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1
The first motion picture featuring a soundtrack was _______.
“Tramp”
“Sheik”
“Jazz Singer”
“Don Juan”
2
What Harlem Renaissance activist started the UNIA & believed in black separatism?
Booker T Washington
James Weldon Johnson
Marcus Garvey
Claude McKay
3
The National Origin Act in 1924 restricted immigration from
Europe
Everywhere
Asia
Japan
4
Democrats had difficulty winning national elections during the 1920’s because _______.
they were too conservative for rural southern voters
Democratic candidates were too radically different from Republicans
Conservatives viewed Democratic candidates as too liberal
Democratic candidates support was the “Solid South”, alienating urban voter
5
Why was John Scopes fired from his job?
Going on strike
Teaching evolution in school
Teaching the Bible in school
Refusing to stand during the pledge
6
The stock market crash was caused by all the following EXCEPT:
too much demand helped drive up stock prices
stocks were overpriced compared to profits and asset values of buisnesses
the government intervened to stop guessing and keep stock prices fromrising
margin buying allowed people to speculate with little money down
7
Miller states that the Democratic Party in the 1920’s was a regional party whose only base of support was ____.
Midwestern farm communities
New England factories
the “Solid South”
found in urban strongholds
8
The Washington Conference was called to _____.
negotiate a treaty with Japan
officially end the war with Germany
reduce the size of allied navies
finalize plans to join the World Court and the League of Nations
9
Who were the "Lost Generation?"
The generation of Young adults who fought/were killed during WW1
Children who grew up during the 1920's
The generation during the great depression
Anyone who was alive during the 20's
10
What was Harding's job before becoming president?
Balloon animal artist
college professor
Newspaper editor
mechanic
11
The ___ Amendment outlawed alcohol
19th
18th
17th
20th
12
Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Author of "The Sun Also Rises"
Baseball Player
Author of "The Great Gatsby"
Famous Gangster
13
Prior to the Scopes Trial, Clarence Darrow achieved prominence for his defense of _________.
Sacco and Vanzetti
the striking Boston policemen
thrill killers Leopold and Loeb
IWW miners
14
The McNary-Haugen bill was designed to help farmers by _______.
banning exports of grain
paying them not to plant crops
buying up surplus farm products to help raise prices
encourage farm banks to cancel mortgages
15
Which of the following groups was most opposed to Coolidge running again in 1928?
women
business leaders
African Americans
farmers
16
____ made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean (N.Y. to Paris)
Bruno Huaptmann
Amelia Erhart
Manfred Von Richtoven
Charles Lindberg
17
The author of New World Coming believes that American foreign policy during the 1920’s has been incorrectly labeled ____
aggressively militaristic
Isolationist
limited internationalism
banker to the world
18
In addition to African-Americans, the KKK was unabashedly hostile to all these groups EXCEPT
Catholics
Foreign-born immigrants
Fundamentalists
Jewish Americans
19
The best example of “tabloid journalism” was the ________.
Daily News
New York Post
Chicago Tribune
Baltimore Sun
20
Al Capone was finally arrested and sent to prison for _______.
drug smuggling
tax evasion
murder for hire
violating the Volstead Act
21
Prohibition became law for all the following reasons EXCEPT ___.
prohibition would eliminate bootlegging as a source of revenue for criminal
religious leaders believed consumption of alcohol was sin
it would save grain needed for the war effort
leaders believed that closing bars would strengthen family life
22
The Teapot Dome scandal was when Albert Fall (Harding's friend/Secretary of interior)...
Cheated on his wife
Accepted huge bribes from oil companies
Intentionally withheld information from Harding
Lied about the economic boom
23
Simon and Schuster were responsible for inventing what popular fad during the 1920’s?
maj-jongg
portable radio receivers
book-of-the-month clubs
crossword puzzles
24
Citizens from which country were banned entering the United States during the 1920’s?
France
Japan
Germany
Russia
25
Al Jolson was...
a baseball player
an aviator
a scientist
a movie star
26
The Hawley-Smoot bill _______.
required mandatory unemployment pensions for factory workers
raised tariffs, provoking retaliatory responses from other countries
provided low cost loans to poor farmers
lowered tariffs to stimulate trade after the market crash
27
Which candidate for president in 1920 received over a million votes while in prison?
Nathan Loeb
Norman Thomas
Eugene Debs
Bernard Baruch
28
The "Red Scare" was cause by...
The KKK
World War 1
The Russian Revolution
The Palmer Raids
29
Which of these was NOT an example of what Miller calls our “limited internationalism” during the 1920’s?
Good Neighbor policy in Latin America
the McNary Haugen Bill
membership in the World Court
Kellogg-Briand Pact
30
What was the name for the revival of African American culture in the 1920's?
New Orleans Revival
Harlem Renassiance
Jazz Age
Black Pride
31
Many actors and actresses did not like the “talkies” because _________.
they could not use stunt doubles who would sound different
their voices were too high-pitched and did not sound right
small theaters could not afford the new technology, so fewer people would
the technology was expensive, so their salaries were cut
32
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the decline of the new KKK?
a series of scandals involving Klan leadership
fewer immigrants were coming to the United States
the KKK had become too mainstream, and no longer appealed to members
race relations had improved somewhat with the growth of prosperity
33
a rumor that followed Harding during much of his political career was that he _________.
took bribes
deliberately covered up the corruption of his presidency
had African-American ancestry
was unfaithful to his wife
34
Helen Wills, Gertrude Ederle, and Babe Didrickson Zaharias were _____.
famous movie stars of the decade
early leaders of the suffrage movement
the first women to hold office after winning the right to vote
female sports celebrities of the 1920’s
35
The ___ Amendment gave women the right to vote.
18th
17th
19th
20th
36
Which of these popular movie stars of the 1920’s was not subject to oversight by the Hays Office?
Great Garbo
Rin-Tin-Tin
Lillian Gish
Charlie Chaplin
37
Who was the leader of the "Back to Africa" movement?
Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. Dubois
MLK Jr.
Malcom X
38
Post WW1 meeting called by Harding to demobalize or shrink armies
Washington Naval Conference
Yalta Conference
Treaty of Portsmouth
Potsdam Conference
39
The growth and popularity of the automobile lead to...
more factory jobs
new industries and businesses
creation of assembly lines
people moving to suburbs
40
All the following were reasons for the Florida land bust EXCEPT ______.
several northern states banned soliciting for investors in Florida
there were frequent reports of fraud and land swindle
a massive hurricane struck in 1926
there was a shortage of land for development
41
At the time, the Scopes Trial was viewed as ________.
a victory of fundamentalism over modernism
a victory of modernism over fundamentalism
absolute proof of Biblical truth
scientific proof of the theory of evolution
42
What governor (and future president) fired police officers on strike?
Warren Harding
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
43
Who was Charles Lindbergh
Famous Aviator and Adventurer
Baseball player
Famous gangster
Author of "The Great Gatsby"
44
During the 1920’s, American farmers sufferedfrom each of the following EXCEPT________.
falling demand as European farmersrecovered from the war
overproduction, which led to lower prices
the importing of grain from Canada & Mexico, which reduced prices even more
high debt and mortgage payments
45
What was the Young Plan?
A plan to forgive Germany of it's debt
A plan to bust speakeasies
A plan to dissolve the nation of Germany
Loans from the U.S. to help Germany pay back it's reparations
46
Miller believed that the following are possible reasons Coolidge chose not to run for re-election in 1928, EXCEPT ___.
he was grieving the death of his son and father
he sensed that a depression was coming and did not want to be blamed
the economy was doing so well he felt he could retire
he was worried about his health and that of his wife
47
Which of the following Harding Cabinet members was not involved in scandal?
Forbes
Denby
Fall
Hughes
48
Josephine Baker was...
a gangster
an author
a broadway dancer
a bootlegger
49
____ were Italian anarchists accused of murder and were executed.
Capretti and Fellini
Mario and Luigi
Sacco and Vanzetti
DeNiro and Scorcese
50
The Palmer raids targeted...
Russians
communists
anarchists
immigrants
51
The new KKK that developed during the 1920’s was different from the post-Civil War Klan for all reasons except _____.
it helped elect officials in both the north and south
it had more members in the North than in the South
it was anti-foreign, anti-Catholic, and anti-Jew, as well as anti-Black
it was strongly supported by immigrant groups and organized labor
52
What was President Coolidge's nickname?
"Cool Cal"
"Cautious Cal"
"Old Sink or Swim"
"Silent Cal"
53
Aimee Semple McPherson gained fame during the 1920’s as ______.
the first woman to swim the English Channel
the first woman to fly solo across America
the first woman to receive a PhD from Harvard
a woman pastor and evangelist
54
What innovation in manufacturing did Henry Ford develop?
assembly line
Vertical integration
Interchangable parts
unionized factories
55
Which of these was NOT a reason for the many strikes and labor disputes after World War I?
unions promised not to strike during the War in exchange for wagegains aftr
local and state governments were generally sympathetic to organized labor
unions used the scarcity of skilled labor to demand higher wages
businesses failed to share wartime profits with workers
56
What were the Palmer Raids?
A raid of undocumented immigrants
A raid of 'suspected' bootleggers
A series of raids of speakeasies
A raid of 'suspected' Russian radicals.
57
Alfred Sloan’s strategy for selling cars was to _________.
offer more desirable options
“planned obsolescence” to keep buyers buying cars
keep the design constant
introduce luxury brands like Cadillac and Buick
58
Which of these was NOT an effect of the 18th Amendment?
americans drank less alcohol
speakeasies
bootleggers
rise in organized crime
59
The most outspoken critic of American morals and values in the 1920’s was ____.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
H. L. Mencken
Sinclair Lewis
Walter Winchell
60
Why were Sacco and Vanzetti targeted by the police?
Because of their religious views
Because they were anarchists and Italian immigrants
Because there was sufficient evidence against them
Because they were latino
61
Margaret Sanger created controversy within the feminist movement by advocating for _______.
more women in positions commonly held by men
free college tuition for women
women voters to support Democratic candidates exclusively
inexpensive birth control for women
62
Which of these was NOT used by leaders of the new Klan to increase membership?
advertising, mass marketing, and recruitment incentives
supporting local and state liberal candidates for office
violence and intimidation
appealing to members’ fears of modernism, radicals, and immigrants
63
The Volstead Act did what?
Prohibited the sale/production/consumption of alcohol
A way to help farmers out of the depression
Banned Japanese from entering the country
Prohibited eastern european immigration
64
Jack Dempsey was...
a baseball player
a scientist
an aviator
a boxer
65
The plan to reduce the amount of war reparations Germany owed and stabilize the European economy after the crash was the
Fordney-McCumber Act
Dawes Plan
Young Plan
Financial Adjustment Act
66
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti
Co-owners of a stock sharing company
Communist extremists put on trial for murder
Italian plumbers
Inventor of the assembly line
67
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
suspected bootleggers
Jedi Warriors
Suspected Bolshevik radicles
Suspected Serial killers
68
Which of Harding’s cabinet was the most qualified based on prior experience?
Hoover - Commerce
Forbes – Veterans Bureau
Fall – Interior
Daugherty – Justice
69
Harding and his supporters were fearful which man would oppose him in the 1924 election?
Andrew Mellon
Henry Ford
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
70
A "Return to Normalcy" was coined by...
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Andrew Mellon
Calvin Coolidge
71
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the growth of spectator sports during the 1920’s?
Americans had more leisure time
sports heroes gave the public something to cheer about
the growing prosperity allowed for more discretionary spending
religious leaders were against professional sports; so they retaliated
72
Which of the following was the biggest reason many movie studios did not want to invest in “talkie” technology?
many actors voices did not record well
the technology was expensive, and many small theaters could not afford it
the stationary microphone required for recording limited action scenes
many studio heads thought it was just a fad
73
What was the Dawes Plan?
an agreement to help Germany pay back it's reparations from WW1
Anti-modernist laws for schools
A plan to dissolve the nation of Germany
Loans from the U.S. to help Germany pay back it's reparations
74
What was unique about the Leopold-Loeb case?
Darrow introduced psychiatric evidence to convince a judge to spare them
the prosecution introduced fingerprint evidence for the first time
Darrow got the defendants acquitted on a technicality
they were convicted because they were from poor Jewish families
75
Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested and convicted primarily because _____.
they were immigrants and suspected of belonging to a radical group
they were members of the Communist Party
they were found with money taken from a robbery
they were caught planting a bomb outside Wall Street
76
Louis Armstrong, Count Baise, and Duke Ellington were all famous...
athletes
musicians
businessmen
actors
77
What was the "Red Scare?"
a fear of the baseball team, "The Reds."
A fear of the color crimson
A fear of Japanese immigrants
a fear of the threat of communism
78
What did the 21st Amendment do?
Equal pay to men and women
Ban alcohol
Repealed prohibition in the US
Gave women in the US the right to vote
79
Which 1920’s fiction writer was most critical of small-town American values?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Upton Sinclair
Eugene O’Neill
Sinclair Lewis
80
Mitchell Palmer authorized a crackdown against _________.
radical feminists
radical socialists and suspected Bolsheviks
Ku Klux Klan members
speakeasies
81
One result of the Scopes Trial was _____.
the theory of evolution was accepted as scientific fact
W.J. Bryan turned his victory into a successful real estate career
Scopes was acquitted
anti-evolution laws like the Butler Act remained law for decades
82
The center of black culture in the 1920’s was _______.
New York City’s Harlem
Detroit
New Orleans
Chicago’s south side
83
Who was Coco Chanel
Speak Easy Owner
Movie Star
Celebrity Fashion Designer
Abolitionist
84
This man redefined Jazz with new beats, new trumpet sounds, and ways of singing (scat)
Benny Carter
Duke Ellington
Cole Porter
Louis Armstrong
85
W.E.B. Dubois differed from Booker T. Washington in that DuBois believed African Americans should______.
not be ok with vocation training and go to college to earn respect
continue to “pull themselves up by their own bootstraps”
accept segregation as being in their own best interests
form a Zionist-like movement to reclaim Africa
86
What was the Emergency Quota Act?
Limited immigration from Mexico and Germany
Limited immigration from China
Limited immigration from southern/eastern Europe
Forced quotas in the assembly line
87
Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith were famous as _____.
a pair of treasury agents who raided speakeasies
radicals who were sent to prison by Coolidge
a famous comedy team in the movies
two athletes who caused the “Black Sox” scandal
88
How did Prohibition contribute to the growth of organized crime?
making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of lawbreaking
by forcing police to enforce anti-liquor laws
by strengthening respect for the law
by forcing farmers to grow grain for the production of alcohol
89
Which of the following policies would have been favored by Republican administrations during the 1920’s?
increased taxes on corporations to stimulate efficiency and productivity
lower tariffs to promote trade and competition
higher tariffs to protect American business
guaranteed wage increases to stimulate consumption
90
What was the result of LOWER wages and higher prices after WW1?
American families were better off
Cost of living decreased
Millions of workers went on strike
Workers enjoyed a higher standard of living
91
This term refers to those who believe new immigrants are dangerous or inferior
Anarchists
Nativists
Capitalists
Socialists
92
Who were the Bolsheviks?
a nickname for Russians
A popular jazz band
a revolutionary pro-communist group
a radical pro-capitalism group
93
Who was Al Capone?
Boxer
Scientist
Jazz artist
Famous Gangster
94
Langston Hughes was
a gangster
a black poet
a baseball player
author of "The Great Gatsby"
95
William Sims predicted that the future success of the United States Navy would depend on ______.
aircraft carriers
light cruisers
submarines
bigger battleships
96
Who were leaders of the Harlem Renaissance?
Zora Neal Hurston
Langston Huges
Calvin Coolidge
James Weldon Johnson
