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The Roaring 20's Briggeman
By Garth Briggeman
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Question 1
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What does the term
"isolationism"
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Question 2
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What does the term recession mean?
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Question 5
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From the Video Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty and electricuted.
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False
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Question 6
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What did President Harding mean when he introduced the phrase a "return to normalcy" after World War I?
A increased United States involvement in Europe
B no longer selling liquour in Europe
C going back to peacetime economy
D restoring a Democratice president to power
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This 1924 cartoon satirizes a scandal that led to -
A. public disappointment over revelations of government corruption
B. widespread dissatisfaction with a lack of economic development
C. public frustration with government neglect of the working class
D. widespread anger over excessive partisan politics
Question 8
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Define the term "rugged individualism"
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Question 9
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Which management innovation helped Henry Ford realize his vision for a car everyone could afford?
A providing various models of cars
B creating a business monopoly
C downsizing the labor force
D using the assembly line production method
Question 10
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What management innovation for improved production is illustrated in this picture?
A. Bessemer Process
B. Assembly line
C. Robotics
D. Unionization
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Question 11
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Which change in the buying habits of American consumers occurred during the 1920’s? *
A The number of items purchased on installment increased
B Locally made products were preferred over national brands
C Preferences for imported goods greatly increased
D Homemade products experienced a revival in popularity
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Question 12
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Define the term speculation?
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Watch the the beginning of the video 1min to 3:35 min for a Prohibiton preview.
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Question 17
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During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the —
increased use of credit by U.S. consumers
development of new forms of popular entertainment
decline of public support for Progressive reforms
conflict between modernism and traditionalism
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Question 18
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What would a study of the "flapprer of the 1920's indicate?
A Some women rejected traditional restrictions.
B Many women were elected to national office.
C Women were barred from traditionally male occupations.
D The earning power of women equaled that of men in most occupations.
Question 19
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Which inference about the 1920s is supported by this illustration?
Women confronted discrimination in employment and education.
Women challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.
Reform organizations targeted women’s issues.
Mass media reflected trends popular in rural communities.
Question 20
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What was Charles Lindbergh famous for?
first airplane flight
first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean non stop
inventing the airplane
first solo flight
Question 3
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The executions of Sacco and Vanzetti in the 1920s demonstrated the
A federal government's war on crime
B the persistence of lynching
C corruption of political machines
D increase in Nativist attitudes
Question 4
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Which development in the 1920s was inconsistend with much of the racial and ethnic intolerance of the decade?
A Red Scare
B revival of the KKK
C Harlem Renaissance
D trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
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Wealth was highly concentrated and led to a prosperity gap; which groups were included in this prosperity gap?
A Farmers
B Railroads
C Textile workers
D Minorities
E All the Above
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Prohibition, established by the 18th Amendment stated that-
A only imported alcoholic beverages could be sold
B the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was banned
C Americans must be 18 years old to purchase alcoholic beverages
D alcohollic beverages could be sold only in government stores.
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What was an important result of Prohibition during the 1920's?
A Respect for the law decreased
B Woman's suffrage was restricted
C Racial predjudice increasesd
D Religious tolerance grew
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What was Francis Willard's contribution to American society?
A She helped overturn the 18th amendment
B She spoke out against the introduction of eugenics
C She fought for women's rights adn a ban on the sale of alcohol
D She spearheaded important innovations in manufacturing