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Coolidge believed that part of his job was to make sure the government
interfered with business and industry as little as possible
regulated ig business in order to stabilize the economy
participated regularly in world affairs
became involved in social reform
2
a speakeasy was a
prohibitionist
underground bar that served alcohol illegally.
anti-war group
smuggler of alcohol from foriegn countries
3
prohibitionists believed alcohol was _____
a major cause of abuse
economically important
a personal freedom
a good way to enjoy life
4
<p>a jazz pianist and composer, led a ten-piece orchestra at the Cotton Club</p>
"Duke" Ellington
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
5
To create consumers for their new products, manufacturers turned to
television
newspaper and magazine articles
mass production
advertising
6
John T. Scopes was put on trial for
violating prohibition laws
teaching evolution
being a leader of the KKK
accepting bribes
7
After WWI, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by
avoiding involvement in world affairs
excluding Germany from the League of Nations
disbanding the League of Nations
forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces
8
The literary and artistic movement that celebrated African American culture as
Prohibition movement
Temperance movement
Harlem Renaissance
Great Awakening
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to buy stocks on the change of a quick profit
buying on margin
price supports
speculation
credit
10
The final result of the Scopes trial was
scopes was found guilty and imprisoned for 1 year
teaching of evolution was now legal in schools
TN put evolution back in schools
scopes was found guilty and fined $100
11
Which of the following was not a problem following WWI?
nuclear weapons
reconstruction of war countries
arms control
war debts
12
arrangement when a consumer agrees to buy now and pay later
speculation
buying on margin
credit
price supports
13
Commercial radio began its rise in Novermber 1920 with news about
a presidential election
WWI
Charles Lindberg
Albert Fall
14
The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as the
Harlem Renaissance
Great Awakening
Great Migration
Glory Days
15
The Great Migration was a period of time when African Americans moved from the
south to the north
North to the south
west to the east
east to the west
16
Which amendment passed Prohibition?
16th
19th
18th
17th
17
Most well-known poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Bessie Smith
"Duke" Ellington
18
The emergence of mass media helped make which baseball star a national hero?
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Red Grange
Bill Tilden
19
became the highest paid black artist in the world in 1927
"Duke" Ellington
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
20
Following the Great Migration the larges black community was
chicago
brooklyn
harlem
philadelphia
21
Charles Lindbergh was responsible for the 1st nonstop flight across___
Atlantic Ocean
Austin, focus!
United States
Pacific Ocean
22
The Emergency Quota Act did not apply to Canada and ...
Serbia
Mexico
Germany
Russia
23
Women that began using a new type of independent fashion in the 1920s were referred to as...
flyers
bootleggers
speakeasies
flappers
24
Which of the following were not targets of the Palmer Raids?
communists
socialists
isolationists
anarchists
25
Al Capone was a notorious
flapper
speakeasy
bootlegger
farmer
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paying a small % of a stocks price as a down payment and borrowing the rest
buying on margin
speculation
price supports
credit
27
What is the name of the belief that one's land needs to be protected against immigrants?
foreignism
nativism
racism
isolationism
28
A major element of new morality was
an increase in stay at home mothers
an increase in support for women's independence
an increase in traditional values in marriage
a decrease in the use of automobiles
29
Sacco and Vanzetti were charged and convicted of
treason
robbery and murder
bribery
spying
30
Leader of the "Back to Africa" movement
Duke Ellington
Marcus Garvey
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindbergh
31
Which of the following was not a belief of fundamentalists of the 20s?
literal interpretation of the Bible
evolution and creation should be taught as theories
a firm belief in creation
Rejected the theory of evolution
32
Ran against Herbert Hoover in the election of 1932
Franklin D Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Cooldige
James Weldon Johnson