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1920s Unit
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1
The Automobile contributed to the creation of which of the following businesses?
Motels
Mechanic Shops
All of the above
Gas Stations
2
This was the most powerful mass media medium during the 1920s.
Newspaper
Radio
Photographs
CD Player
3
18th Amendment prohibited this from being created and sold.
Alcohol
Tobacco
Gun Powder
Tomacco
4
Babe Ruth played which sport?
Soccer (not a sport)
Australian Rules Football
Baseball
Hockey (aka soccer on ice)
5
The Quota System in the US was designed to do what?
Limit the amount of money the US was spending overseas
Limit the number of immigrants coming to the US
Push it to the limit
Encourage immigration from Southern & Eastern Europe
6
Socialism is an economic and government system that puts heavy regulations on business.
True
False
7
Amelia Earhart is the first female pilot to successfully fly around the world.
True?
False
True
8
What major advancement in cinema occurred in the 1920s?
The introduction of sound
Silent films
Increased level of racial equality.
The use of propaganda in advertising
9
Flappers were known for
Working for the weekend
All of the above
Making good flapjacks
Challenging societal norms
10
The labor movement in america gave us which of the following?
All of the above
40 hour work weeks
Health benefits
8 hour work days
11
Installment Plans allowed people to
Buy now, pay later!
Buy now, pay never!
No money down!
Hi, Billy Mays here.
12
Al "Scarface" Capone is famous for
Inventing soup
Playing for the Yankees
Being a ruthless Chicago Gangster
Being named Al
13
Nativism refers to
Native Americans
Prejudice against foreign born people
Food for thought
Capitalistic Ideals
14
"The Lost Generation," - Disillusioned soldiers from WWI often left the U.S. and went to
Canada
Russia
Paris
Germany
15
The Harlem Renaissance refers to
The Harlem Globetrotters
African-Americans moving from the South to the North
Flourishing of African-Americans in art and music
Negro League Baseball
16
During the Prohibition people went to Speakeasies to:
Listen to Jazz music
Avoid their nagging wives/brutish husbands
Secretly drink alcohol
17
The Ku Klux Klan had how many members during the 1920s?
5000 - 8000
4 Trillion
40,000
4 Million
18
The Red Scare refers to?
The fear of communism spreading to the Canada
The fear of immigrants
The fear of communism spreading to the US
