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A quiz over US History 1919-1932.
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1
Which president promoted a "Return to Normalcy"?
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
2
Which of the following is TRUE about the 1920's?
Model T was the most popular car
USA practiced Containment as its foreign policy
Herb Hoover was President in 1920 and was re-elected in 1924
US gov't sold land in Maine to Canada for fishing rights
3
Which of the following are NOT associated?
Teapot Dome Scandal - Mexico
Women's Suffrage - 19th Amendment
Stock Market Crash - Great Depression
Prohibition - 18th Amendment
4
What were "speakeasies" of the 1920's?
High-paying jobs that people job easily
Illegal bars
Public speaking events
Private places people went to speak freely on controversies
5
Which of the following is NOT true about the Harlem Renaissance?
Located in New York City
Took place in the 1920's
It limited the number of foreigners that could enter the USA
It was a cultural rebirth of black art, music, & literature
6
What novel, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was critical of materialism and conformity in 1920's US?
Summer for the Gods
The Catcher in the Rye
The Great Gatsby
All Quiet on the Western Front
7
During the beginning of the Great Depression, towns where poor people lived were nicknamed...
Urban Centers
Hoovervilles
Coolidge Country
Ethnic Neighborhoods
8
What was President Hoover's opinion of the stock market crash?
He believed Laissez-Faire economics was to blame
He believed the economic situtation would only last 6 months
He believed it was a catastrophe that required gov't action
He believed the stock market didn't actually crash
9
The Red Scare was caused by a fear of...
Immigrants
Communism
Laissez-Faire Economics
Economic Depression
10
What was the name of Franklin D Roosevelt's plan that he believed would restore the US economy?
The Square Deal
The New Deal
The Stimulus Plan
The 14 Points
11
What are government taxes on imported goods called?
Wage gaps
Deficit spending
Tariffs
Income tax (16th Amendment)
12
Which of these men was NOT President during the 1920's?
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
13
The Red Scare (1919-1920) is associated with which of the following?
Lost Generation and Hollywood movie industry
Famous radio programming in the 1920's
Gov't arrested people who were suspected of being anti-USA
Car industry developed the Management System to produce cars
14
Why did Charles Lindbergh become a hero in 1927?
He flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2 hours
He won 3 Olympic gold medals
He caused the economic boom of the 1920's
He was the first Jewish man to become Secretary of State
15
Who were the two lawyers who argued a side in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial?
Willliam Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan and Daniel Webster
Homer Plessy and Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster and Clarence Darrow
16
Which of the following is TRUE about the 1920's?
By 1924, Ku Klux Klan membership was in decline
WWI ended in 1924
Clash of values between younger and older generations
Sports were not popular
17
During the early 1920's, the isolation common to rural farm families was most changed by the...
airplane
television
automobile
library
18
Who won the 1932 Presidential election and what was the margin of victory?
Franklin Roosevelt won by a landslide
Franklin Roosevelt won by a very thin margin
Herbert Hoover won by a landslide
Herbert Hoover won by a very thin margin
19
October 29, 1929 is the date of which event?
End of WWI
Stock Market Crash
Fist television broadcast
Start of WWII
20
What was the name given to the method of production when 1 worker puts on 1 piece of a product?
Assembly line production
Recycle production
End production
Retail production
21
All of these were immediate effects of the Stock Market Crash EXCEPT...
Some people lost their savings, their homes, and their farms
Lack of money in circulation because banks went bankrupt
Rise in unemployment
President Hoover was impeached
22
What court case took place in the Summer 1925 that symbolized the clash of values in 1920's US?
Roe vs. Wade
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
Plessy vs. Fergusson
Brown vs. Board of Education
23
The cultural rebirth of African American literature, art, & music in the 1920's was called the
Great Migration
Black Exodus
Harlem Renaissance
Civil Rights Movement
24
Which of the following is NOT true about the Stock Market Crash?
The Great Depression affected all economic levels of the US
After, Hoover said the economy would fix itself in 6 months
President Hoover was in office from 1929-1933
It only affected northern and western urban centers
25
Radio was significant during the Roaring 20's for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...
Radio replaced television in the 1920's
Radio provided news, music, and broadcasted sporting events
By the end of the 1920's, 40% of homes had radios
Radio advertising helped the economy grow
26
Which of the following is NOT correctly paired?
A. Mitchell Palmer - Red Scare
Lost Generation - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Harold Day - elected POTUS in 1928
Great Migration - African Americans moved North in 1920's
27
The first car in America was called the...
Model T
Corvette
Model A
Thunderbird
28
All of these were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT...
The high cost of fighting World War I
Coal lost profits due to electricity
Buying on Margin in the stock market & inflated stock prices
Railroads lost profits to the car industry
29
All of these were important developments in the 1920's EXCEPT...
Railroads
Cars
Jazz
Electricity
30
What controversial topic was the Scopes Trial about?
African American's Civil and Political Rights
Flappers and Prohibition
The Theory of Evolution and Fundamentalism
Women's Suffrage
