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For the 1920s Unit Exam
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1
The fear of Communism (and other ideologies) brought by immigrants to the United States became known as
Agent Orange
The Red Scare
The Red Fright
Le Fear Rouge
2
The stock market crash caused the Great Depression.
True
False
3
Urban societies tend to be more progressive and modern, whereas rural tends to be more conservative and traditional.
False
True
4
What was the most popular form of entertainment throughout the 1920s?
Radio programs
Stage productions
Movies in sound and color
Television Broadcasts
5
Women of the 1920s who disregarded traditional views were known as
Bootleggers
Flappers
Gold Diggers
Flibbers
6
Andrew Mellon held this title for most of the 1920s
Secretary of State
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
7
The Great Migration was a movement of African Americans from
south to west
east to west
north to south
south to north
8
Who was NOT a prominent leader of the women's suffrage movement?
Jane Fonda
Alice Paul
Carrie Chapman Catt
Susan B. Anthony
9
Who was the first president of the 1920s?
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
10
The 19th Amendment of the US Constitution
created a tax on people's income
repealed prohibition
gave women the right to vote
outlawed alcohol
11
Which day is now known as the day when the stock market crashed before the depression?
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
Dark Monday
Wild Wednesday
12
Who was the second president of the 1920s?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
13
Which of the following is the true meaning of materialism?
The single-minded pursuit of technology and inventions
The single-minded pursuit of money and possessions
The single-minded pursuit of ideology and politics
The single-minded pursuit of animals and pets
14
The 21st Amendment was
The repeal of Prohibition
Women's Right to Vote
Prohibition
Direct Election of US Senators
15
Which of the following was NOT an entertainer from the Harlem Renaissance?
Billie Holiday
Stevie Wonder
Cab Calloway
Louis Armstrong
16
The Scopes Trial turned into a nation-wide (and more so a worldwide) argument concerning
Religion and Science
Technology and traditions
Religion and Morality
Science and Mathematics
17
The Quota Acts of the 1920s targeted immigrants from
Southern and Eastern Europe
Mexico and Central America
Northern Europe
Western Europe
18
Who performed the song
Strange Fruit
which heightened awareness of persistent racial violence in the 1920s and 1930s.
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Billie Holiday
Louis Armstrong
19
Ford's revolutionary new idea of the 1920s (which his friends said would go "bust") was
The Ford truck
The $5 day
Blue and red painted cars
Health insurance for his workers
20
Following WWI and the Treaty, the U.S., feeling betrayd, committed to a foreign policy of
Neutrality
Imperialism
Isolationism
Interventionism
21
Communism is different from Socialism in that under Communism
Just some things are controlled by the government.
There is no government.
Nothing is controlled by the government.
Everything is controlled by the government.
22
What title did A. Mitchell Palmer hold in the early 1920s?
Vice President of the US
Attorney General
Secretary of State
FBI Director
23
Which of the following was NOT a gangster we discussed in relation to Prohibition?
Al Capone
John Gotti
Bugs Moran
Dutch Shultz
24
The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti is still discussed today because of
Women's Rights.
A miscarriage of justice.
Science and Religious differences.
Klan violence in the U.S.
25
All of the following contributed to "bad investing" in the late 1920s EXCEPT
Buying on the Margin
Installment Plans
Over purchase of televsions
Easy Credit
26
Which of the following terms did NOT have to do with our study of Prohibition?
Moonshine, White Lightning
Gold Digger, Boondoggle
Bootlegger, Blind Pig
Speakeasy, Rum Rummer
27
The first country that had a Communist government was
East Germany
China
Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union
28
After the 19th Amendment passed, women reached equality with men in the 1920s.
False
True
29
When African Americans migrated to the northern urban centers they experienced little to no racism.
False
True
30
In what industry was there huge labor struggles which ended violently in 1919?
Steel
Railroad
Automobile
Coal Mining
