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The fear of communists resulted in
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The radio provided a way for
advertising
more programing
All of the above
CBS and NBC
2
The fear of communists resulted in
the communist manifesto
the RussianRevolution
the red scare
xenophobia
3
Ernest Hemingway was a writer who
left America to live in Paris
described the effects of prohibition
wrote about jazz
focused on communism
4
The Tea Pot Dome Scandal occurred under whose administration?
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
5
The Southern Illinois Gangster who was the last man hanged in the state.
Joe Adams
Charlie Birger
Lory Price
S. Glenn Young
6
This decade became known as the Roaring 20s because of the economic boom that occurred.
True
False
7
Everyone wanted the new products from clothes to waffle irons, this led to purchasing items on
rent to own
sale
lay away
credit
8
Marcus Garvey
believed African Americans should keep to themselves
a supporter of the KKK
believed African history and culture should be celebrated
supported government buy outs
9
The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawed
political corruption
immigration
alliances
war
10
Henry Ford made a Model T affordable by
creating the assembly line which produced a car every 10 seconds
firing all union workers and replacing them with nonunion workers
removing all luxury options
getting a government subsidy
11
This made radios and other household appliances possible
electricity
assembly lines
delivery
unions
12
This invention became common in most American homes in the 1920s.
radio
carpet
television
telephone
13
Until 1924, Native Americans did not have access to adequate legal protection from the government because they
didn't ask for it
were only on reservations
were not citizens of the US
had refused to fight in WWI
14
The 1920s also saw a vast decline in violence and rascism under the KKK.
True
False
15
Which amendment banned the sale of alcohol?
The 18th
The 21st
The 19th
The 20th
16
What accomplishment made Gertrude Ederle famous?
She was the first flapper.
She married the Prince of England.
She flew across the Atlantic.
She swam across the English Channel.
17
Who said, "the business of America is business."
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
18
People rushed to buy goods they could not get during the war, causing prices to rise.
True
False
19
First to fly across the Atlantic but later criticized for his Nazi sympathies
Victor Chapman
Charles Lindburgh
Orville Wright
Eddie Rickenbaker
20
Known as the Tin Lizzie
Model T
Toaster
Delivery Truck
Model A
21
One effect on society during the 1920s was
the traditional ways of life giving way to those of a more urban society
science brought better education to schools
more people left the corruption of the cities for peace in the country
more people left the farms and small towns for the mining communities
22
The 1920s could be a decade where the ideals and values of traditional rural and modern urban Americans clashed.
False
True
23
William Jennings Bryan saw the Scopes Monkey Trial as an attack on
the teaching profession
Science
Christian faith
the American way of life
24
What caused a sharp rise in unemployment at the end of WWI?
Many workers had gone on strike, making it impossible for some to work.
The new use of an assembly line required fewer workers
veterans returning from the war found women in their old jobs
the government no longer needed war materials, so factories cut back
25
Calvin Coolidge became President after this man died in office.
George S. Patton
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
26
The Teapot Dome Scandal involved the Secretary of the Interior accepting bribes from
stock brokers
tea producers
British Elites
oil companies
27
Communist ideas might spread to the United States resulted in
Witch Trials
The Red Scare
Sedition Acts
Border Walls
28
The Scopes Monkey Trial involved a teacher brought to trial for teaching
the Communist Manifesto
The King James Version of the Bible
The Planet of the Apes
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
29
Duke Ellington inspired the creation of blues music.
False
True
30
During the 1920s, women who challenged many of the traditional barriers for women became known as
charlestons
flappers
fitzgeralds
feminists
31
Reportedly making 60 million a year, this man not charged with murder but with tax evasion.
Al Capone
Bugsy Siegel
John Dillinger
Charlie Birger
32
A rise in African- American art, music, literature, fashion, and dance during this time became known as
The Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration
The Red Scare
The Underground Railroad
33
Amelia Earhart
Elected to the Senate
First woman vice-president
First woman to fly across the Atlantic
Swam across the English Channel
34
Was known as the "prohibition czar" and helped give "Bloody Williamson" its nickname.
Joe Adams
Lory Price
Charlie Birger
S. Glenn Young
35
Blues music was inspired by the suffering of African Americans during slavery.
True
False
36
The Volsted Act was also known as
the nineteenth-amendment
the red scare
Bootlegging
Prohibition
37
The Volsted Act banned the production and sale of
Alcohol
Listerine
Apple Cider
Hydrogen Peroxide
38
Prohibition resulted in
homemade alcohol that wasn't regulated by government
increased government corruption since some took bribes
all of these
rise of organized crime
39
Prohibition led to a rise in
saloons
church attendance
organized crime
domestic violence
40
Warren G. Harding's campaign strategy was based on a promise to
return to normalcy
end political corruption
return to isolationism
increase government control in businesses
41
Created the first mass produced automobile, resulting in an affordable car for the average American
Charles Birger
Henry Ford
Albert Fall
Ernest Hemingway
42
Fundamentalists were
All of the above
those who believed in a literal translation of the Bible
Against Darwin's Theory of Evolution
those who believed the world was on the wrong path
43
1927 was a first for motion pictures because it brought
color film
still-frame animation
film with sound
full-length feature films
44
The "trickle-down theory" according to Harding's opponents
gave tax cuts to the working poor
tax cuts for wealthy Americans to stimulate investment in business and jobs
federal investment in business to keep them hiring
would stop political corruption at the highest level of government
45
After WWI, Europe continued to trade with the US despite tariffs to help rebuild the European economy.
True
False