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REVISION: USA 1919-41
REVISION: USA 1919-41
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Quiz for revision of the USA 1919-45
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1
What did the Volstead Act ban?
Women's right to vote
The drinking of alcohol
A limit on immigrants
The sale and production of alcohol
2
Which of these groups did not benefit from the economic boom?
Black people
Middle Classes
Farmers
Industrialists
3
What were the TVA, CCC, NIRA, FERA collectively known as?
Agents of SHIELD
Alphabet agencies
Confusing
Alphabet soup
4
Who is NOT a gangster from the list below?
Al 'scarface' Capone
Bugs Moran
James 'bruiser' McCavoy
James 'pretty boy' Smith
5
What was the worst ever day in the history of the Stock Exchange?
31st October 1929
29th October 1929
25th October 1929
20th October 1929
6
What was the name given to the shanty towns set up during the Great Depression?
Herbertvilles
Hoovervilles
Hovelvilles
Hovercrafts
7
What is 'buying on the margin'?
Buying expensive shares
Buying companies
Taking a loan out to buy a share
Selling cheap shares
8
Which of these features best fit a flapper?
Independence
bob
Short skirts
A dish cloth
9
When did the USA enter WW2?
1941
1942
1939
1940
10
Who came up with the assembly line in the 1920's?
James Ford
Ford Mondeo
Henry Ford
Toyota Kamikozi
11
The Red Scare represented the fear of who?
Communists
Giraffes
Closed spaces
Democracy
12
Which of these people were famous film stars in the 1920's?
Mary Pickford
Eleanor Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Buster Keaton
13
What were the KKK?
White supremacists who terrorised black people
An organisation established after the Cold War
An alphabet agency
A group established to help black people vote
14
What was the term given to the custom of Roosevelt sharing his plans over the radio?
Radio chats
Fireside chats
Fireside stories
Chatting to Roosevelt
15
What is hire purchase?
A style of underwear
Buying things at a higher price
A tariff
Paying for goods in instalments
