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1
The young woman in this photo is posing with toy monkeys. What news story of 1925 was she probably involved in?
the Valentine’s Day Massacre
the repeal of Prohibition
the return of the Spirit of St. Louis
the Scopes trial
2
What is one way in which radio helped to create a large common culture in America?
The radio moved from being a novelty to becoming a luxury.
Good programming could be taken for granted across the country.
Mass production of radios created a market for the vacuum tube.
Radio broke down barriers that separated country people from city dwellers.
3
The Scopes trial pitted religious beliefs against
fundamentalism and creationism.
the theology preached by Billy Sunday.
the healing techniques used by Aimee Semple McPherson.
academic freedom and science.
4
Why was buying on margin riskier than other ways of investing in the stock market?
If the stock price dropped, the investor might make only a small profit.
because they were buying stock with money they did not have yet
Margin calls forced investors to buy more stock.
5
the image below depicts the migration of displaced farmers called
Hobos
Vagrants
Okies
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Prohibition led to
a rise in organized crime
fundamentalism
the Great Migration.
World War I
7
During the 1920s, the largest industry in Detroit, Michigan was
newspaper publishing.
liquor smuggling.
liquor consumption.
automobile manufacturing.
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13. In the Great Migration, African Americans moved from
urban centers to farmland.
the Deep South to the West.
the South to the North.
high employment areas to depressed regions.
9
The ____ gave full voting rights to women.
Nineteenth Amendment
speakeasies
Eighteenth Amendment
NAACP
10
Spin-off industries that resulted from the production of millions of cars included an increased demand for
glass and steel
Rubber and Trolleys
Aviation
11
The success of business in the 1920s led to the growth of
Nativism
Welfare Capitalism
Deportation
12
______ were a segment of society who were more likely to adopt the dress and manner exhibited by “flappers.”
Rebellious Girls
Grandmothers
African Americans
Femenists
13
The unofficial capital of African American culture and activism in the United States in the 1920s was
St. Louis
Detroit
Chicago
Harlem
14
Sacco and Vanzetti were on trial not only for robbery and murder, but also for their
refusal to follow the Sedition act
resistance to the leadership of John L. Lewis.
refusal to board the Buford.
political beliefs and ethnicity.
15
Ratification of the 19th Amendment created .....
more opportunities for women
passage of the Volstead Act
ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment
increased jobs when troops returned from World War I
16
How did many of the unemployed feel about receiving handouts during the Great Depression?
happy and relieved
ashamed and angry
hopeful
17
___________: Cause ------- Urbanization: Effect
Traditional Values and Behavior
Fear of Crime
Rise of the Auto
Decline of American Industry
18
Beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible are called
Evolution
Values
Fundamentalism
Urbanization
19
Soldiers returning from World War I brought what disease back to the United States, causing an epidemic in 1918?
tuberculosis
Depression
Influenza
`smallpox
20
____ is the term that describes the devastation of the Great Plains by drought.
Black Thursday
Black Tuesday
The Dust Bowl
The Great Depression
21
People who hopped on trains to look for work were known as
Hoovervilles
Bum/Hobos
Okies
22
President Hoover downplayed the effects of the crash because
margin buyers were not hurt
he believed in rugged individualism and thought there would be a recovery
consumers continued to buy stock at a high rate
23
Black Tuesday referred to the
a bad dust storm that hit the plains in 1934
collapse of the stock market
the day the Federal Reserve made it harder for investors to get loans
24
A wholly original form of American music, jazz
relied on classical melodic structures adapted from European composers.
was defined by clear rules.
depended on every note being plotted in advance.
blended several different musical forms from the Deep South.
25
The most controversial of Darwin’s ideas is known as
Stability
Evolution
fundamentalism
Values
26
Americans knew they were in a Hooverville when they saw
Shacks
vacuum cleaners
Dams
Banks
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Speakeasies allowed citizens to get around the consequences of
laws protecting free speech.
Prohibition.
the Nineteenth Amendment.
illegal gaming.
