Deck 21: All That Jazz: the 1920s

Question 1

In 1924, __________ declared, "The business of America is business."

A) Andrew Mellon
B) Henry Ford
C) Herbert Hoover
D) Calvin Coolidge

Answer 1

Calvin Coolidge

Question 2

__________ urged black people to establish their own nation-state in Africa.

A) Marcus Garvey
B) Frederick Douglass
C) Ida B. Wells
D) Alain Locke

Answer 2

Marcus Garvey

Question 3

In the 1920s, the _________ became the most powerful white supremacy group in the nation.

A) Council of Concerned Citizens
B) Knights of the White Magnolia
C) Aryan Nation
D) Ku Klux Klan

Answer 3

Ku Klux Klan

Question 4

In the 1920s, agricultural interests in California and Texas lobbied to __________.

A) repeal the Johnson-Reid Act
B) build a wall along the border with Mexico
C) expand immigration from China and Japan
D) keep the United States open to Mexican immigrants

Question 5

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were both __________.

A) connected to organized crime
B) self-proclaimed anarchists
C) accused of treason
D) World War I veterans

Question 6

The Johnson-Reid Act __________.

A) outlawed radical groups such as anarchists and socialists
B) normalized trade relations with Germany
C) established a quota system for immigration
D) implemented prohibition

Question 7

Which of the following was part of Warren G. Harding's domestic agenda?

A) increased regulation of industry
B) opposition to prohibition
C) opposition to labor unions
D) civil rights for African Americans

Question 8

Which of the following helps explain why prohibition failed?

A) There were not enough federal agents to enforce the law.
B) Most "drys" secretly opposed prohibition.
C) It had an enormous negative impact on government revenues.
D) It was supported by unpopular ethnic minorities.

Question 9

Marcus Garvey is best described as a __________.

A) black supremacist
B) civil rights activist
C) integrationist
D) black nationalist

Question 10

In 1922, Marcus Garvey was arrested and charged with _________.

A) mail fraud
B) murder
C) extortion
D) tax evasion

Question 11

Why did many women's rights activists oppose the Equal Rights Amendment?

A) It did not specifically address property rights.
B) It excluded African Americans and other minorities.
C) It would undercut efforts to gain special legislative protection for women.
D) It implied women needed special protection because they were inferior to men.

Question 12

Prohibition gave a major boost to __________.

A) organized crime
B) the Ku Klux Klan
C) the Democratic party
D) Progressive reformers

Question 13

Elected president in 1920, __________ established the conservative agenda that would last throughout the decade.

A) William Howard Taft
B) Calvin Coolidge
C) Herbert Hoover
D) Warren G. Harding

Question 14

During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan wielded considerable power in Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon, and __________.

A) New Jersey
B) Indiana
C) California
D) Michigan

Question 15

The most serious scandal of Harding's presidency involved __________.

A) government oil reserves
B) misuse of classified information
C) Harding's personal finances
D) Albert Fall's marital infidelities

Question 16

Which of the following was most likely to have opposed prohibition?

A) a small farmer living in the South
B) a German American living in a big city
C) a Progressive reformer living in a small town
D) a Republican politician running for office in Iowa

Question 17

In 1923, the National Women's Party launched a campaign __________.

A) for the Equal Rights Amendment
B) to abolish traditional marriage
C) to repeal prohibition
D) for women's participation in the military

Question 18

The signatories to the Five-Power Treaty agreed to __________.

A) establish a free trade zone
B) the removal of immigration restrictions
C) scrap warships
D) come to each other's defense

Question 19

Which of the following was a consequence of the Johnson-Reid Act?

A) Unemployment rose in northern cities.
B) Southern blacks fled the Deep South.
C) Union membership declined in the northeast.
D) Jews were effectively barred from immigrating to the United States.

Question 20

Why was Harding's presidency and legacy tarnished?

A) A number of Harding administration officials used their offices for personal gain.
B) Harding sanctioned the exploitation of poor black sharecroppers.
C) Harding took bribes from foreign countries.
D) A number of Harding administration officials sold information to foreign agents.

Question 21

In the poem "I, Too, Sing America," __________ challenged white America to accept African Americans.

A) Ethel Waters
B) Arna Bontemps
C) Langston Hughes
D) Alain Locke

Question 22

Which of the following was true of the Great Flood of 1927?

A) It forced more than 900,000 people from their homes.
B) It led to over 100,000 deaths.
C) It devastated the northeast.
D) It prompted little or no response from aid organizations.

Question 23

Jazz and the blues began to reach a wide audience in the 1920s __________.

A) by the proliferation of lyrics printed in newspapers
B) through small clubs and theaters
C) via bootlegged recordings
D) with the help of the recording industry and radio

Question 24

In 1928, Republican Herbert Hoover faced off against Democrat __________ in the presidential election.

A) Franklin Roosevelt
B) Robert M. La Follette
C) Eugene Debs
D) Alfred E. Smith

Question 25

Calvin Coolidge believed that __________.

A) American industry had grown too powerful
B) segregation was a national disgrace
C) government should do as little as possible
D) American should never have entered World War I

Question 26

In 1924, the __________ party nominated Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin for president.

A) Democratic
B) Progressive
C) Republican
D) Socialist

Question 27

In __________, for the first time, the majority of Americans lived in towns and cities with populations greater than 2,500.

A) 1900
B) 1910
C) 1920
D) 1930

Question 28

Reporters at the time cast the Scopes trial as a struggle between __________.

A) immigrants and native-born Americans
B) blacks and whites
C) good and evil
D) science and religion

Question 29

In what way was Alfred E. Smith unique?

A) He was the first governor nominated for president by a major party.
B) He was the first New Yorker nominated for president by a major party.
C) He was the first clergyman nominated for president by a major party.
D) He was the first Catholic nominated for president by a major party.

Question 30

Hoover earned widespread admiration during World War I for __________.

A) leading the American Expeditionary Force
B) securing passage of the Espionage and Sedition Acts
C) handling the distribution of food relief to European war refugees
D) organizing the Selective Service system

Question 31

According to eugenics reformers, which of the following was a threat to the nation?

A) immigration quotas
B) mixed-race marriages
C) the theory of evolution
D) urbanization

Question 32

Why did the federal government create the Federal Radio Commission?

A) to establish a network of radio stations across the nation
B) to govern the first national broadcasting network
C) to regulate and control access to radio airwaves
D) to oversee the merging of AT&T and NBC

Question 33

The __________ River flood of 1927 submerged 26,000 square miles of prime farmland across seven states.

A) Mississippi
B) Ohio
C) Missouri
D) Colorado

Question 34

In the case of Buck v. Bell, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of __________.

A) immigration quotas
B) employment discrimination on the basis of gender
C) segregated schools
D) compulsory sterilization laws

Question 35

Why was the concept of planned obsolescence attractive to some businessmen?

A) It opened up new foreign markets.
B) It perpetuated a cycle of production and consumption.
C) It limited competition.
D) It resulted in higher sales taxes.

Question 36

The number of passenger cars in the nation __________ during the 1920s.

A) increased tenfold
B) more than tripled
C) almost doubled
D) grew by 50 percent

Question 37

Which of the following was true of the Carrie Buck case?

A) There was no evidence that Carrie Buck had below-average intelligence.
B) Carrie Buck was an African American sharecropper.
C) The Supreme Court ruled in Carrie Buck's favor.
D) Carrie Buck was accused of aggravated assault.

Question 38

The Scopes trial centered on the __________.

A) role of the Klan in public life
B) publication of sexually explicit photographs
C) teaching of evolution in schools
D) enforcement of prohibition

Question 39

What did Greta Garbo, Dolores del Rio, and Ramon Navarro have in common?

A) They were all born outside of the United States.
B) They all made their name in the radio industry.
C) They all were more popular in Europe than the United States.
D) They all lost their star status when sound was introduced into movies.

Question 40

__________ defended Thomas Scopes in the 1925 Scopes trial.

A) Clarence Darrow
B) William Jennings Bryan
C) Alfred E. Smith
D) A. Mitchell Palmer

Question 41

The Great Gatsby by __________ criticized the American public's obsessions with success, glamour, consumerism, advertising, and status.

A) Zelda Sayre
B) John Steinbeck
C) Bruce Barton
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 42

Which of the following best characterizes the initial governmental response to the Great Depression?

A) In keeping with the social policies that had prevailed throughout the 1920s, relief efforts were slim.
B) Hoover organized a relief effort that was unprecedented in scale and scope.
C) The federal government intervened aggressively, but state and local governments did not follow suit.
D) Initial government efforts focused on providing direct relief to those Americans who had been hit hardest by the Depression.

Question 43

How did automobiles shape the society and culture of the 1920s?

Question 44

Describe the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s.

Question 45

By 1932, unemployment had reached __________ percent in the United States.

A) 10
B) 25
C) 40
D) 65

Question 46

During the 1920s, __________.

A) consumer debt soared
B) installment buying fell into disrepute
C) household spending on food nearly doubled
D) nine out of ten Americans owned a car

Question 47

In The Man That Nobody Knows, Bruce Barton portrayed Jesus as a __________.

A) lawyer
B) factory worker
C) farmer
D) businessman

Question 48

__________'s Babbitt critiqued empty materialism.

A) Sinclair Lewis
B) Upton Sinclair
C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
D) Langston Hughes

Question 49

How did advertising shape the consumer culture of the 1920s?

Question 50

The political climate of the 1920s was hostile to __________.

A) consumerism
B) organized religion
C) unions
D) big business

Question 51

Which of the following was the most mobile in the 1920s?

A) the professional classes
B) the middle classes
C) the wealthy
D) the poor

Question 52

Explain the causes of the stock market crash. What role did the crash play in causing the Great Depression? What other factors were at play?

Question 53

Describe the case of Buck v. Bell. What issues were at stake?

Question 54

Which of the following was an underlying weakness of the American economy in the 1920s?

A) limited export markets
B) unusually high rates of consumer saving
C) an inefficient transportation network
D) wealth inequality

Question 55

Which of the following was true of the Florida land boom of the 1920s?

A) The collapse of the boom was due, in part, to a hurricane.
B) Most investors got rich.
C) It peaked in 1929.
D) It was not as big as the California land boom of the 1920s.