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Test review for Waco High U.S. History unit on the 1920s
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1
Which of the following happened as a result of the Red Scare of the 1920s?
U.S. entry into World War 1
Crash of the stock market
Prohibition
The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
2
How would you describe the economic policies of Presidents Harding and Coolidge?
Heavily invested in the stock market
Large shift of population to northern cities
Decreased regulation of business (laissez-faire)
High crime rates
3
What created temporary prosperity (wealth) in the 1920s?
The Great Migration
Assembly lines
Speculative investments
Prohibition
4
How did Ford’s assembly line affect U.S. consumer culture?
Assembly line led to fewer skilled workers
Allowed more products to be affordable for consumers
Over-speculation in the stock market led to the crash
Everyone had a Ford
5
Why did cheap labor decrease after 1921?
The stock market crashed, causing unemployment
Many followed Marcus Garvey's "Back to Africa" movement
Immigration quotas were adopted
Spread of communism kept immigrants from coming to the USA
6
The availability of electricity led to growth in manufacturing of _____________
Cars
Telegraphs
Oil
Appliances
7
How did stock investments in the 1920s contribute to economic prosperity?
Prohibition eliminated the sale of alcohol
Provided money for businesses to expand
Everyone loves money so whatever
Investing money in the stock market is based on risk
8
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 tested the commitment of some Americans to ______________
Charles Darwin
The stock market
Alcohol
Fundamentalism
9
How did the American people respond to the Teapot Dome Scandal in the early 1920s?
People wanted to punish Germany
People wanted to sell alcohol
People began to invest in the stock market
People began to distrust their elected officials
10
Which aspect of 1920s American culture became popular in many other societies around the world?
Jazz
Stock Markets
Baseball
Democracy
11
Which group was in favor of the continuing the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Women
Nativists
Prohibitionists
Democrats
12
Why was the 1920 presidential election significant?
Herbert Hoover said the end of poverty was near
It was the first election where women could vote
It was the first election after World War 1
Teddy Roosevelt won electoral votes as a 3rd party candidate
13
Which leader was responsible for the "Back to Africa" movement of the 1920s?
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Louis Armstrong
Marcus Garvey
14
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
20th
21st
18th
15
When did the stock market crash in the 1920s?
1914
1920
1929
1917
16
What was a main consequence of the 18
th
Amendment (Prohibition)?
Crash of the stock market
Increase in organized crime
Growth of northern cities
Growth of jazz
17
Which writer portrayed the excesses of the 1920s in
The Great Gatsby
?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes
Jeffrey D. Bagwell
Duke Ellington
18
What cultural contribution did African-American artists & performers help develop in the 1920s?
Communism
Assembly Lines
Baseball
Jazz
19
Jazz music is most closely associated with which historical period?
World War 1
Spanish-American War
Harlem Renaissance
Brooklyn Renaissance
20
Which of the following caused the Red Scare of the 1920s?
Fear of communism
Stock Market Crash
Prohibition
Jazz
21
How did the assembly line affect American workers?
Workers went on strike
Workers became less skilled
Businesses made more money
Workers made less money
22
How did the mass-produced automobile affect transportation in the U.S.?
Everyone's car looked the same
Cars were more expensive in the 1920s
Businesses exploit our insecurities for profit
Travel became more affordable
23
Why did the U.S. government break up strikes in the 1920s?
To promote economic growth
To stop the spread of communism
To punish Germany for World War 1
To prohibit the sale of alcohol
24
How did the U.S.’ economic position change after World War I?
America moved from a debtor nation to a creditor nation
America owed money to Germany
Germany vowed revenge for the Treaty of Versailles
America's economy crashed in 1929 because of debts
25
How did the Ford Motor Company affect U.S. businesses?
They stopped immigrants from coming to the USA
They persuaded the government to reduce regulations
Mass production was adopted to increase production
They invested heavily in the stock market
26
The Harlem Renaissance coincided with an increase in African American ____________________
Crime
"Back to Africa" movement
Founding of the NAACP
Political influence in northern cities
27
What is Charles Lindbergh most famous for?
1920s bootlegger
First solo trans-Atlantic flight
Created the "Back to Africa" movement
Executed following the Red Scare of the 1920s
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Why did the U.S. deport immigrants in the 1920s?
Fear that the stock market would crash
They wanted to make America great again
Fear of the spread of Islam
Fear that communists were infiltrating the U.S.
