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1920s USA Revision quiz
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1
Which of these is NOT true of working on the assembly line in one of Henry Ford's factories?
8-hour working day
$5 a day wages
Encouraged to join a trade union
Low level of skill needed
2
Which of these was a famous name in 1920s sport?
Clara Bow
Babe Ruth
Rudolf Valentino
Duke Ellington
3
Herbert Hoover declared that the USA were close to the final victory over _________?
Homelessness
Poverty
Immigration
Unemployment
4
Which car was famously mass-produced by Henry Ford in the 1920s?
Model T
Model R
Model S
Model U
5
Which of these contributed to Model T's being cheap to maintain and fix?
High wages for workers
Standardized parts
Assembly line system
Speed of production
6
How many 'senators' sit in the US Senate?
100
50
150
200
7
Put these 1920s Republican Presidents in the correct order
Coolidge, Hoover, Harding
Hoover, Harding, Coolidge
Harding, Hoover, Coolidge
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
8
How might Americans have been entertained by Al Jolson?
At the cinema
On the radio
At a baseball game
At a jazz concert
9
The 1921 Immigration Quota Act allowed in...
2% of the same nationality who were there in 1890
3% of people of the same nationality who were there in 1910
A limit of 150,000 immigrants each year
Only immigrants from Western Europe who spoke English
10
Presidential elections are held every how many years?
2
3
4
5
11
How many judges sit in the US Supreme Court?
7
6
8
9
12
Which of these did Warren Harding promise?
"Bring back the good old days"
"A new deal"
"Return to normalcy"
"Putting things right"
13
Which of the following does 'Fordney-McCumber' relate to?
Black Americans
Women
Immigration law
Import tax
14
Which of these immigration measures was introduced in 1921?
Immigration Quota Act
Immigration Act
Literacy test
National Origins Act
15
Which President wanted the USA to join the League of Nations?
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Warren Harding
16
In which industry would you find a 'sharecropper'?
Advertising
Financial
Farming
Coal Mining
17
What % of Americans were living 'below the poverty line' during the 1920s?
42%
32%
12%
22%
18
Which part of the US government can declare war and raise taxes?
The Constitution
The Supreme Court
The President
Congress
19
Where did many immigrants enter the USA?
Ellis Island
Liberty Island
Staten Island
Rhode Island
20
Which of these was NOT a Republican government policy of the 1920s?
Laissez-Faire
Rugged Individualism
Unemployment Benefit
Isolationism
