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1920s A Decade of Change
1920s A Decade of Change
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1
Pilot of the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
Warren G Harding
Henry Ford
Charles Lindbergh
Herbert Hoover
2
All of the following conditions were present in the mid-1920s except
A lack of adequate food production on farms
A desire for law and order
Climbing prices on the stock market
Excessive purchases on credit
3
Who was the brunt of much ridicule at the scopes trial for his defense of biblical creation?
William Jennings Bryan
Charles Evans Hughes
Calvin Coolidge
Albert B. Fall
4
President who died in office
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Warren G Harding
Henry Ford
5
The Volstead act of 1919 outlawed any beverage that contained more than 0.5% alcohol content.
False
True
6
Prohibition went into affect in 1919 despite a widespread disapproval and a long bitter fight against the movement.
False
True
7
America‘s basic foreign-policy in the 1920s
Flapper
Prohibition
Isolationism
Speakeasy
8
The first automobiles were built shortly after World War I.
False
True
9
Who won the presidential election of 1928?
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Warren G Harding
Calvin Coolidge
10
Communist intended to spread their rule from Russia to other nations of the world.
False
True
11
The airplane was a major form of transportation for most Americans during the 1920s.
False
True
12
Albert B Fall was infamous for his part in
Chicago’s bootlegging ring
The teapot dome scandal
The red scare
The Sacco and Vanzetti affair
13
Women whose behavior and dress were shocking
Speakeasy
Prohibition
Flapper
Bootlegging
14
A major court case related to the red scare was the one involving
Guglielmo Marconi
Albert B Fall
Sacco and Vanzetti
John Scopes
15
Who was president Harding‘s secretary of state?
Herbert Hoover
Nicola Sacco
Charles Evans Hughes
Albert B. Fall
16
The scopes trial resulted in scopes being convicted of teaching evolution.
True
False
17
The people of the 20s generally had an interest in all of the following except
Silent movies and their stars
Sports and sports figures
Biblical Christianity and moral values
Sensational stories of human drama
18
which one of the following items probably broke down some of the characteristics of Americans to form a unified culture
The electric light
The telephone
The phonograph
The radio
19
Condition imposed by the 18th amendment
Speakeasy
Prohibition
Flapper
Isolationism
20
The author of the book the man nobody knows was
Calvin Coolidge
Albert B. Fall
Warren G Harding
Bruce Barton
21
Who promised a return to normalcy after the war?
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
22
A place to buy liquor illegally
Prohibition
Bootlegging
Isolationism
Speakeasy
23
The illegal sale of liquor
Prohibition
Bootlegging
Speakeasy
Isolationism
24
The Republican president of the 1920s generally believed that the federal government should not regulate farm economy.
False
True
25
Developer of the assembly line for mass production
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Ford
Herbert Hoover
Charles Lindbergh
26
President Harding office had scandals; he allowed his friends to use government power for gain.
True
False
27
The automobile had a dramatic effect on American life especially that a farm families.
True
False
28
President Harding was impeached found to be responsible for the teapot dome scandal and imprisoned.
True
False
29
President who said, “The chief business of the American people is business.”
Warren G Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Ford
Herbert Hoover