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Glenn Curtiss gained fame as a builder & racer of motorcycles, but would ultimately be known as
a co-founder of the city of Hialeah, Florida
a founder of the US aircraft industry
the holder of the world's land speed record
the inventor of the V8 motorcycle engine
2
A popular tax in the 1920's on imports of goods brought into the US from other countries was
a quota
a tariff
a tax shelter
a tax refund
3
What was the effect of having too many crops to sell but not enough buyers?
the price of food went up
flappers moved to large northern cities in search of work
people could not buy food
the price of food went down
4
Which aspect of the 1920’s is most closely identified with the emergence of Tin Pan Alley?
The repeal of the 21st Amendment
The printing and distribution of Prohibition pamphlets
The location of the music publishing industry in NYC
The successful flight of the first Hydroplane in N. Carolina
5
Why was national attention drawn to William J. Bryan & Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Trial?
case reversed a Supreme Court decision on free speech
case revealed the extent of prejudice against immigrants
case was conflict b/n modern science & religion
case upheld the rights of veterans to protest in D.C.
6
Movies and radio were main sources of entertainment during the 1920's.
False
True
7
What heading is most appropriate for the partial outline?
Features of Bull Stock Market
Keynesian Economic Theory
Monopolistic Business Practices
Causes of the Great Depression
8
Prohibition is enacted and the making & selling of alcohol is illegal.
17th
18th
19th
16th
9
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Lindbergh was referring to his flight to France
Langston Hughes was referring to the struggle of Blacks
Pres. Harding was referring to the struggle of immigrants
Babe Ruth was referring to baseball's field of dreams
10
Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith, and Duke Ellington are most closely associated with the-
Harlem Renaissance
Populist Movement
Tin Pan Alley
Gilded Age
11
Which of the following presidents do the descriptions apply to?
Franklin Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
12
This was a period of anti-communist hysteria during the 1920's
Expansionism
Nativism
Red Scare
Bolshevism
13
Crime rates grew as a result of the passage of the
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
15th Amendment
21st Amendment
14
Young women who defied conventional standards & restrictions through attire & other activities
Bolshevists
flappers
suffragists
feminists
15
Who made a solo transatlantic flight & advanced commercial aviation & air mail in the US?
Charles Lindbergh
Richard E. Byrd
Charles Nungesser
Rene Fonck
16
The Harlem Renaissance was significant in the 1920's because it-
produces a new music genre known as rock n roll
Many African Americans moved away from Harlem
was the richest city in NYC
was an emergence of a distinctively black voice in culture
17
Flappers challenged the traditional role of women- this would have been supported by
communists
fundamentalists
modernists
rural grandmothers
18
During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S.transportation technology?
Container ships delivered ag. goods to ports along the Pac.
Cable cars provided a quick travel to cities w/in a state
Commercial planes replaced ocean liners for travel to Europe
Mass produced cars made travel more affordable for many ppl
19
Why was 1929 a significant year?
The year the stock market crashed
end of World War I
Beginning of World War II
beginning of the Harlem Renaissance
20
This individual sponsored a movement to encourage the return of blacks to Africa
William J. Bryan
Glenn Curtiss
Marcus Garvey
Charles Lindbergh
21
Society in which ppl are encouraged to buy things to improve their lives & econ thru mass media
communist society
installment plan
credit cards
consumer society
22
What was an effect of the Red Scare of the 1920's?
spread of communism
yellow journalism
progressive reform
anti-immigration sentiment
23
Who or what belongs on the upper left leg of this spider web?
1920's
Charles Darwin
Clarence Darrow
Social Darwinism
24
Which writer portrayed the excesses of the 1920s in his novel The Great Gatsby?
Ernest Hemingway
Stephen Crane
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mark Twain
25
The scandal of Pres. Harding's admin. undermined the public's trust in the gov't by revealing
Acts of bribery in the Electoral College on the election
members of Congress sold votes for campaign contributions
corrupt dealing b/n bus. leaders & high gov't officials
roundup & imprisonment of ppl falsely accused of disloyalty
26
What was the major cause of the Great Migration?
both choices are correct
the harsh treatment of African Americans in the south
the hope of stable, paying jobs in Northern factories
neither choices are correct
27
Farmers did not share in the prosperity of the 1920's- why?
Europe could grow its own food now
all of the above
Farm production was up, prices were down
high tariffs hurt foreign trade
28
Which of the following was not part of Warren G. Harding's vision of a "return to normalcy"?
isolationism
laissez-faire
imperialism
nativism
29
Which of the following were victims of the rise of Nativism?
Coolidge & Harding
Armstrong & Hughes
Sacco & Vanzetti
Lindbergh & Curtiss
30
The growth and use of the automobile is a cause of prosperity
True
False
31
What management innovation for improved production is illustrated in this picture?
assembly line
Bessemer process
robotics
unionization
32
Which event represented an expression of Nativism in the 1920's?
the rise in popularity of spectator sports
trial of John Scopes for teaching evolution
adoption of a quota system
Charles Lindbergh's TransAtlantic flight
33
What was one cause of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed?
Speculators had purchased shares of stock on margin.
Costs associated w/ World War I had bankrupted the economy.
Federal tax cuts had caused high inflation.
Low farm production had weakened banks.
