Vanzetti, he and Nicola Sacco were guilty of:
committing robbery
being anarchists/radicals
committing murder
None of the above
13
He was the leader of the successful 1919 Coal Mine strike- more money, unionization, & less hrs
Warren G Harding
Woodrow Wilson
John L. Lewis
Calvin Coolidge
14
to obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as:
Speakeasies
tenements
tea rooms
penthouses
15
The Great Migration was the movement of African Americans to:
Northern cities
Liberia, Africa
Western cities
None of the above
16
The use of
this
allowed people to buy more than they could afford in the 20s
installments plans
None of the above
credit cards
layaway
17
John T. Scopes challenged a TN law the forbade the teaching of:
evolution
creationism
fundamentalism
biology
18
Gov. of MA during Boston Police strike who called in National Guard and fired cops:
Calvin Coolidge
Louis Armstrong
John L. Lewis
A Mitchel Palmer
19
To expand in the 20s, the KKK did all of the following
except:
blaming national problems on immigrants
encouraging white women to join
playing on people's fears of political radicals
allowing members to profit by recruiting new members
20
To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being:
nativists
communists
spies
bigots
21
The Harlem Renaissance was a black cultural movement that featured the talents of all EXCEPT:
Louis Armstrong
Al Kelly
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
22
The Palmer Raids went after this type of person:
immigrants
all of the above
union members
communists
23
The collective work of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla led to the 20s inventions below except:
Refridgeration
Electric Chair
Cars
Toaster Ovens
24
Composer who merged traditional elements of music with American jazz
Georgia O'Keefe
George Gershwin
Jack Dempsey
Ernest Hemingway
25
The Great Gatsby was a novel about the "Roaring 20s" by:
Ernest Hemingway
Zora Neale Hurston
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dorothy Parker
26
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of:
Anarchy
treason
receiving bribes
robbery and murder
27
Wounded in WWI, this writer criticized the glorification of war
Sinclair Lewis
Ernest Hemingway
Charles Lindberg
Jack Dempsey
28
This woman was known for living the flapper lifestyle
Zelda Fitzgerald
Bessie Smith
Helen Wills
Zora Neale Hurston
29
Prohibition was really a women's issue, with women from
this group
leading the charge:
Mobsters' wives
National Women's Suffrage Association
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Mormons
30
Advocated for equal rights for all citizens through the court system; Headed by WEB DuBoise
National Association for Advancement of Colored People
Niagara Movement
Universal Negro Improvement Assocation
None of the above
31
Attorney General Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from :
political radicals
labor union members
big business
corruption and fraud
32
The Harlem Renaissance refers to:
celebration of African American culture in literature & art
a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
Program to promote African American businesses
population increase in Harlem
33
The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was:
change in the birthrate
the automobile
growth in industry
the use of electricity
34
Was a member of the "Lost Generation;" married to iconic socialite/flapper
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Charlie Chaplin
George Gershwin
35
double standard refers to:
lower wages for women than men
stricter social and moral standards for women than men
fact that women worked outside home and did all housekeeping
36
He was a mega-celebrity; pilot; son abducted; invented heart transplant procedure
Amelia Earheart
Charles Lindberg
George Gershwin
F. Scott Fitzgerald
37
Advertisers rebranded
t
his cleaning product
in the 20s by convincing people they had a problem
Baking Soda
Lysol
Listerine
Pledge
38
Fundamentalists believed that:
the bible should be taken literally
drinking alcohol was acceptable
evolution and creationism could coincide
prohibition should be repealed
39
The Prohibition movement sought to ban the sale of
Rotten meat
Guns
cars
Alcohol
40
to obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as:
penthouses
Speakeasies
tea rooms
tenements
41
The US took on this foreign policy since it was tired of foreign entanglements after WWI:
Isolationism
Anarchism
Interventionism
Nativism