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1
Elected to the presidency in 1924. Famously said, "Business of America is business."
Calvin Cooldige
Franklin D Roosevelt
James Weldon Johnson
Herbert Hoover
2
Film became more popular in the 1920s because...
All of the above.
Better technology.
Rising prosperity.
New cult of celebrity.
3
The rise of radio transformed America in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
Led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
Changed Entertainment.
Spread news.
Contributed to the popularity of sports.
4
The Great Migration was a period of time when African Americans moved from the
East to the West
West to the East
North to the South
South to the North
5
Which event did NOT lead to America's involvement in World War I?
Zimmerman Telegram
Sinking of the Lusitania
Desire to defend democracy.
The League of Nations
6
Jazz music differed from music of the previous era in that it was...
More structured.
Louder.
More free form and improvisational.
the first music to ever use lyrics.
7
The emergence of mass media helped make which baseball star a national hero?
Jack Dempsey
Bill Tilden
Red Grange
Babe Ruth
8
To create consumers for their new products, manufacturers turned to
advertising
television
mass production
newspaper and magazine articles
9
Paying a small % of a stocks price as a down payment and borrowing the rest
credit
price supports
buying on margin
speculation
10
This image most directly relates to which event in US history:
Discovery of the Big Bang Theory
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Scopes Trial
Invention of the Radio
11
Following the Great Migration, this place became a cultural hub for African-Americans.
Harlem
Greenwich
The Tenderloin
Brooklyn
12
What is the name of the belief that one's land needs to be protected against immigrants?
foreignism
isolationism
racism
nativism
13
Farmers during the 1920s experienced less prosperity because...
Recovery in Europe led to less demand.
The Model T
Americans' diets were changing.
The government became more involved in the economy.
14
Built by the Ford company from 1908 to 1927
Model T
mass production
assembly line
Model C
15
Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to Americans' desire to
reform
become a world power
repeal prohibition
return to life as it was before the war
16
This chart illustrates which idea...
Economic prosperity was not shared equally by all Americans.
Progressive Era policies of the preceding decade didn't work
The Great Gatsby was, in fact, great.
The 1920s was a decade of prosperity for everyone.
17
Many feared America was losing its traditional values for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
New social norms for women.
New scientific discoveries.
Rise of consumer culture.
Increase in number of labor strikes.
18
Most well-known poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
"Duke" Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
19
Al Capone was a notorious
flapper
farmer
speakeasy
bootlegger
20
Which amendment banned the consumption of alcohol in the 1920s (also known as prohibition)?
21st Amendment
18th Amendment
19th
16th Amendment
21
A very influential jazz musician of the 1920s.
Taylor Swift
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Herbie Hancock
22
John T. Scopes was put on trial for
being a leader of the KKK
teaching evolution
violating prohibition laws
accepting bribes
23
After WWI, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by
excluding Germany from the League of Nations
disbanding the League of Nations
forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces
avoiding involvement in world affairs
24
A speakeasy was a
Prohibitionist
Anti-war group
Smuggler of alcohol from foreign countries
Underground bar that served alcohol illegally.
25
The politics of the 20s differed from the Progressive Era in government became more...
liberal.
conservative.
concerned with wealth inequality.
fun.
26
The traffic light best expresses which idea about tech in the 1920s...
Technology was moving slow and not progressing quick enough.
People were looking to technology to make their lives easier
Electricity still wasn't available to most Americans.
Not enough people drove cars.
27
The _____'s rise in membership showed racial tensions remained powerful in America.
LOL
NAACP
KKK
TER
28
Arrangement when a consumer agrees to buy now and pay later.
speculation
credit
price supports
buying on margin
29
In response to the horrors of the US food industry depicted in The Jungle, Congress passed...
The Sedition Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Newlands Reclamation Act
The Revenue Act
30
Coolidge believed that part of his job was to make sure the government
interfered with business and industry as little as possible
became involved in social reform
regulated ig business in order to stabilize the economy
participated regularly in world affairs
31
To buy stocks on the chance of a quick profit
credit
speculation
buying on margin
price supports
32
The literary and artistic movement that celebrated African American culture as
Temperance Movement
Prohibition Movement
Harlem Renaissance
Great Awakening
33
Known for breaking the fashion norms of society, these women in the 1920s were called:
Speakeasies
Flappers
Flyers
Bootleggers
34
The Schenk Supreme Court decision ruled:
Speech could be limited in times of war.
Free speech could not be limited in war.
The government could not increase taxes on the wealthy.
The government could increase taxes on the wealthy.
35
Sacco and Vanzetti were charged and convicted of...
bribery.
robbery and murder.
spying.
treason.
36
F. Scott Fitzgerald called the era the Jazz Age because...
It showed how Americans were coming together.
None of the above.
Jazz music was popular.
It conveyed the carefree reckless feel of the decade.
37
Modernist art was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
Seeing everyday objects in a new way.
Cityscapes
More realistic portrayals of everyday objects.
Abstraction
38
The final result of the Scopes trial was
Teaching of evolution was now legal in schools
Scopes was found guilty and imprisoned for 1 year
Scopes was found guilty and fined $100
TN put evolution back in schools
39
The Johnson-Reed Act limited immigrants mostly from...
Northern Europe.
England
Germany.
South and East Europe
