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Unit 3 Quiz
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1
Piggly Wiggly stores begun by Clarence Saunders revolutionized what part of grocery shopping?
advertising specials
self service
electric registers
credit buying
2
The Teapot Dome Scandal involved...
Sale of oil rights to private companies on public lands.
strike by police in major cities resulting in mass firings
civil service exams to determine candidates for federal jobs
trial of two anarchists convicted of an armored car robbery.
3
What device would have been MOST popular during the 1920's?
radio
carpet sweeper
television
dishwasher
4
The Poet Laureate of the Harlem Renaissance was
F Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemigway
Langston Hughes
Sinclair lewis
5
Which genre of music was popularized by the radio show pictured above?
Country
Jazz
Blues
Swing
6
Which of the following is BEST associated with the Red Scare
Joseph Cannon
Charles Lindbergh
Calvin Coolidge
A. Mitchell Palmer
7
Which factors best explain the data in the graph?
train travel became less reliable than car travel
mass production made cars les affordble
mass production reduced the cost of automobiles
advertising made the price of cars rise sharly
8
The BEST way to describe American Foreign Policy in the 1920's would be
Isolationist
Prepardedness
Progressive
Interventionist
9
Marcus Garvey differed from African American leaders of the time period in that he advocated?
vocational education
a return to Africa
advancement of civil rights
integrating the military
10
Which of the following would be NOT be illegal because of the 18th amendment?
speakeasies
moonshine
women's voting rights
bootlegging
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the best selling book of the 192os called?
Babbit
The Great Gatsby
The Old Man and the Sea
The Song of the South
12
Charles Lindbergh became a national celebrity in 1927 when he successfully
hit 60 home runs
defended his heavyweight title
flew from New York to Paris
evamgelized people over the radio
13
Appliances like the one illustrated above most impacted the daily lives of women by
reducing the use of the installment plan
expanding the opportunity for higher education.
decreasing the amount of labor required at home
increasing the number who took jobs in factories.
14
What city in Tennessee is considered the "home of the Blues"
Chattanooga
Nashville
Knoxville
Memphis
15
The Scopes Trial of 1925 concerned which issue?
teaching evolution in public schools
lynchings carried out by Klan members
anarchist bombings at labor rallies
immigration quotas and restrictions
16
What was the name given to Warren G. Harding's Domestic Policy?
The New Freedom
Buying on Margin
Rugged individualism
The Return to Normalcy
17
The music and musciians of this created what kind of music?
Country
Swing
Gospel
Jazz
18
An unintended consequence of Prohibition was the
loss of revenue to state and local governments.
reduction in employee absenteeism.
organized religion
an increase in organzed crime
19
Calvin Coolidge believed the "Business of America is Business". This is known as
trickle down economics
supply side economics
lassiez-faire economics
repidian economics
20
The intent of the immigration quota acts of the 1920’s was to
reduce the power of the unions and communist
expand the power of the Attorney General to arrest illegals
decrease the number of European immigrants
Increase the number of years to become a citizen
21
Rudolph Valentino and Al Jolson would have been popular cultural stars of...
Broadway
the movies
the radio
the World Series
22
The Sacco and Vanzetti case highlighted some of the hostility towards which group?
immigrants
African Americas
communists
Isolatioists
23
Which of the following were consequences of the mass production of automobiles in the 1920’s? .
development of the farming and rural areas
reduced use of railroads for carrying heavy freight
decreased number of accidents on roadways
increased social freedom for young adults
24
"A woman who is young, extravagant and about 19" would BEST be described as
a married employed woman
a woman voting
Athletic
Flapper
25
Clarence Birdseye is associated with which of the following appliance bought in the 1920's?
radios
refrigerators
cars
oil and gas
