1920’s Multiple Choice Test

U.S. History

Name ______Period _____

  1. After WWI, the citizens of the United States developed a fear of a new economic policy of the newly developed U.S.S.R. This economic policy was known as
  2. Capitalism
  3. Radicalism
  4. Creationism
  5. Communism
  1. Immigration in the 1920’s to America can best be described as
  2. Fully free with millions coming into America
  3. Closing down because of fear of immigrants by U.S. citizens
  4. Most immigrants came to the U.S. during this period from the middle east
  5. Many immigrants were exported that had been in the U.S. for 20 years.
  1. Which of the following is most associated with the court case dealing with the teaching of evolution in public schools?
  2. Ponzi scheme
  3. Prohibition
  4. Miranda vs. Arizona
  5. Scopes trial
  1. During the late 1800’s/early 1900’s, many African Americans left the south because of racism and lack of jobs and were pulled toward the north. This is often known as “push-pull” factors but is also known as the
  2. Harlem Renaissance
  3. Great Migration
  4. Theory of Evolution
  5. Dawes Plan
  1. After WWI, President Warren G. Harding became President of the U.S. His administration was hit hard by a scandal that involved his secretary of interior (Albert Fall) selling oil-drilling rights on federal land in Wyoming. This scandal is known as the
  2. Whiskey Ring scandal
  3. Wyoming Scandal
  4. Harding scandal
  5. Teapot Dome scandal
  1. Bessie Smith, Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington can best be associated with
  2. Baseball in the 20’s
  3. Silent movie stars of the 20’s
  4. Communists that were executed
  5. Famous African American musicians of the 20’s
  1. Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover are best known for
  2. Being a president of the U.S. in the 20s
  3. Famous boxers in the 20s
  4. Musicians during the harlem renaissance
  5. Immigrants to the U.S. that were later executed
  1. Young ladies during the 20s began to put on makeup, wear shorter dresses, get their hair cut short and go out in public to clubs to dance. The nickname of these young ladies was
  2. Speakeasies
  3. Subversives
  4. Radicals
  5. Flappers
  1. A major accomplishment for women in the 20s was gaining the right to vote in 1920. Which amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote?
  2. 20th
  3. 19th
  4. 2nd
  5. 1st
  1. Christian women fought for the outlawing of alcohol sales in the U.S. An amendment was passed that did just that. It was the 18th amendment and it was known as
  2. Right to bear arms
  3. Prohibition
  4. Freedom of speech
  5. Suffrage amendment
  1. Which of the following would best describe the culture of dating in the 1920’s?
  2. There was a chaperone with every couple.
  3. Most dating couples stayed home with a parent.
  4. Boys always had to ask a girls parent for permission before dating.
  5. More free than before the 20’s with less parental supervision
  1. Illegal drinking establishments became very popular after the outlawing of alcohol sales in the 20’s. Many businesses had secret places to drink the back of their establishment. People usually had to have a password or code to go in. These were known as
  2. Flappers
  3. Ponzi’s
  4. Struggle buggies
  5. Speakeasies
  1. This new form of music expressed the mood of the decade of the 20’s and sometimes is used as a nickname for the decade.
  2. Big Band
  3. Jazz
  4. Pop
  5. Spiritual
  1. There was a major battle in the 20s dealing with the teaching of evolution in public schools. Many fought to keep this idea OUT of public schools. They would be known as
  2. Radicals
  3. Fundamentalists
  4. Creationists
  5. Subversives
  1. A hero of the 20s was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. He left New York City and landed in Paris, France on May 20th, 1927 aboard his plane known as the “spirit of St. Louis.”
  2. Emil Earhart
  3. Charlie Chaplin
  4. Rudolf Valentino
  5. Charles Lindbergh
  1. There was much prejudice against immigrants in America in the 1920’s. Two immigrants were arrested and convicted of burglary of murder and many believed that the evidence was only circumstantial. There found guilty and executed setting off riots worldwide protesting the treatment of immigrants in America. These two men were
  2. Harding and Coolidge
  3. Ruth and Thorpe
  4. Kellogg and Briand
  5. Sacco and Vanzetti
  1. One of the greatest inventions in the 20th century was the Model T Ford by Henry Ford. He mass produced his automobile for sale to the public by using interchangeable parts and the
  2. Assembly line
  3. Immigrant workers
  4. Ponzi scheme
  5. 18th amendment
  1. As a result of the outlawing of the sale of alcohol in the U.S., gangs began to form that would illegally sell alcohol. The likely most famous gangster of the 20’s was
  2. Jim Thorpe
  3. Vladimir Lenin
  4. Al Capone
  5. Marcus Garvey
  1. After WWI (1914 to 1918), the U.S. elected President Warren G. Harding in 1920. His slogan was to return America to the way it was before WWI and get things back to normal. The political idea he had to do this was
  2. “progressive return”
  3. “make the world safe for democracy”
  4. “a return to normalcy”
  5. “back to the Bull Moose party”
  1. Which of the following became a very popular source of communication and entertainment in the 1920’s in America?
  2. Television
  3. Digital messaging
  4. Radio
  5. Computer
  1. Which group below would most likely be “fads” of the Roaring Twenties?
  2. Hoola hoop, computer, cell phone
  3. Marathon dances, flagpole sitting, crossword puzzles
  4. Atari, pong, donkey kong
  5. Pet rocks, bell bottoms, disco
  1. As a result of American fears of communists in the 20’s, the attorney general of the U.S. ordered the raids on thousands of innocent Americans that were suspected of subversive activity. Nearly 6000 were arrested with little or no cause. These “raids” that many said was a violation of Americans civil liberties were known as
  2. Hoover Raids
  3. Sacca Raids
  4. Palmer Raids
  5. Coolidge Raids
  1. George Washington Carver’s contributions to the 1920’s and future generations can best be described with his work in
  2. Factory production
  3. Women’s suffrage
  4. Fight for African American rights
  5. Developing new goods by using agricultural products (especially peanuts)
  1. Which of the following would best describe the Kellogg-Briand Pact signed in 1928?
  2. Stock brokers attempted to put a halt to the stock market crash
  3. 62 nations around the world signed a pact to outlaw war
  4. The U.S. and France demanded Germany join the League of Nations
  5. Companies signed a pact to avoid negative advertising