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A quiz over US History 1919-1932.
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1
What are government taxes on imported goods called?
Wage gaps
Deficit spending
Tariffs
Income tax (16th Amendment)
2
What was the name given to the method of production when 1 worker puts on 1 piece of a product?
Retail production
End production
Recycle production
Assembly line production
3
What was the name of Franklin D Roosevelt's plan that he believed would restore the US economy?
The New Deal
The Stimulus Plan
The 14 Points
The Square Deal
4
What novel, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was critical of materialism and conformity in 1920's US?
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Great Gatsby
Summer for the Gods
The Catcher in the Rye
5
Radio was significant during the Roaring 20's for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...
By the end of the 1920's, 40% of homes had radios
Radio provided news, music, and broadcasted sporting events
Radio replaced television in the 1920's
Radio advertising helped the economy grow
6
Why did Charles Lindbergh become a hero in 1927?
He won 3 Olympic gold medals
He caused the economic boom of the 1920's
He was the first Jewish man to become Secretary of State
He flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2 hours
7
Which president promoted a "Return to Normalcy"?
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
8
The cultural rebirth of African American literature, art, & music in the 1920's was called the
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Black Exodus
Civil Rights Movement
9
Who were the two lawyers who argued a side in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial?
Daniel Webster and Clarence Darrow
Homer Plessy and Daniel Webster
William Jennings Bryan and Daniel Webster
Willliam Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow
10
The first car in America was called the...
Thunderbird
Model A
Corvette
Model T
11
The Red Scare (1919-1920) is associated with which of the following?
Car industry developed the Management System to produce cars
Gov't arrested people who were suspected of being anti-USA
Famous radio programming in the 1920's
Lost Generation and Hollywood movie industry
12
October 29, 1929 is the date of which event?
Start of WWII
End of WWI
Stock Market Crash
Fist television broadcast
13
Which of the following is NOT true about the Harlem Renaissance?
Located in New York City
It was a cultural rebirth of black art, music, & literature
Took place in the 1920's
It limited the number of foreigners that could enter the USA
14
What court case took place in the Summer 1925 that symbolized the clash of values in 1920's US?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Roe vs. Wade
Plessy vs. Fergusson
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
15
Which of the following is NOT correctly paired?
Lost Generation - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Harold Day - elected POTUS in 1928
Great Migration - African Americans moved North in 1920's
A. Mitchell Palmer - Red Scare
16
What was President Hoover's opinion of the stock market crash?
He believed Laissez-Faire economics was to blame
He believed the stock market didn't actually crash
He believed it was a catastrophe that required gov't action
He believed the economic situtation would only last 6 months
17
Which of these men was NOT President during the 1920's?
Calvin Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
18
Which of the following is NOT true about the Stock Market Crash?
It only affected northern and western urban centers
President Hoover was in office from 1929-1933
The Great Depression affected all economic levels of the US
After, Hoover said the economy would fix itself in 6 months
19
All of these were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT...
The high cost of fighting World War I
Buying on Margin in the stock market & inflated stock prices
Coal lost profits due to electricity
Railroads lost profits to the car industry
20
All of these were immediate effects of the Stock Market Crash EXCEPT...
Rise in unemployment
President Hoover was impeached
Lack of money in circulation because banks went bankrupt
Some people lost their savings, their homes, and their farms
21
What controversial topic was the Scopes Trial about?
Flappers and Prohibition
The Theory of Evolution and Fundamentalism
Women's Suffrage
African American's Civil and Political Rights
22
The Red Scare was caused by a fear of...
Economic Depression
Immigrants
Laissez-Faire Economics
Communism
23
Which of the following is TRUE about the 1920's?
USA practiced Containment as its foreign policy
Model T was the most popular car
Herb Hoover was President in 1920 and was re-elected in 1924
US gov't sold land in Maine to Canada for fishing rights
24
What were "speakeasies" of the 1920's?
Public speaking events
High-paying jobs that people job easily
Illegal bars
Private places people went to speak freely on controversies
25
Which of the following is TRUE about the 1920's?
Sports were not popular
By 1924, Ku Klux Klan membership was in decline
WWI ended in 1924
Clash of values between younger and older generations
26
During the early 1920's, the isolation common to rural farm families was most changed by the...
automobile
television
library
airplane
27
Who won the 1932 Presidential election and what was the margin of victory?
Franklin Roosevelt won by a landslide
Franklin Roosevelt won by a very thin margin
Herbert Hoover won by a landslide
Herbert Hoover won by a very thin margin
28
During the beginning of the Great Depression, towns where poor people lived were nicknamed...
Ethnic Neighborhoods
Urban Centers
Coolidge Country
Hoovervilles
29
All of these were important developments in the 1920's EXCEPT...
Jazz
Railroads
Cars
Electricity
30
Which of the following are NOT associated?
Prohibition - 18th Amendment
Stock Market Crash - Great Depression
Teapot Dome Scandal - Mexico
Women's Suffrage - 19th Amendment
