How did Coolidge justify sending troops into Nicaragua?

American business interests needed to protected

Why did some Americans dislike Jazz music?

They thought Jazz enouraged frivolity and undermind morals

Why did American postwar strikes trouble many Americans?

People wer afraid the communist revolution was beginning

What was the Teapot Dome?

a Harding-era scandal named after an oil reserve in Wyoming

American's responded to Wilson's work at the Paris Peace Conference by________

rejecting him and the Democrats in the 1920 election

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The Roaring 20's

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1
What reform movement resulted in the Eighteenth Amendment?
isolationsim
anti-communism
temperence movement
women's suffrage movement
2
What became widespread due to Prohibition?
immigration from the Caribbean
organized crime and violence
Immigration from Canada
respect for the law
3
Some writers were so disillusioned with America that they
embraced babbittry.
held protests at libraries that would not carry their work.
stopped writing
became expatriates
4
What happened to the American economy in the mid-1920's?
the post-war recession ended
Unemployment disappeared completely.
unemployment increased
it sank further into recession
5
What innovation resulted in cheaper automobiles?
improved methods of auto repair
chains of gas stations
assembly line
the growth of suburbs
6
What was the first major talking picture?
The Kid
The Scopes Trial
The Jazz Singer
King Kong
7
How did Coolidge justify sending troops into Nicaragua?
communism needed to be driven from the Americas
He was honoring America's alliance with Mexico.
He was keeping to America's policy of isolationism.
American business interests needed to protected
8
The northward movement of African Americans in the 1920s was called
the Great Migration
the Roaring Twenties
the United Negro Improvement Association.
the Lindy Hop
9
Women often wore Chinese-style silk gowns when they
went to Mahajongg clubs
went to jazz clubs.
sat on flagpoles
danced the Charleston
10
During the 1920's, a vibrant African American culture grew in ___________
the South
Paris
Birmingham
Harlem
11
Why did some Americans dislike Jazz music?
They thought Jazz was too slow and lacked rhythm
They could not find jazz clubs in smaller cities.
They thought Jazz enouraged frivolity and undermind morals
They thought vinyl recordings of jazz were expensive.
12
For what is "installment buying" another term?
trade
theft
buying on credit
charity giving
13
Who was famous for his deeds as a pilot?
Johnny Weissmuller
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Charles Lindbergh
14
Why did American postwar strikes trouble many Americans?
People wer afraid the communist revolution was beginning
Americans did not want foreigners to be deported.
People were afraid another world war was brewing.
the strikes often blocked traffic
15
What was the Teapot Dome?
a Harding-era scandal named after an oil reserve in Wyoming
a scandal involving bribery in the Veterans' Bureau
the name of Harding's federal budget-slashing program
a Coolidge-era scandal named after a bribery scheme in Idaho
16
What became a symbol of a 1920's woman?
the flapper
the female wartime factory worker
female jazz singers
the women voters
17
The end of the Great War was soon followed by
economic recession
economic prosperity
a large increase in trade between America and Germany.
nationwide religious revival
18
Who claimed credit for the economic prosperity of the 1920's?
the Quakers
the Democrats
the Catholics
the Republicans
19
American's responded to Wilson's work at the Paris Peace Conference by________
erecting a monument in Washington, D.C., honoring him.
rejecting him and the Democrats in the 1920 election
choosing a different Democrat for president in 1920.
re-electing him in for another four years
20
Which group was treated most favorably by 1920s immigration laws?
Southern Europeans
Asians
people from the Americas
eastern Europeans

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