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7th Grade Chapter 22 Test Review-The Roaring Twenties
7th Grade Chapter 22 Test Review-The Roaring Twenties
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1
What innovation resulted in cheaper automobiles?
the assembly line
the growth of suburbs
improved methods of auto repair
chains of gas stations
2
Americans responded to Wilson's work at the Paris Peace Conference by
rejecting him and the Democrats in the 1920 election.
erecting a monument in Washington, D.C., honoring him.
re-electing him for another four years
choosing a different Democrat for president in 1920.
3
What happened to the American economy in the mid-1920s?
Unemployment increased.
The postwar recession ended.
It sank further into recession.
Unemployment disappeared completely.
4
The northward movement of African Americans in the 1920s was called
the Lindy Hop.
the Roaring 20s.
the United Negro Improvement Association.
the Great Migration.
5
What became widespread due to Prohibition?
respect for the law
organized crime and violence
immigration from Canada
immigration from the Caribbean
6
Which group was treated most favorably by 1920s immigration laws?
people from the Americas
southern Europeans
eastern Europeans
Asians
7
For what is "installment buying" another term?
theft
charity giving
buying on credit
trade
8
During the 1920s, a vibrant African American culture grew in
Harlem.
Washington, D.C.
the South.
Paris.
9
How did Coolidge justify sending troops into Nicaragua?
He was keeping to America's policy of isolationism.
He was honoring America's alliance with Mexico.
American business interests needed to be protected.
Communism needed to be driven from the Americas.
10
Who claimed credit for the economic prosperity of the 1920s?
the Democrats
the Republicans
the Catholics
the Quakers
11
The end of the Great War was soon followed by
an economic recession.
economic prosperity.
a large increase in trade between America and Germany.
a nationwide religious revival.
12
What reform movement resulted in the Eighteenth Amendment?
temperance movement
women's suffrage movement
isolationism
anti-Communism
13
Who was famous for his deeds as a pilot?
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Johnny Weissmuller
Charles Lindbergh
14
Some writers were so disillusioned with America that they
embraced babbittry.
held protests at libraries that would not carry their work.
stopped writing.
became expatriates.
15
Why did some Americans dislike jazz music?
They could not find jazz clubs in smaller cities.
They thought vinyl recordings of jazz were expensive.
They thought jazz was too slow and lacked rhythm.
They thought jazz encouraged frivolity/ undermined morals.
16
What was Teapot Dome?
a Coolidge-era scandal named after a bribery scheme in Idaho
the name of Harding's federal budget-slashing program
a Harding-era scandal named after an oil reserve in Wyoming
a scandal involving bribery in the Veterans' Bureau
17
What became a symbol of a 1920s woman?
the female wartime factory workers
the women voters
female jazz singers
the flapper
18
Women often wore Chinese-style silk gowns when they
danced the Charleston.
went to Mahjongg clubs.
sat on flagpoles.
went to jazz clubs.
19
Why did American postwar strikes trouble many Americans?
People were afraid a Communist revolution was beginning.
Americans did not want foreigners to be deported.
People were afraid another world war was brewing.
The strikers often blocked traffic.
20
What was the first major talking picture?
The Kid
The Jazz Singer
The Scopes Trial
King Kong
