Roaring Twenties Test
Honors US II
Mr. Lopata
I.
Name:
Identify and Explain the terms and their relationship with each other.
1. Sacco & Vanzetti
Red Scare
Palmer Raids
Old/New Immigrants
2. Evolution
Clarence Darrow
John T. Scopes
William Jennings
Bryan
3. Henry Ford
Model T
Consumerism
Mass Production
4. Flappers
Women’s Suffrage
Florence Kelley
Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
Women’s Fashion
5. Prohibition
Organized Crime
Speakeasies
18th/21st Amendments
6. Charlie Chaplin
The Jazz Singer
Louis Armstrong
Harlem Renaissance
II.
Multiple Choice:
____ 7. Ballyhoo
A. A Sad Movie
B. Another Name for the 30s
C. Jazz Age
D. Both A & C
E. All of the Above
____ 8. Some famous movie starts of the 1920s were
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Charlie Chaplin
Gloria Roberts
Mary Pickford
Both A & C
All of the Above
____ 9. Teapot Dome Scandal
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Harding was President
Involved the illegal sale of pardons
Albert Fall, Secretary of Interior was involved
Both A & C
All of the Above
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____ 10. Famous people of the 1920s
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Jim Thorpe
George Herman “Babe” Ruth
Knute Rockne
Clark Gable
All of the Above
____ 11. Prohibition
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Enforced severely throughout the US
Stopped all consumption of alcohol
Caused organized crime to develop
Both A & C
All of the Above
____ 12. Harlem Renaissance
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
William E. B. DuBois
Langston Hughes
Literature, music, & art thrives in the largest black city in the world.
Both A & C
All of the Above
____ 13. What was a major result of Henry Ford’s innovative manufacturing techniques?
A. The sale price of the average car increased.
B. The sale price of cars went down.
C. More Americans bought cars from overseas.
D. Fewer Americans had jobs.
____ 14. Buying stock on margin remained profitable as long as…
A.
B.
C.
D.
stock prices fell.
buyers did not take out loans.
stock prices rose.
buyers did not acquire collateral.
____ 15. What single development most spurred the growth of popular entertainment and culture
in the 1920s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a shorter work week in all sectors of society
the technology that allowed forms of mass communication, such as radio and film
the growth of professional sports leagues
the expansion of traditional news coverage to include cultural and society news
____ 16. During the 1920s, American farmers as a group…
A.
B.
C.
D.
prospered economically.
commanded high prices for their products.
purchased more stock than did city dwellers.
suffered economically
____ 17. As President, Warren G. Harding…
A.
B.
C.
D.
strengthened the regulations on businesses put into place by the Progressives.
abolished all regulations on businesses.
reduced the regulations on businesses put into place by the Progressives.
took no action on economic matters.
____ 18. President Coolidge believed that the creation of wealth…
A.
B.
C.
D.
hurt the disadvantaged.
benefited the nation as a whole.
eroded personal freedoms.
helped America’s enemies.
____ 19. What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
A. involved transferring oil reserves from the Navy Department to the Interior
Department and then forgot about the Navy’s needs
B. allowed the Attorney General to use his position to accept money from criminals
C. wasted taxpayers’ money by spending many thousands of dollars on a great deal of
floor cleaner
D. allowed Harding to reduce government regulation of business and return to a more
traditional laissez-faire approach
____ 20. Why did Marcus Garvey’s movement fall apart?
A.
His ideas became too extreme to attract many supporters.
B.
His supporters lacked the money to keep his organization going.
C.
There was no effective leadership after Garvey was deported to Jamaica.
D.
White-owned newspapers and radio stations did not give the movement publicity.
____ 21. Why were nativists opposed to immigration?
A. They feared that Americans would be forced to move to other countries.
B. They feared the loss of jobs and damage to America’s traditions.
C. They feared that an illegal immigrant would be elected president.
D. They feared a civil war between the United States and Mexico.
____ 22. With its original sound created from a variety of musical styles, jazz became…
A.
B.
C.
D.
a cause of new divisions between white and black Americans.
a symbol of American domination of the post–World War I world.
mainly associated with white musicians in the northern United States.
a demonstration of the depth and richness of African American culture.
____ 23. Why was formal education more important for urban Americans than rural Americans?
A.
B.
C.
D.
III.
Urban children needed a safe place to stay while their parents worked.
Urban Americans needed an education to work in factories.
Most higher-paying jobs in the cities required a formal education.
A better education provided more opportunities to obtain inexpensive housing.
Short Answer
24. What was the purpose of the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference and the KelloggBriand Pact? What prompted them? Was the purpose accomplished?