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1
Which of the following best describes the concept of Installment Plan/Credit?
"Buy now & Pay later!!"
"Take it it's free!!"
"Pay Now & Buy later!!"
"Make it yourself!!"
2
Even though the economy was thriving during the 20's, whose incomes declined?
Lawyers
Politicians
Factory Workers
Farmers
3
Charles Lindbergh was the first person to
go into space and orbit around the moon.
fly a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
build a railroad across the United States.
bring jazz music to the United States.
4
1920s cultural outpouring associated with African Americans.
Harlem Renaissance
Bull Market
Dawes Plan
Mass Production
5
Nativists opposed immigration because they feared:
a civil war between the U.S. and Mexico
that an illegal immigrant would become president
that Americans would be forced out of the country
the loss of jobs
6
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
two Italian immigrants who were arrested for murder in 1920
two Spanish immigrants arrested for murder in 1920
Two Honduran Immigrants arrested for murder in 1920
two polish immigrants arrested for murder in 1920
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What trial was a clash between science and religion?
Teapot Dome
Jennings
Scopes
Darwin
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The Fordney-McCumber Tariff...
Increased tariffs on imported goods
Doesn’t exist
Made possession of alcohol illegal
Restricted the use of submarine warfare
9
At the Washington Naval Conference, world powers agreed to
Prevent the Germans from creating a navy
Expand naval power to protect trade
Limit the size and power of warships
Ban the future use of Uboats
10
Psychologist who stressed the importance of the unconscious mind:
Sigmund Freud
Marcus Garvey
Albert B. Fall
Langston Hughes
11
Manufacturing method in which each worker performs one step:
Mass Production
Bull Market
Harlem Renaissance
Prohibition
12
What does buying a stock on margin mean?
paying less than the market price of the stock
purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange
borrowing money to help pay for the stock
buying the stock for someone else
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The demand for these in the 1920's stimulated growth in many other industries.
Stocks
Automobiles
Instruments
Farmers
14
The theory of relativity was developed by...
Werner Heisenberg.
Niels Bohr.
Albert Einstein.
Erwin Schrödinger.
15
What were the "New Women" of the twenties that rejected old morality called?
Flurts
Floggers
Flippers
Flappers
16
Whose innovated manufacturing techniques made cars more affordable?
Herbert Hoover
Henry Ford
Calvin Coolidge
Marcus Garvey
17
What two presidents favored policies that aided growth of business?
Wilson/Coolidge
Wilson/Harding
Harding/Coolidge
Bush/Obama
18
Pitted William Jennings Bryan vs. Clarence Darrow
The Dawes Plan
The KKK
The Jazz Singer
The Scopes Trial
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What is the Red Scare?
widespread fear of communism or anarchism or radical leftist
fear of the Soviet Union
fear of the reign of Putin
fear of infiltration
20
Where would you find the American movie industry during the twenties?
California
New York
Michigan
Florida
21
Central place for African Americans to voice concerns about racial problems:
Factory
New Orleans
Chicago
Harlem
22
African Americans in the 1920's faced discrimination, especially in:
South, no work
South, Jim Crow Laws in effect
North, Jim Crow Laws in effect
North, no work
23
American hybrid of African American and European music form:
Jazz
Rock
Pop
Country
24
What strategy did US leaders use to avoid war?
Forcing Europe to Disarm
Win arms race
Isolationism
Join World Court
25
Black Tuesday was marked as the beginning of what?
WW1
WW2
the Cold War
the Great Depression
26
A period during which the value of stocks increases:
Bull Market
Bear Market
Prohibition
Harlem Renaissance
27
Why was John T. Scopes arrested?
He taught evolution in a Tennessee school
He was too cool for the government.
He was a communist
He forgot to pay a fine for past crime
28
What is the National Origins Act?
Describes the ground between the two opposing teams
A policy that a nation doesn’t participate in others war
Restricted immigration by a system national quotas
Strong patriotic pride
29
Calvin Coolidge became president after ________.
Nixon was impeached
John F. Kennedy was shot
He won the election of 1920
Warren G. Harding died in office
30
Agreement intended to settle international debts from WWI:
The Dawes Plan
The KKK
The Jazz Singer
The Scopes Trial
31
The writers of the 1920s were referred to as the?
Lost Ones
Enlightened
Lost Boys
Lost Generation
32
What does Laissez-Faire mean?
Complete government control over business
International trade that pushes for more tariffs (taxes)
An economy run by business; free from government involvement
International trade that pushes for less tariffs (taxes)
33
In 1933, Congress repealed Prohibition with which amendment?
20th
21st
18th
19th
34
Who went to jail due to the Teapot Dome oil scandal?
Albert Fall
Jim Crow
Harry Dougherty
Charles Forbes
35
Targeted blacks, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants:
The Jazz Singer
The KKK
The Dawes Plan
The Scopes Trial
36
What is a bear market?
another term for inflation
a market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling
market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying
when stock prices are neither increasing nor decreasing
37
What act of Congress contributed to the growth of organized crime?
Prohibition
1st Amendment
19th Amendment
8th Amendment
38
Buying stock on margin remained profitable as long as:
stock prices fell
buyers did not take out loans
stock prices rose
buyers did not acquire collateral
39
Why did Marcus Garvey's movement advocate for?
Freedom of Jazz
Racial separation
Racial integration
Racial Justice
40
Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact considered useless
It provided no means of enforcing the "no war" agreement
failed to include several of the strongest military powers
It made the process of repaying war debts too easy
it only punished countries that started wars
41
President Harding reduced the regulations on businesses put into place by?
Independents
Progressives
Republicans
Democrats
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Warren Harding's return to 'normalcy' can be best described as:
Giving all citizens a voice in their government
Allowing the production and selling of alcohol
Returning America to the way things were prior to WWI
Bringing back the main ideas of the Democratic Party
