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1
Which of the following was NOT a reason given for Prohibition?
alcohol led to crime
alcohol is immoral
more taxes could be collected
grain was needed for the war
2
Which President of the 1920s has been judged one of the worst in history?
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
3
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19
16
18
21
4
People against Prohibition were called
wets
exodusters
wobblies
crusaders
5
Which of the following was NOT a new electrical appliance available in the 1920s?
refrigerator
hair dryer
radio
microwave oven
6
People that supplied illegal liquor were called
suffragettes
fly boys
bootleggers
crusaders
7
What group helped Scopes during his trial?
Ku Klux Klan
National Rifle Association
American Federation of Teachers
American Civil Liberties Union
8
What year was Calvin Coolidge elected President?
1930
1928
1924
1926
9
People who believe that no government should exist are called
socialists
anarchists
capitalists
idealists
10
What was Al Capone's nickname?
Scarface
Teddy Bear
Sproose Goose
Bugs
11
The Teapot Dome scandal involved
gold
oil
coal
tea
12
What punishment did Fall receive?
he was found not guilty
executed
jail time
deported
13
What was the nickname of the 1920s?
Tipsy 20s
Roaring 20s
Happy 20s
Crazy 20s
14
What sentence did Sacco and Vanzetti receive?
lynch mob
deportation
death
jail time
15
Which Attorney General ordered mass deportation of aliens?
Andrew Mellon
Albert Fall
Herbert Hoover
Mitchell Palmer
16
What year was Warren Harding elected President?
1926
1918
1920
1922
17
What new style of music was introduced by African-Americans in the 1920s?
rock and roll
rap
jazz
classical
18
What word means "the right to vote"?
pacivism
suffrage
anarchy
platoon
19
Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly solo from New York to
Paris
Los Angeles
the North Pole
Hawaii
20
The explosion of creativity in the Black community in the 1920s was called the
Antebellum movement
Black is Beautiful movement
Southern Front
Harlem Renaissance
21
Which Italian immigrants were accused of robbery and murder?
Sacco and Vanzetti
Masters and Johnson
Briggs and Straton
Penn and Teller
22
Who was the first woman elected to congress?
Margaret Sanger
Grace Harding
Amelia Earhart
Janette Rankin
23
What was Calvin Coolidge's nickname?
Silent Cal
Sleepy Cal
Boring Cal
Crazy Cal
24
Which of the following was an African-American poet?
John Scopes
Charles Evans Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Langston Hughes
25
"Prohibition is a noble experiment."
Andrew Mellon
Calvin Coolidge
Al Capone
Herbert Hoover
26
People in favor of Prohibition were called
fly boys
suffregettes
wets
dries
27
Who proposes amendments to the Constitution?
the States
Congress
Supreme Court
President
28
Which African-American leader started a back to Africa movement?
Booker T Washington
George Washington Carver
WEB DuBois
Marcus Garvey
29
What was the verdict in the Scopes case?
not guilty
guilty
not guilty by reason of insanity
hung jury
30
Margaret Sanger was arrested for
protesting during the war
pocessing alcohol
trying to vote
distributing info about birth control
31
In the 1920s, most women worked
in factories
as nurses
in their homes
as teachers
32
Ness's group of government agents were called the
Untouchables
Unstoppables
Justice League
Unsinkables
33
The Women's Suffrage amendment was named after
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Hillary Clinton
Susan B. Anthony
34
Which cabinet secretary was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal?
Andrew Mellon
Herbert Hoover
Albert Fall
Calvin Coolidge
35
John Scopes was arrested for teaching about
birth control
evolution
creationism
communism
36
Segregation laws were nicknamed
Robert Lee laws
Jefferson Davis laws
Abraham Lincoln laws
Jim Crow laws
37
After women's suffrage, what was the next goal of the women's movement?
equal rights amendment
ban slavery
allow women into college
elect the first woman president
38
Which amendment outlawed the sale of alcohol?
18
22
21
16
39
Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
20
21
22
16
40
Who ratifies amendments to the Constitution?
Senate
President
Supreme Court
the states
41
Which of the following was NOT a scandal of Harding's administration?
Teapot Dome
having a girlfriend
taking bribes
Thunder Dome
42
In what economic system does the government control everything?
socialism
pluralism
capitalism
communism
43
How many states does it take to ratify an amendment?
3/4
simple majority
2/3
unanimous (100%)
44
Someone who is opposed to war and will not fight is a
coward
pacifist
deist
plutocrat
45
Women who wore short hair and short skirts were called
streakers
crusaders
flappers
runners
46
The Red Scare was a fear of
blood
immigrants
alcohol
religion
47
What group hated Jews, foreigners, African-Americans, and Catholics?
AFT
NRA
KKK
NAACP
48
"The business of America is business."
Babe Ruth
Franklin Roosevelt
Al Capone
Calvin Coolidge
49
"America needs a return to normalcy."
Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Warren Harding
50
Which African-American woman was a champion of education for girls?
Grace Coolidge
Lou Hoover
Amelia Earhart
Mary McLeod Bethune
51
Some Americans feared that what type of people would bring communism to America?
environmentalists
republicans
industrialists
immigrants
52
Places that sold illegal liquor were called
speakeasies
cow palaces
suffragettes
bootleggers
53
Which of the following was NOT an African-American musician?
Eliot Ness
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
54
What was Janette Rankin's nickname?
first woman of the world
Cutie Pie
Baby Cakes
The woman who voted no
55
What was Coolidge's campaign slogan?
Don't be a fool, vote for Cool
Keep Cool with Coolidge
He'll roar in 24
Cal is your pal
56
What was the name of Lindbergh's plane?
Spirit of St. Louis
Hindenburg
Spruce Goose
Enterprise
57
What gangster became famous during prohibition?
Jimmy Walker
Charles Lindbergh
Al Capone
Eliot Ness
58
How many votes does it take in Congress to propose an amendment?
unanimous (100%)
simple majority
3/4
2/3
59
What year was Herbert Hoover elected President?
1928
1920
1922
1926
60
Who was the most famous baseball player of the 1920s?
Babe Ruth
James Bond
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Wee Willie Wilson