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Chapter 8 Test Review - The Roaring 20s
Chapter 8 Test Review - The Roaring 20s
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1
The backbone of the U.S. economy in the 1920s was
farming & wheat production.
automobile production.
textile production.
steel production.
2
The execution of ____________ & ______________ in 1927 was greatly influenced by nativism and the Red Scare.
Al Capone & Pretty Boy Floyd
Bonnie & Clyde
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
Sacco & Vanzetti
3
Margaret Sanger was very controversial because
she supported Prohibition.
she was the first major female labor leader.
she supported teaching evolution in schools.
she taught women about birth control.
4
Overall in the 1920 wages, the GNP and the stock market
went significantly down.
went steadily up.
did not increase or decrease.
5
The most powerful communications medium to develop in the 1920s was
widely circulated newspapers.
television.
radio.
new magazines.
6
John Scopes was arrested in 1925 for
teaching about birth control.
teaching his students about evolution.
robbing and killing a paymaster.
illegal distribution of alcohol.
7
"Flappers" were
women who resisted change in the 20s.
devices used on the back of cars to block mud kicking up.
women who supported prohibition in the 20s.
women in the 20s who wore shorter skirts, smoked and drank.
8
One of the problems that developed in the 1920s was
farmers had problems producing enough food.
companies were not able to increase production.
that stock market prices did not increase.
people increased their debt through installment payments.
9
In the 1920s the country most impacted by a reduction in immigrants allowed into the U.S. is
England.
Italy.
Germany.
Mexico.
10
The 18th Amendment
changed the date of the President's inauguration.
gave the U.S. government the right to tax citizens.
guaranteed women the right to vote.
outlawed the production and sale of alcohol.
11
The period after WWI when Americans were afraid of the spread of communism is called the
Spanish Flu outbreak.
Socialist Revolution.
Haymarket Square Riot.
Red Scare.
12
Fundamentalists believe
that science and evolution is correct.
that man evolved from monkeys.
that the Bible is completely true.
that the Bible can be interpreted scientifically.
13
After he won the Presidential election in 1920 Warren G. Harding promised Americans
That the U.S. would ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
that the U.S. would join the League of Nations.
a return to normalcy.
that the stock market would never crash.
14
The Emergency Quota Act (Immigration) of 1921 and The National Origins Act (Immigration) of 1924 are meant to
decreasing the amount of goods traded with Europe.
increase the amount of goods traded with Europe.
decrease immigration from southern/eastern Europe.
increasing immigration from southern/eastern Europe.
15
Increasing crime in the 1920s is mostly linked to
more weapons that were available to the common man.
control of territory for selling illegal alcohol.
the legalization of alcohol.
the appearance of crack cocaine.
16
One of the most successful and popular athletes of the 1920s is
Jackie Robinson.
Bruce Jenner.
Babe Ruth.
Tony Dorsett.
17
____ made the first successful solo flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in 1927.
Howard Hughes
Henry Ford
Albert Fall
Charles Lindbergh
18
The first mass produced automobile in the U.S. was the
Model T Ford
Toyota Prius.
Chevy Roadster.
Cadillac.
19
Dislike of foreigners or those who are immigrants is
the Red Scare.
nativism.
interventionism.
isolationism.
20
The movie most responsible for the growth of the KKK in the 1920s is
The Great Gatsby
The Birth of a Nation
Gone with the Wind
The Great Train Robbery
21
The country that became communist before the end of WWI
Germany.
Russia.
Great Britain.
France.
22
The author of
The Great Gatsby
is
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Langston Hughes.
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Ernest Hemingway.
23
After WWI, many Americans supported
a greater level of isolationism.
joining the League of Nations.
forgiving loans made to Britain & France.
a greater level of intervention in Europe.
24
A route developed during the 1920s that connected Chicago with Santa Monica, California was
Interstate 95
Route 66
Interstate 10
U.S. 301
25
___________ is the belief that people can and should be bred for specific traits, like intelligence.
Eugenics
Photosynthesis
Astronomy
Bolshevism
26
One of the major leaders/artists of the Harlem Renaissance was
Ernest Hemingway.
Langston Hughes.
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Virginia Woolf.
27
The most powerful musical movement in the 1920s was
ragtime.
jazz.
bluegrass.
opera.
28
__________ damaged the ability of England, France and Germany to pay their debts.
High tariffs
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
Greater military action
Low tariffs
29
From 1915 - 1925 the KKK grew in membership and power due to
opposing immigration, Catholics & Jews.
supporting women receiving equal rights.
supporting the teaching of evolution in the schools.
its increased focus on denying African Americans rights.
30
All three U.S. Presidents in the 1920s supported
high taxes and greater government regulation.
lower taxes and less government regulation.
lower taxes and greater government regulation.
greater taxes and less government regulation.
31
The Dawes Plan (1924 - 1930) was a proposed solution to
lower U.S. tariffs.
decrease the number of naval ships for all nations.
help Germany pay its reparations payments.
prevent future wars.
32
The black leader in the 1920s who supported African Americans moving to Africa or separatism is
W.E.B. DuBois.
Marcus Garvey.
Booker T. Washington.
Langston Hughes.
33
Prohibition was overturned by the
21st Amendment.
20th Amendment.
18th Amendment.
19th Amendment.
34
During the 1920s, cities
did not attract immigrants.
continued to grow.
lost their appeal to the American population.
did not grow.
35
Who were the "Big Three?"
Microsoft, Apple & Samsung
BMW, Porsche & Lamborghini
Ford, GM & Chrysler
Toyota, Mitsubishi & Mercedes
36
Prohibition was unsuccessful mostly because
the U.S. government did not support the law.
many churches still wanted to use wine for ceremonies.
the government did not provide enough enforcement.
local communities did not believe it should be enforced.
37
The person responsible for the ideas of scientific management and efficiency in industry is
Frederick W. Taylor.
Charles Lindbergh.
Henry Ford.
Alexander Graham Bell.
38
President Harding's cabinet member responsible for the Teapot Dome Scandal is
Andrew Mellon.
Charles Forbes.
Herbert Hoover.
Albert Fall.
39
What does the image reflect about the 1920s?
ads for products focused on the individual in small towns
the regional focus of advertising for mass produced products
advertising lacked development and advancement in the 1920s
the national focus of advertising for mass produced products
40
In the 1920s the country switched from using more coal based energy to
nuclear power.
water power.
electric power.
wind power.
