Unit 4.2a Quiz - Roaring 20s
Quiz by Kevin Benson
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- Q1
. The 1920s earned the nickname of the "Great Depression".
falsetrueTrue or False300s - Q2
Where did over ½ of the U.S. population live by 1920?
The Southern U.S.
urban cities
rural farms
300s - Q3
The “Red Scare” duing the 1920s can be defined as:
The fear of Asian immigrants coming to the western United States.
The public’s lack of faith in the banking system.
The fear and suspicion of Eastern Europeans, “anarchists”, socialists, and communism.
300s - Q4
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer hoped to get public support for his 1920 presidential election bid by:
enacting federal raids that arrested some 4,000 alleged communists without bond; resulting in 600 of them being deported.
running on a strict anti-patriot platform to show his commitment to the anarchist movement that appealed to many immigrants.
using the political slogan “we have nothing to fear, but fear itself” to help Americans deal with their postwar anxieties.
300s - Q5
The movie, “The Death of a Country” aroused racists sentiments in the U.S. during the 1920s.
falsetrueTrue or False300s - Q6
Anti-immigrant sentiment became part of the rationale for the resurgence of this organization in the 1920s:
Carpetbaggers
Ku Klux Klan
Progressives
300s - Q7
The National Origins Act of 1924 severely limited the immigration of immigrants to the U.S. from western and northern Europe.
falsetrueTrue or False300s - Q8
The U.S. raised import tariff (tax) rates on imported goods from Britain & France to ____% in a failed attempt to get WWI debts repaid.
45%
60%
30%
300s - Q9
The raising of import tariffs on European made good encouraged positive economic trade between Europe & the U.S.
falsetrueTrue or False300s - Q10
How did Henry Ford’s vision of the assembly line impact the markets of the 1920s?
Mass production shifted the focus away from providing large volumes of products to focusing on cottage-industries.
Mass production introduced many new & affordable products to Americans, at the cost of marginalizing the skilled worker.
Mass production allowed the markets to focus only on a few select products, resulting in the availability of highly skilled jobs.
300s - Q11
How did the consumer financing option (aka installment plan) help shape the economy of the US in the 1920s?
It had little effect on the economy as people still continued to pay in full with cash.
The “buy now, pay later” philosophy stimulated the economy, but later proved harmful.
The economy went to a cashless system of payment, with all transactions done in installment plans.
300s - Q12
What impact did the automobile have on city life?
it contributed to urban sprawl & the growth of suburbs as more people moved away from the inner cities.
little impact, as most people couldn’t afford the high cost of gasoline to use this new mode of transportation.
it allowed people to live closer to the city center, while being able to occasionally travel out of town.
300s - Q13
The 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufuacture, sale & distribution of alcohol, but not its consumption.
falsetrueTrue or False300s - Q14
The illegal manufacture and sale of alcohol during the 1920s earned the nickname of:
flapping
kegging
bootlegging
300s - Q15
What event in 1925 became symbolic of the fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in U.S. public schools that is still a hot topic today?
The Listerine Indictment
the Scopes Trial
the Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
300s