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1
America was not at all prosperous in the 1920’s.
True
False
2
What is a flapper?
young women that did not represent freedom
older women that did not represent freedom
older women that represented freedom
young women that represented freedom
3
Who won?
Harding
Cox
4
Why type of new buying did banks offer? What did this allow people to do?
Debit
Buy now pay now
But now, pay later
Credit
5
The First 100 Days were a way to evaluate later times of presidencies
True
False
6
John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution.
True
False
7
What was the Great Migration?
African Americans were moving south and west
African Americans were moving south and east
African Americans were moving north and west
African Americans were moving north and east
8
What was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
Raised tariffs
Raised reparations
Raised relief
Raised quality of Hoovervilles
9
How much money did the FDIC guarantee up to?
500
50,000
50
5,000
10
Who won the Election of 1932?
FDR
Hoover
11
What were speakeasies?
Person who smuggled coffee
Illegal coffee shop
Illegal liquor store or nightclub
Person who smuggled alcohol
12
There were many new electronic inventions that people bought for their homes.
False
True
13
The Harlem Renaissance was an art movement that heavily influenced African Americans?
False
True
14
Which class grew during the 1920’s? Why?
Created departments to make a decent living
Lower class
Tried to take over the wealthy Americans
Middle class
15
What were bootleggers?
Illegal liquor store or nightclub
Illegal coffee shop
Person who smuggled coffee
Person who smuggled alcohol
16
What was the Emergency Quota Act?
Regulated nativists
Regulated prohibition
Regulated Harding’s corruption
Regulated immigration to the US
17
Why was the FBI created?
To provide jobs
To investigate the violence of the bombing
To investigate the Great Depression’s causes
To interrogate Russians
18
What was the Dawes Act?
Helped Germany pay reparation from the Treaty of Versailles
Helped Austria pay reparation from the Treaty of Versailles
Helped France pay reparation from the Treaty of Versailles
Helped Britain pay reparation from the Treaty of Versailles
19
What was the SEC (Security Exchange Commission)?
Prevented insider trading
Prevented prohibition
Prevented communism
20
What was a the Public Works Administration?
Paid young men to build roads
Provided aid to states for schools
Provided financial assistance to older people
21
What was the Kellogg-Briand act?
Goodwill gesture to never fight in war again
Regulated immigration
Provided financial assistance to Germany
22
What was the Social Security Act?
Provided financial assistance to older people
Paid young men to build roads
23
What was the Wall Street Bombing
40 people killed- blamed on two “Italian looking men”
40 people killed- blamed on Russians
30 people killed- blamed on Russians
30 people killed- blamed on two “Italian looking men”
24
What were Americans fearful of during the “Red Scare?
Communism
Progressivism
Republicanism
Democratism
25
Who were famous authors during this time period?
Zora Hurston
Madeline Grace Simpson
Diminutive Rice Eater (Sam)
Langston Hughes
26
When the Depression end?
Vietnam War
Gulf War
9/11
WWII
27
What were the slums called?
Hardingvilles
Hoovervilles
Rooseveltvilles
Coolidgevilles
28
Who were the music contributors?
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Miles Davis
29
FDR’s radio speeches called fireside chats gave hope to the people
True
False
30
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?
Provided financial assistance to older people
Paid young men to build roads
31
Why did the stock market crash on Black Tuesday?
Many people were not investing in the market, so it sunk a little
Many people were investing in the market, so it basically plummeted
32
What is nativism?
Fear of communism
Fear of the FBI
Fear of immigrants
Fear of emigrants
33
How did these impact prohibition?
The people were assets to society
Organized crime
The stores helped the economy
Unintended crime
34
What neighborhood where the Tulsa Race Riots located? What was it called that?
FBI Street
Heavily populated with police
Black Wall Street
Heavily populated with African Americans, wealthy
35
What was the 21st amendment?
Banned communism
Banned insider trading
Banned prohibition
Banned evolution
36
What was the Teapot Dome scandal?
An oil reserve that was set aside for the marines; Fall accepted bribes
An oil reserve that was set aside for the Air Force; Fall accepted bribes
An oil reserve that was set aside for the navy; Fall accepted bribes
An oil reserve that was set aside for the army; Fall accepted bribes
37
How was the car industry impacted?
Less people bought cars, lead to more jobs
More people bought cars, lead to more jobs
More people bought cars, lead to less jobs
Less people bought cars, lead to less jobs
38
Who was the Italian Chicago mob boss?
Al Capone
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Benito Mussolini
39
Even though Republicans usually don’t take federal action, Hoover does take it in the Depression
True
False
40
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1920? To which political parties did they belong?
James Cox- republican
Warren Harding- Republican
James Cox- democrat
Warren Harding- democrat
