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1920s American History #history #1920s #jazzage
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This was the name for the revival of African American culture in the 1920s
New Orleans Revival
Harlem Renassiance
Jazz Age
Black Pride
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Speculation, margin calls, & Black Tuesday are all terms associated with...
The Emergency Quota Act
The Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Installment Plan
Stock Market Crash 1929
3
This man redefined jazz music with new beats, new trumpet sounds, and ways of singing (scat)
Cole Porter
Louis Armstrong
Benny Carter
Duke Ellington
4
Which Harlem Renaissance political thinker believed in building a separate black society?
Marcus Garvey
Claude McKay
James Weldon Johnson
Booker T Washington
5
What does demobilization mean?
Spreading cities horizontally into suburbs
Switching military tactics during an advance
The process of scaling back a nation's armed forces
Retreating troops from the battlefield
6
What new invention kept people more informed during the 1920s
Television
Computers
Radio
Satellites
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What was the most popularly owned car in the US in the 1920s?
Ford Model T
Ford F150
Dodge T7
Cheverolet Silverado
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Teapot Dome Scandal involved
Alvin York shooting Germans
Albert Fall (sec of Interior) selling oil for a bribe
T. Roosevelt shooting a bear cub
Hoover sending the army after WWI vets
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What did the Kellogg Briand Pact do?
Pact between the US and Germany to increase trade
Deal between France and the UK to punish Germany for WWI
Renounced war as an instrument of foriegn policy
It was a peace treaty that ended WWI
10
The Great Migration was a period of time when African Americans moved from the
West to East
South to North
East to West
North to South
11
This term refers to those who believe new immigrants are dangerous or somewhoe inferior
Nativists
Anarchists
Capitalists
Socialists
12
F.Scott Fitzgerald & Ernest Hemingway are writers associated with what movement?
Cubism
Muckrakers
Surrealism
Lost Generation
13
What did the 21st Amendment do?
Banned Alcohol in the US
Repealed prohibition in the US
Gave women in the US the right to vote
Equal pay to men and women
14
What was high school teacher John Scopes arrested for?
Teaching German to his students after WWI
Teaching anti-American history to his students
Teaching evolution in his biology class
Teaching sex-ed in abstinence only state
15
Which is true of consumer habits in the 1920s?
Assembly lines meant less supply of new goods
Consumers bought products on credit or by installment plans
Banks refused to offered loans to American consumers
Expensive goods led to less demand for new products
16
Who represented John Scopes at his hearing?
Clarence Darrow
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T Washington
William Jennings Bryan
17
Which of the following was NOT a belief of the fundamentalists?
Prayer in schools should be mandatory
Theory of evolution should be taught in schools.
Literal interpretation of the Bible
Belief in creationism
18
What did Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge have in common?
Both presidents signed peace treaties
Both were Republican pro-business presidents
Both passed laws that benefited workers
Both were liberal democratic presidents
19
Which one of these was NOT an effect of the 18th Amendment?
Speakeasies
Bootleggers
Rise in Organized Crime
Americans drank less alcohol
20
The 'new women" who went against social norms were called?
Feminists
Flappers
Gibson Girls
Beats
21
What was the Fordney McCumber Tariff?
Outlawed war between nations
Raised taxes on imported goods to protect American producers
Reduced taxes on imports
An added tax on the wealthiest one percent
22
What was the Emergency Quota Act?
Limited immigration from China
Limited immigration from southern/eastern Europe
Limited immigration from Mexico and Germany
Forced quotas in the assembly line
23
Why were Sacco and Vanzetti targeted by the police?
They were Protestant
They were Latino
There was sufficient evidence against them
They were anarchists & Italian immigrants
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What was the result of lower wages and higher prices after WWI?
Millions of workers went on strike
American families were better off
Cost of living decreased
American workers enjoyed higher standard of living
