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Chapter 8 Test Review - The Roaring 20s
Chapter 8 Test Review - The Roaring 20s
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1
Increasing crime in the 1920s is mostly linked to
more weapons that were available to the common man.
the appearance of crack cocaine.
the legalization of alcohol.
control of territory for selling illegal alcohol.
2
The person responsible for the ideas of scientific management and efficiency in industry is
Alexander Graham Bell.
Charles Lindbergh.
Frederick W. Taylor.
Henry Ford.
3
During the 1920s, cities
did not grow.
lost their appeal to the American population.
did not attract immigrants.
continued to grow.
4
Who were the "Big Three?"
Ford, GM & Chrysler
Microsoft, Apple & Samsung
BMW, Porsche & Lamborghini
Toyota, Mitsubishi & Mercedes
5
After WWI, many Americans supported
joining the League of Nations.
a greater level of isolationism.
forgiving loans made to Britain & France.
a greater level of intervention in Europe.
6
John Scopes was arrested in 1925 for
illegal distribution of alcohol.
teaching his students about evolution.
teaching about birth control.
robbing and killing a paymaster.
7
One of the most successful and popular athletes of the 1920s is
Bruce Jenner.
Jackie Robinson.
Babe Ruth.
Tony Dorsett.
8
The Emergency Quota Act (Immigration) of 1921 and The National Origins Act (Immigration) of 1924 are meant to
increase the amount of goods traded with Europe.
increasing immigration from southern/eastern Europe.
decrease immigration from southern/eastern Europe.
decreasing the amount of goods traded with Europe.
9
President Harding's cabinet member responsible for the Teapot Dome Scandal is
Albert Fall.
Charles Forbes.
Herbert Hoover.
Andrew Mellon.
10
The first mass produced automobile in the U.S. was the
Chevy Roadster.
Model T Ford
Cadillac.
Toyota Prius.
11
____ made the first successful solo flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in 1927.
Albert Fall
Charles Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Howard Hughes
12
From 1915 - 1925 the KKK grew in membership and power due to
supporting the teaching of evolution in the schools.
supporting women receiving equal rights.
opposing immigration, Catholics & Jews.
its increased focus on denying African Americans rights.
13
The most powerful communications medium to develop in the 1920s was
television.
radio.
new magazines.
widely circulated newspapers.
14
Overall in the 1920 wages, the GNP and the stock market
went steadily up.
did not increase or decrease.
went significantly down.
15
Prohibition was unsuccessful mostly because
the government did not provide enough enforcement.
the U.S. government did not support the law.
local communities did not believe it should be enforced.
many churches still wanted to use wine for ceremonies.
16
In the 1920s the country most impacted by a reduction in immigrants allowed into the U.S. is
Germany.
England.
Italy.
Mexico.
17
___________ is the belief that people can and should be bred for specific traits, like intelligence.
Eugenics
Photosynthesis
Bolshevism
Astronomy
18
The Dawes Plan (1924 - 1930) was a proposed solution to
decrease the number of naval ships for all nations.
prevent future wars.
lower U.S. tariffs.
help Germany pay its reparations payments.
19
The 18th Amendment
gave the U.S. government the right to tax citizens.
changed the date of the President's inauguration.
outlawed the production and sale of alcohol.
guaranteed women the right to vote.
20
One of the problems that developed in the 1920s was
companies were not able to increase production.
farmers had problems producing enough food.
that stock market prices did not increase.
people increased their debt through installment payments.
21
In the 1920s the country switched from using more coal based energy to
water power.
wind power.
nuclear power.
electric power.
22
After he won the Presidential election in 1920 Warren G. Harding promised Americans
that the U.S. would join the League of Nations.
That the U.S. would ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
a return to normalcy.
that the stock market would never crash.
23
The most powerful musical movement in the 1920s was
jazz.
opera.
ragtime.
bluegrass.
24
"Flappers" were
women who resisted change in the 20s.
women in the 20s who wore shorter skirts, smoked and drank.
devices used on the back of cars to block mud kicking up.
women who supported prohibition in the 20s.
25
Fundamentalists believe
that science and evolution is correct.
that the Bible is completely true.
that man evolved from monkeys.
that the Bible can be interpreted scientifically.
26
The period after WWI when Americans were afraid of the spread of communism is called the
Spanish Flu outbreak.
Red Scare.
Haymarket Square Riot.
Socialist Revolution.
27
The backbone of the U.S. economy in the 1920s was
automobile production.
textile production.
farming & wheat production.
steel production.
28
The country that became communist before the end of WWI
Great Britain.
France.
Germany.
Russia.
29
The black leader in the 1920s who supported African Americans moving to Africa or separatism is
Booker T. Washington.
Marcus Garvey.
Langston Hughes.
W.E.B. DuBois.
30
The movie most responsible for the growth of the KKK in the 1920s is
The Great Gatsby
The Birth of a Nation
The Great Train Robbery
Gone with the Wind
31
Prohibition was overturned by the
21st Amendment.
19th Amendment.
18th Amendment.
20th Amendment.
32
Margaret Sanger was very controversial because
she was the first major female labor leader.
she supported Prohibition.
she supported teaching evolution in schools.
she taught women about birth control.
33
What does the image reflect about the 1920s?
advertising lacked development and advancement in the 1920s
the regional focus of advertising for mass produced products
the national focus of advertising for mass produced products
ads for products focused on the individual in small towns
34
Dislike of foreigners or those who are immigrants is
interventionism.
nativism.
isolationism.
the Red Scare.
35
__________ damaged the ability of England, France and Germany to pay their debts.
Low tariffs
High tariffs
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
Greater military action
36
One of the major leaders/artists of the Harlem Renaissance was
Virginia Woolf.
Ernest Hemingway.
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Langston Hughes.
37
All three U.S. Presidents in the 1920s supported
lower taxes and greater government regulation.
lower taxes and less government regulation.
greater taxes and less government regulation.
high taxes and greater government regulation.
38
The execution of ____________ & ______________ in 1927 was greatly influenced by nativism and the Red Scare.
Al Capone & Pretty Boy Floyd
Sacco & Vanzetti
Bonnie & Clyde
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
39
A route developed during the 1920s that connected Chicago with Santa Monica, California was
U.S. 301
Interstate 95
Interstate 10
Route 66
40
The author of
The Great Gatsby
is
Langston Hughes.
Ernest Hemingway.
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
