Roaring 1920s: Politics, Scandals, and Social Change

1. What does suffrage mean? • A) the number of immigrants is limited • B) it’s a tax on income • C) the right to vote • D) alcohol is outlawed

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2. What two immigrants were put to death without solid evidence (mainly due to the fact they were immigrants and anarchists)? • A) Amos and Andy • B) Lewis and Clark • C) Johnson and Johnson • D) Sacco and Vanzetti

3. During the 1920’s, why was the economy in turmoil? • A) inflation • B) all of these • C) workers went on strike • D) returning WW I soldiers needed jobs

4. What is inflation? • A) this is the time when the economy is at its best • B) prices go up and the value of money goes down • C) prices go up and the value of money goes up • D) prices and the value of money both go down

5. Striking workers in the 1920’s wanted ______. • A) pensions • B) factories to be relocated overseas • C) shorter shifts and more pay • D) health care

6. What scandal involving the sale of government oil (without open bidding) took place during Harding’s administration? • A) Credit Mobilier • B) Iran Contra • C) Watergate • D) Teapot Dome

7. What 1920’s President’s Cabinet was rocked by scandal? • A) Roosevelt’s • B) Nixon’s • C) Harding’s • D) Wilson’s

8. What organization fought for improvement in economic and political status for African Americans? • A) Free Masons • B) NAACP • C) YWCA • D) Salvation Army

9. The 1920’s was the first time Americans could ______. • A) file for a divorce • B) vote in a Presidential election • C) buy alcohol • D) buy on credit

10. What African American was associated with a return to Africa movement and “black is beautiful”? • A) Marcus Garvey • B) Warren Harding • C) Albert Falls • D) Louis Armstrong

11. What was the Great Migration? • A) when Mexicans crossed the border to find work in the Southwest • B) when women entered the workforce • C) themovement of African Americans from the South to the North • D) when the Jewish people came to America to escape the Nazis

12. This man made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. • A) Duke Ellington • B) Charles Lindbergh • C) Louis Armstrong • D) F. Scott Fitzgerald

13. What was the motivation behind the Great Migration? • A) there were huge labor strikes in the West • B) the South was experiencing a recession • C) better jobs and less discrimination in the North • D) more food was available

14. What event supported the teaching of creationism? • A) Prohibition • B) Fundamentalism • C) Quota System • D) Scopes Trial

15. What was the significance of the Teapot Dome Scandal? • A) the first time an American President was impeached • B) the first time a Cabinet official went to jail • C) the first time a President died in office • D) the first time a tax was put on tea

16. What did the Emergency Quota Act do? • A) allowed more immigrants into the U.S. • B) limited immigration to the United States • C) limited the amount of alcohol that could be sold • D) limited jobs that immigrants could get

17. What was a result of Prohibition? • A) people traveled to Mexico for alcohol • B) people traveled to Canada for alcohol • C) organized crime increased • D) people smoked more

18. What groups spearheaded the movement for Prohibition because of abuse, the link to immigration, and alcohol affecting the workplace? • A) Women’s groups • B) KKK • C) Fundamentalists • D) all the above

19. What group had an influence on the politics of the early 1900’s and believed in a word-for-word translation of the Bible? • A) nativists • B) the KKK • C) fundamentalists • D) Catholics

20. What was the fear that a Communist revolution would spread to America? • A) Communist Creep • B) Red Scare • C) Pink Panic • D) Scopes Trial

21. This group of females pushed social norms to the extreme and made gains for women. • A) feminists • B) swingers • C) zingers • D) flappers

22. What modern organization was headed by J. Edgar Hoover and it was originally organized to fight Communism? • A) the FBI • B) the CIA • C) the Black Nationalists • D) the KKK

23. What Amendment gave women the right to vote? • A) 18th • B) 1st • C) 19th • D) 5th

24. What was the outcome of the Scopes Trial? • A) all Northern schools had to teach Creationism • B) the influence of the Fundamentalists in politics decreased • C) a Fundamentalist became President • D) Fundamentalist beliefs were outlawed

25. What Amendment dealt with the outlawing of the transportation, sale, and manufacturing alcohol? • A) 19th • B) 1st • C) 18th • D) 5th

Roaring 1920s: Politics, Scandals, and Social Change