Chapter 20/21 Test Review- Fitz

Question 1

What type of music was rooted in the years of slave torment..reflecting segregation & sadness?

Accepted Answer

Blues

Question 2

It was difficult to enforce the laws governing prohibition for all of the reasons EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Many people were determined to break the laws

Question 3

Out of a garage in Pittsburgh, PA, the 1st radio station was born. What was its official name?

Accepted Answer

KDKA

Question 4

Technology impacted the lives of Americans in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

The obesity rate rose

Question 5

Which of the following groups of people was NOT a target of the Ku Klux Klan?

Accepted Answer

Asian Immigrants

Question 6

Nicola Sacco and Bartolommeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of, ______ and _______.

Accepted Answer

Robbery and Murder

Question 7

The national policy of Prohibition ended when the states

Accepted Answer

Ratified the 21st Amendment

Question 8

“A dollar down and a dollar forever" represents a form of credit called the ___.

Accepted Answer

installment plan

Question 9

Who was the Father of Scientific Management?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Taylor

Question 10

T or F. The main factor causing suburban sprawl in the 1920s was the mass production of the car

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

The Republican parties domestic policy included

Accepted Answer

Improvements in transportation, Food Control Act, National Origins Act of 1924, Strengthening the Federal Reserve Act

Question 12

What did women's fashion reflected?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 13

Who was a well-known poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about racial injustice?

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 14

Henry Ford's greatest creation during the early 1900's was the

Accepted Answer

Model T

Question 15

Warren G Harding promised a return to ___ during the election of 1920.

Accepted Answer

Normalcy

Question 16

True of False. The Democratic Party dominated all three branches of government in the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

A strong fear of foreigners still existed due to the results and actions of the ____.

Accepted Answer

KKK

Question 18

Who was the biggest name in boxing and was the first to bring in a $1 million box office?

Accepted Answer

Jack Dempsey

Question 19

A wholly original form of American music, jazz

Accepted Answer

Derived from blues, faster, lively, & many instruments

Question 20

Fundamentalist believed that

Accepted Answer

The bible should be taken literally

Question 21

The Republican parties foreign policy in the 1920s included

Accepted Answer

repayment plans, disarmament, tariffs, isolationism

Question 22

Which cities gave birth to Jazz and Blues music?

Accepted Answer

New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis

Question 23

The ideas and values that clashed during the John T. Scopes trial were

Accepted Answer

Science & Religion

Question 24

Who of the following is NOT considered a “class act” of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Question 25

What Amendment gave women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

19

Question 26

Individuals who believed in the literal interpretation of the Bible were known as

Accepted Answer

Fundamentalists

Question 27

The rounding up of 1,000s of men/women suspected of being communists became known as the __ __

Accepted Answer

Palmer Raids

Question 28

In the 1920's, many American consumers practiced

Accepted Answer

buying items on credit

Question 29

What big change occurred in the movie industry in the mid-1920's?

Accepted Answer

the introduction of sound

Question 30

What expressed what was socially correct of how the product would enhance the consumer's image?

Accepted Answer

Mass Media Advertising

Question 31

The panic surrounding the threat of communism became known as the _____ _____

Accepted Answer

Red Scare

Question 32

Vladimir Lenin set up a __ gov't where the gov't rather than the individual should own property

Accepted Answer

Communist

Question 33

2 leaders brought war to Russia, allowing _ to come to power b/c he promised peace land & bread

Accepted Answer

Vladimir Lenin

Question 34

What ACT did John T. Scopes challenge in a Dayton, TN high school?

Accepted Answer

Butler Act

Question 35

The first movie that had spoken dialogue throughout the movie was The ___ ____

Accepted Answer

Jazz Singer

Question 36

In the 1920's, which billion dollar industry was illegal?

Accepted Answer

liquor

Question 37

The unofficial capital of Af. Am. culture & activism in the U.S. in the 1920s was

Accepted Answer

Harlem

Question 38

What type of music was derived and influenced by Blues, but was faster & lively?

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Question 39

What was the name of the plane that made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

Accepted Answer

Spirit of St. Louis

Question 40

One result of Prohibition during the 1920’s was

Accepted Answer

the rise of organized crime

Question 41

True or False. Speakeasies allowed citizens to get around the consequences of prohibition.

Accepted Answer

True

Chapter 20/21 Test Review- Fitz

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Chapter 20/21 Test Review- Fitz

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