NAME ______
Chapter 20/21: The Roaring Twenties
Focus
- Popular culture reflected the prosperity of the era.
Mass media and communications
- Radio: Broadcast jazz and Fireside Chats
- Movies: Provided escape from Depression-era realities
- Newspapers and magazines: Shaped cultural norms and sparked fads
Challenges to traditional values
- Traditional religion: Darwin’s Theory, the Scopes Trial
- Traditional role of women: Flappers, 19th Amendment
- Open immigration: Rise of new
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) - Prohibition: Smuggling alcohol and speakeasies
Question
- How did radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines promote challenges to traditional values?
- What were the challenges regarding religion, women, race, and Prohibition?
Chapter 20
Directions: Answer the questions below.
____ 1. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of,
A. treason.
B. anarchy.
C. receiving bribes.
D. robbery and murder.
____ 2. To expand its membership in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan engaged in all of the following except
A. blaming national problems on immigrants.
B. encouraging white women to join the organization.
C. playing on people's fears of political radicals.
D. allowing members to profit from recruiting new members.
____ 3. The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries except
A. Italy.
B. Japan.
C. Mexico.
D. England.
____ 4. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from
A. big business.
B. political radicals.
C. corruption and fraud.
D. labor union members.
____ 5. During the 1920s, union membership
A. remained constant.
B. increased slightly.
C. increased considerably.
D. dropped considerably.
____ 6. The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for
A. crop-dusting.
B. carrying mail.
C. carrying passengers.
D. weather forecasting.
____ 7. The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was
A. the automobile.
B. the use of electricity.
C. growth in industry.
D. a change in the birthrate.
____ 8. The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
A. gold mines.
B. union members.
C. high tariffs.
D. oil-rich lands.
____ 9. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to
A. help Britain and France pay off their war debts.
B. raise taxes on goods entering the United States.
C. help Germany pay off its war debts.
D. raise taxes on goods leaving the United States.
____ 10. To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being
A. spies.
B. Communists.
C. bigots.
D. nativists.
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 11. The first civil air route connected New York with
A. Chicago.
B. Montreal.
C. San Francisco.
D. Washington.
____ 12. According to the map, the first international air route was available
A. in 1918.
B. by 1921.
C. by 1930.
D. after 1930.
____ 13. A plane traveling from Chicago's airport to the airport in Minneapolis would have to travel
A. northeast.
B. southeast.
C. northwest.
D. southwest.
____ 14. New Orleans was first served by an air route
A. in 1918.
B. by 1921.
C. by 1930.
D. after 1930.
____ 15. According to the map, in 1930 it was possible to fly a scheduled route from the United States to
A. Cuba.
B. China.
C. France.
D. Hawaii.
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 16. Who are the men in the cartoon?
A. government officials
B. radicals
C. foreigners
D. unskilled laborers
____ 17. In this cartoon, what bigger idea does the "light" represent?
A. radicalism of foreigners
B. anarchy
C. the truth about America
D. Soviet communist ideals
____ 18. According to the cartoon, which of the following is an example of the kind of ideas that shut out the light?
A. truth
B. the opinions of the public
C. the labor movement
D. Soviet doctrines
____ 19. What is the main difference between the two men in the cartoon?
A. One is a leader.
B. One is a skilled laborer.
C. One is a Communist.
D. One is a radical.
____ 20. Which statement best expresses the main idea of this cartoon?
A. Tasks are accomplished through hard work and the leadership of strong individuals.
B. Radicals use foreign and communist propaganda to block the good, honest ideals of America.
C. The U.S. government should consider the new ideas of foreigners instead of relying on
American public opinion.
D. Radicals illustrate the best features of Americans: hard work, leadership, and a drive tosucceed.
Chapter 21
Directions: Answer the questions below.
____ 1. It was difficult to enforce the laws governing prohibition for all of the following reasons except
A. many people were determined to break the laws.
B. insufficient funds were provided to pay for enforcement.
C. many law enforcement officials took bribes from smugglers and bootleggers.
D. prohibition banned only alcoholic beverages manufactured in the United States.
____ 2. To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as
A. speakeasies.
B. penthouses.
C. tenements.
D. tea rooms.
____ 3. The Harlem Renaissance refers to
A. a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP.
B. a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s.
C. a program to promote African-American owned businesses.
D. a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art.
____ 4. John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of
A. biology.
B. evolution.
C. creationism.
D. fundamentalism.
____ 5. Fundamentalists believed that
A. evolution and creationism could coincide.
B. prohibition should be repealed.
C. the Bible should be taken literally.
D. drinking alcohol was acceptable.
____ 6. "Double standard" refers to
A. stricter social and moral standards for women than for men in the 1920s.
B. lower wages women earned compared to those earned by men in the 1920s.
C. amount of work that women did both at home and outside the house in the 1920s.
D. unfair treatment of women in the workplace in the 1920s.
____ 7. F. Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920s as the
A. Harlem Renaissance.
B. Jazz Age.
C. Prohibition Age.
D. Roaring Twenties.
____ 8. Charles Lindbergh was famous as a(n)
A. politician.
B. composer.
C. inventor.
D. pilot.
____ 9. The NAACP did all of the following except
A. fight for legislation to protect African Americans.
B. work with anti-lynching organizations.
C. propose that African Americans move back to Africa.
D. publish The Crisis.
____ 10. Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicians as
A. Louis Armstrong.
B. Zora Neale Hurston.
C. Paul Robeson.
D. Langston Hughes.
____ 11. What percent of the population in 1929 had a gross income between $3,000 and $3,999?
A. 4 percent
B. 8 percent
C. 12 percent
D. 17 percent
____ 12. Which group of income earners had an average income of $6,327?
A. top 20 percent
B. second 20 percent
C. third 20 percent
D. bottom 40 percent
____ 13. The top 20 percent of the population earned 54.4 percent of all income earned in 1929. What
percent did the bottom 40 percent earn?
A. 12.5 percent
B. 13.8 percent
C. 19.3 percent
D. 26.3 percent
____ 14. In 1929, much more did the average family in the top 20 percent earn than the average family in the
bottom 40 percent?
A. $725
B. $881
C. $1527
D. $5602
____ 20. What percent of all income was earned by the third 20 percent of income earners?
A. 12.5 percent
B. 13.8 percent
C. 19.3 percent
D. 54.4 percent