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WJEC USA 1910-29
WJEC USA 1910-29
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A quiz about the USA course on the old WJEC specification.
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1
What does WASP stand for?
White Anti-Semitic People
White Anglo Saxon Protestants
2
Who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?
Clara Bow
Gertrude Ederle
Amelia Earhart
Elizabeth I
3
An illegal drinking saloon was called a...
Illegal alcohol bar
Pub
Nightclub
Speakeasy
4
The Sacco and Vanzetti case was an example of...
Racial intolerance
Religious intolerance
5
The Jim Crow Laws did what in America?
Brought black people and white people together
Banned the sale of alcohol
Segregated black people from white people
Forced everybody to become Christian
6
What was the boxing match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey known as?
Tunney vs Dempsey
The Long Count
The Short Count
The Boxing Match
7
What was the policy called where the USA allowed immigrants in freely?
Open Door Policy
Closed Door Policy
8
Which of these were famous dances of the period?
Charleston
Bunny hug
Shimmy
Black Bottom
9
Pick two examples of Fads and Crazes.
Baseball
Dancing in your underwear
Dance Marathons
Flagpole sitting
10
What did Prohibition ban the sale of?
Alcohol
Swearing
Dancing
Cigarettes
11
Which groups did not prosper during the economic boom? Choose 3.
Immigrants
Shareholders
Black Americans
Farmers
12
Where is the Bible Belt?
Central America
Outside of America
South America
North America
13
Which two of these people were famous Jazz musicians?
Clara Bow
Rudolph Valentino
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
14
Clara Bow was also known as the WHAT girl?
The Flapper girl
The 'It' Girl
15
Charles Lindbergh became a national hero for doing what?
Swimming the English Channel
Aimed to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
Flagpole Sitting Champion
Killing Al Capone
16
When was the Literacy Test?
1917
1929
1927
1924
17
Which of these caused an economic boom in America? Choose 3.
Consumerism
Cheap Labour Force
Overspeculation
Credit
18
Why did the Wall Street Crash happen in 1929?
People had too much money
The building collapsed
Panic-selling of shares
19
Which other sports gained popularity at the time? Choose 3.
Tennis
American football
Swimming
Golf
20
Charlie Chaplin was famous for what type of film?
Silent movies
Talkies
Action films
21
What happened during the Palmer Raids?
Mitchell Palmer arrested innocent people
Two men were arrested
22
The Butler Act banned the teaching of what?
Maths
RE
Drama
Evolution
23
The IRS enforced Prohibition. True or False?
False
True
24
What was the St Valentine's Day Massacre?
Capone's men killed 7 of their rival gang led by Bugs Moran
Gang members including Al Capone are killed
Where Al Capone fed the homeless
Millions of Valentine's cards were given out
25
What were characteristics of Flappers? Choose 2.
Long hair
Short skirts and short hair
Had to be accompanied by a chaperone
Could smoke and drink
26
What was Henry Ford's most famous car called?
Model T
Model Z
27
What was the Hays Code?
Created by Hollywood to make sure all films were offensive
Created by Hollywood to make sure films weren't offensive
Rules about Prohibiton
Rules about farming in America
28
The Teapot Dome Scandal was an example of government corruption. What was it to do with?
Illegal sale of oil reserves
Alcohol
29
When did 'talkies' begin to be made?
1930
1910
1927
1920
30
What were the Republican Presidents policies? Choose 3.
Communism
Rugged Individualism
Protectionism
Laissez-faire
31
What Act banned the sale of alcohol?
Prohibition
Volstead Act
Literacy Test
Butler Act
32
The Emergency Quote Act was what percentage of the 1910 Census?
3%
4%
2%
1%
33
Thanks to the assembly line, how long did it take to produce one car?
10 seconds
2 seconds
An hour
1 day
34
The Red Scare was a fear of...
Communists
Capitalists
Anarchists
Russians
35
Babe Ruth was famous for what sport?
Football
Baseball
Hockey
Basketball
36
The Monkey Trial was between which two groups?
Schools and universities
Creationists and Christians
Animals and humans
Fundamentalists and Evolutionists
37
The 1920s are also known as the WHAT Age?
Rock Age
The Depression
Jazz Age
Silent Age
