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1
Prohibition is enacted and the making & selling of alcohol is illegal.
18th
19th
17th
16th
2
Which aspect of the 1920’s is most closely identified with the emergence of Tin Pan Alley?
The printing and distribution of Prohibition pamphlets
The successful flight of the first Hydroplane in N. Carolina
The repeal of the 21st Amendment
The location of the music publishing industry in NYC
3
What was one cause of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed?
Low farm production had weakened banks.
Costs associated w/ World War I had bankrupted the economy.
Speculators had purchased shares of stock on margin.
Federal tax cuts had caused high inflation.
4
Which of the following were victims of the rise of Nativism?
Sacco & Vanzetti
Armstrong & Hughes
Lindbergh & Curtiss
Coolidge & Harding
5
Which event represented an expression of Nativism in the 1920's?
the rise in popularity of spectator sports
trial of John Scopes for teaching evolution
Charles Lindbergh's TransAtlantic flight
adoption of a quota system
6
Which of the following was not part of Warren G. Harding's vision of a "return to normalcy"?
isolationism
imperialism
nativism
laissez-faire
7
Why was national attention drawn to William J. Bryan & Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Trial?
case was conflict b/n modern science & religion
case revealed the extent of prejudice against immigrants
case upheld the rights of veterans to protest in D.C.
case reversed a Supreme Court decision on free speech
8
Flappers challenged the traditional role of women- this would have been supported by
communists
rural grandmothers
fundamentalists
modernists
9
Movies and radio were main sources of entertainment during the 1920's.
False
True
10
Young women who defied conventional standards & restrictions through attire & other activities
Bolshevists
flappers
feminists
suffragists
11
Who made a solo transatlantic flight & advanced commercial aviation & air mail in the US?
Rene Fonck
Charles Nungesser
Richard E. Byrd
Charles Lindbergh
12
Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith, and Duke Ellington are most closely associated with the-
Gilded Age
Harlem Renaissance
Populist Movement
Tin Pan Alley
13
What was the effect of having too many crops to sell but not enough buyers?
people could not buy food
flappers moved to large northern cities in search of work
the price of food went up
the price of food went down
14
Which writer portrayed the excesses of the 1920s in his novel The Great Gatsby?
Mark Twain
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Stephen Crane
15
During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S.transportation technology?
Cable cars provided a quick travel to cities w/in a state
Mass produced cars made travel more affordable for many ppl
Container ships delivered ag. goods to ports along the Pac.
Commercial planes replaced ocean liners for travel to Europe
16
Why was 1929 a significant year?
The year the stock market crashed
Beginning of World War II
end of World War I
beginning of the Harlem Renaissance
17
Crime rates grew as a result of the passage of the
21st Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
18
What was the major cause of the Great Migration?
the hope of stable, paying jobs in Northern factories
neither choices are correct
the harsh treatment of African Americans in the south
both choices are correct
19
What heading is most appropriate for the partial outline?
Causes of the Great Depression
Features of Bull Stock Market
Keynesian Economic Theory
Monopolistic Business Practices
20
Which of the following presidents do the descriptions apply to?
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
21
Society in which ppl are encouraged to buy things to improve their lives & econ thru mass media
installment plan
credit cards
communist society
consumer society
22
A popular tax in the 1920's on imports of goods brought into the US from other countries was
a tariff
a tax shelter
a quota
a tax refund
23
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Pres. Harding was referring to the struggle of immigrants
Babe Ruth was referring to baseball's field of dreams
Lindbergh was referring to his flight to France
Langston Hughes was referring to the struggle of Blacks
24
What management innovation for improved production is illustrated in this picture?
assembly line
robotics
Bessemer process
unionization
25
This individual sponsored a movement to encourage the return of blacks to Africa
William J. Bryan
Glenn Curtiss
Charles Lindbergh
Marcus Garvey
26
The scandal of Pres. Harding's admin. undermined the public's trust in the gov't by revealing
members of Congress sold votes for campaign contributions
corrupt dealing b/n bus. leaders & high gov't officials
roundup & imprisonment of ppl falsely accused of disloyalty
Acts of bribery in the Electoral College on the election
27
The growth and use of the automobile is a cause of prosperity
True
False
28
Farmers did not share in the prosperity of the 1920's- why?
high tariffs hurt foreign trade
Farm production was up, prices were down
all of the above
Europe could grow its own food now
29
Glenn Curtiss gained fame as a builder & racer of motorcycles, but would ultimately be known as
a co-founder of the city of Hialeah, Florida
a founder of the US aircraft industry
the holder of the world's land speed record
the inventor of the V8 motorcycle engine
30
This was a period of anti-communist hysteria during the 1920's
Nativism
Bolshevism
Expansionism
Red Scare
31
Who or what belongs on the upper left leg of this spider web?
1920's
Charles Darwin
Social Darwinism
Clarence Darrow
32
What was an effect of the Red Scare of the 1920's?
spread of communism
yellow journalism
progressive reform
anti-immigration sentiment
33
The Harlem Renaissance was significant in the 1920's because it-
was an emergence of a distinctively black voice in culture
produces a new music genre known as rock n roll
Many African Americans moved away from Harlem
was the richest city in NYC
