1. what does suffrage mean?

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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7. What 1920’s President’s Cabinet was rocked by scandal?

• A) Roosevelt’s

• B) Nixon’s

• C) Harding’s

• D) Wilson’s

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8. What organization fought for improvement in economic and political status for African

Americans?• A) Free Masons

• B) NAACP

• C) YWCA

• D) Salvation Army

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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

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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

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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) the movement of African Americans from the South to the North

• D) when the Jewish people came to America to escape the Nazis

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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

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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

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14. What event supported the teaching of creationism?

• A) Prohibition

• B) Fundamentalism

• C) Quota System

• D) Scopes Trial

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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21. This group of females pushed social norms to the extreme and made

gains for women.• A) feminists

• B) swingers

• C) zingers

• D) flappers

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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

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23. What Amendment gave women the right to vote?

• A) 18th

• B) 1st

• C) 19th

• D) 5th

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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

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25. What Amendment dealt with the outlawing of the transportation, sale, and

manufacturing alcohol?

• A) 19th

• B) 1st

• C) 18th

• D) 5th

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26. What were the beliefs of nativists?

• A) immigrants improved the culture of the United States

• B) native-born Americans were superior to immigrants

• C) Native Americans got cheated

• D) immigrants should be welcomed into the U.S.

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27. Mass production allowed for what?

• A) higher prices

• B) less advertising

• C) prices to go down; more consumer goods available

• D) laws limiting immigration

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28. What was the rebirth of the arts of African Americans? It was centered

around an area of New York.

• A) Production of the Masses

• B) Harlem Renaissance

• C) Mardi Gras

• D) Great Migration

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29. What are disadvantages of buying on credit?

• A) buying more than you can afford and increased debt

• B) hidden costs such as late fees and over limit fees

• C) all of these

• D) identity theft

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30. What are advantages of using credit?

• A) convenience and speed; you don’t need to carry cash

• B) all of these

• C) you can buy large ticket items

• D) rewards for using credit

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