The Jazz Age (US History) G.R.

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What was the famous scandal involving bribes for leasing navy oil reserves?
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Watergate Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal
Monica Lewinsky Scandal
Iran-Contra Affair

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Q1
What was the famous scandal involving bribes for leasing navy oil reserves?
Watergate Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal
Monica Lewinsky Scandal
Iran-Contra Affair
30s
Q2
Mellon’s idea that lower tax rates grow the economy and result in the government collecting more taxes is known today as what?
supply-side economics
demand-side economics
monetarism
Keynesian economics
30s
Q3
What was the purpose of the Dawes Plan?
To rebuild American infrastructure
To help Germany pay war reparations
To provide loans to Allied powers
To fund the United Nations
30s
Q4
What method of mass production increased the supply and reduced the cost of the automobile?
Hand crafting
Assembly line
Custom manufacturing
Batch production
30s
Q5
How did radio affect people's lives during the 1920s?
It only broadcast music from other countries.
It replaced newspapers entirely.
It made everyone stop talking to each other.
It brought entertainment and news into people's homes.
30s
Q6
What was one advantage of using an installment plan?
It required no payments at all
It allowed consumers to buy what they needed without paying all at once
It was only for wealthy people
It provided instant cash rewards
30s
Q7
Who did many Americans blame for the recession and taking jobs from returning soldiers?
politicians
bankers
immigrants
factory owners
30s
Q8
What was the name of the religious movement that rejected the new morality and embraced creationism?
Rationalism
Humanism
Modernism
Fundamentalism
30s
Q9
What was the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol called?
The Great Depression
Prohibition
The Industrial Revolution
The Roaring Twenties
30s
Q10
Which novelist wrote about his disillusionment with World War I during the 1920s?
S. Eliot
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
John Steinbeck
30s
Q11
What factor contributed to many Americans having more spending money and leisure time in the 1920s?
The Great Depression
High unemployment rates
Economic prosperity
World War I
30s
Q12
One of the effects of mass media was that it helped to ___________ the nation.
weaken
divide
unite
confuse
30s
Q13
Which Home-Run hitter became a national hero in the 1920s?
Babe Ruth
Hank Aaron
Lou Gehrig
Ty Cobb
30s
Q14
What was the "Great Migration"?
A migration of birds from Canada to South America
The movement of 6 million African Americans from the South to the North
A journey of immigrants from Europe to America
The relocation of American settlers to the West to East
30s
Q15
What is the main focus of the Harlem Renaissance?
Promoting European art
Celebrating African American culture
Discussing African Americans World War II
Exploring African Americans in space travel
30s