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1920s Review
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1
To buy stocks on the chance of a quick profit
price supports
buying on margin
speculation
credit
2
A very influential jazz musician of the 1920s.
Taylor Swift
Herbie Hancock
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
3
Many feared America was losing its traditional values for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
New scientific discoveries.
New social norms for women.
Rise of consumer culture.
Increase in number of labor strikes.
4
The literary and artistic movement that celebrated African American culture as
Temperance Movement
Prohibition Movement
Harlem Renaissance
Great Awakening
5
A speakeasy was a
Underground bar that served alcohol illegally.
Smuggler of alcohol from foreign countries
Anti-war group
Prohibitionist
6
Al Capone was a notorious
flapper
bootlegger
speakeasy
farmer
7
What is the name of the belief that one's land needs to be protected against immigrants?
foreignism
isolationism
nativism
racism
8
Modernist art was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
Seeing everyday objects in a new way.
Abstraction
More realistic portrayals of everyday objects.
Cityscapes
9
The Johnson-Reed Act limited immigrants mostly from...
England
South and East Europe
Germany.
Northern Europe.
10
Elected to the presidency in 1924. Famously said, "Business of America is business."
Calvin Cooldige
Franklin D Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
James Weldon Johnson
11
After WWI, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by
forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces
excluding Germany from the League of Nations
avoiding involvement in world affairs
disbanding the League of Nations
12
Known for breaking the fashion norms of society, these women in the 1920s were called:
Flappers
Flyers
Speakeasies
Bootleggers
13
Film became more popular in the 1920s because...
All of the above.
Better technology.
Rising prosperity.
New cult of celebrity.
14
Jazz music differed from music of the previous era in that it was...
Louder.
More structured.
More free form and improvisational.
the first music to ever use lyrics.
15
The politics of the 20s differed from the Progressive Era in government became more...
concerned with wealth inequality.
conservative.
liberal.
fun.
16
Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to Americans' desire to
reform
return to life as it was before the war
become a world power
repeal prohibition
17
Most well-known poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Bessie Smith
"Duke" Ellington
18
Coolidge believed that part of his job was to make sure the government
became involved in social reform
participated regularly in world affairs
interfered with business and industry as little as possible
regulated ig business in order to stabilize the economy
19
Which amendment banned the consumption of alcohol in the 1920s (also known as prohibition)?
18th Amendment
21st Amendment
16th Amendment
19th
20
The rise of radio transformed America in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
Spread news.
Contributed to the popularity of sports.
Changed Entertainment.
Led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
21
To create consumers for their new products, manufacturers turned to
advertising
mass production
newspaper and magazine articles
television
22
Which event did NOT lead to America's involvement in World War I?
The League of Nations
Zimmerman Telegram
Sinking of the Lusitania
Desire to defend democracy.
23
The emergence of mass media helped make which baseball star a national hero?
Jack Dempsey
Red Grange
Babe Ruth
Bill Tilden
24
The final result of the Scopes trial was
Scopes was found guilty and fined $100
Scopes was found guilty and imprisoned for 1 year
TN put evolution back in schools
Teaching of evolution was now legal in schools
25
John T. Scopes was put on trial for
violating prohibition laws
being a leader of the KKK
accepting bribes
teaching evolution
26
Paying a small % of a stocks price as a down payment and borrowing the rest
speculation
credit
buying on margin
price supports
27
Built by the Ford company from 1908 to 1927
assembly line
mass production
Model T
Model C
28
The _____'s rise in membership showed racial tensions remained powerful in America.
NAACP
KKK
LOL
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29
This image most directly relates to which event in US history:
The Scopes Trial
Sinking of the Lusitania
Invention of the Radio
Discovery of the Big Bang Theory
30
The Great Migration was a period of time when African Americans moved from the
East to the West
North to the South
South to the North
West to the East
31
This chart illustrates which idea...
Economic prosperity was not shared equally by all Americans.
Progressive Era policies of the preceding decade didn't work
The Great Gatsby was, in fact, great.
The 1920s was a decade of prosperity for everyone.
32
The traffic light best expresses which idea about tech in the 1920s...
People were looking to technology to make their lives easier
Not enough people drove cars.
Technology was moving slow and not progressing quick enough.
Electricity still wasn't available to most Americans.
33
The Schenk Supreme Court decision ruled:
The government could not increase taxes on the wealthy.
Free speech could not be limited in war.
Speech could be limited in times of war.
The government could increase taxes on the wealthy.
34
Following the Great Migration, this place became a cultural hub for African-Americans.
The Tenderloin
Harlem
Brooklyn
Greenwich
35
Arrangement when a consumer agrees to buy now and pay later.
buying on margin
speculation
price supports
credit
36
F. Scott Fitzgerald called the era the Jazz Age because...
It conveyed the carefree reckless feel of the decade.
Jazz music was popular.
None of the above.
It showed how Americans were coming together.
37
In response to the horrors of the US food industry depicted in The Jungle, Congress passed...
The Newlands Reclamation Act
The Revenue Act
The Sedition Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act
38
Sacco and Vanzetti were charged and convicted of...
treason.
spying.
bribery.
robbery and murder.
39
Farmers during the 1920s experienced less prosperity because...
The government became more involved in the economy.
Recovery in Europe led to less demand.
Americans' diets were changing.
The Model T
