APUSH Politics of the Roaring Twenties Quiz
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was "eating its way into the homes of the
American workman, its sharp tongues . . . licking the altars of the churches"?
A. communism
C. the hopelessness of poverty
B. the philosophy of nativism
D. governmental abuse of civil rights
____ 2. Which of the following rose dramatically in the early 1920s?
A. wages
C. tariffs
B. labor union membership
D. the build-up of armaments
____ 3. Which of the following is not considered a sign that the prosperity of the 1920s was superficial?
A. the economic situation on farms
C. the number of products purchased on credit
B. the success of the advertising industry
D. the difference in income between workers and
managers
____ 4. Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact considered useless?
A. It didn't prevent war; it only punished countries
C.
that started wars.
B. It made the process of repaying war debts too
D.
easy.
It provided no means of enforcing the "no war"
agreement.
It failed to include several of the strongest
military powers.
____ 5. Nativists who found fault with the Emergency Quota Acts of 1921 would have been most likely to say
which of the following?
A. It did not restrict immigration enough.
C. It discriminated against the wrong immigrants.
B. It threatened industry with a labor shortage.
D. It violated U.S. principles by restricting
immigration.
____ 6. Which of the following was most closely tied to the public's negative reactions to organized labor in the
1920s?
A. fears of rising prices
C. fears of a depression
B. fears of communism
D. resentment of labor's advances
____ 7. Which of the following called for the abolition of private property in order to equally distribute wealth and
power?
A. quota system
C. nativism
B. isolationism
D. communism
____ 8. John L. Lewis is most closely associated with which of the following?
A. the coal miners' strike
C. the Boston police strike
B. the steel mill strike
D. the Teapot Dome scandal
____ 9. What might an anarchist have said about the scandals that plagued President Harding's administration?
A. In a successful government, all officials should
C. Such scandals would not happen in a
be chosen by the public.
communist government.
B. The scandals are more proof that all forms of
D. Mistakes made by cabinet members should not
government should be abolished.
damage the reputation of the president.
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____ 10. Which of the following is not considered a direct result of the growing popularity and availability of the
automobile?
A. changes in American landscape
C. urban sprawl
B. changes in American architecture
D. changes in the advertising industry
____ 11. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of,
A. treason.
C. receiving bribes.
B. anarchy.
D. robbery and murder.
____ 12. To expand its membership in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan engaged in all of the following except
A. blaming national problems on immigrants.
C. playing on people's fears of political radicals.
B. encouraging white women to join the
D. allowing members to profit from recruiting new
organization.
members.
____ 13. The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries except
A. Italy.
C. Mexico.
B. Japan.
D. England.
____ 14. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from
A. big business.
C. corruption and fraud.
B. political radicals.
D. labor union members.
____ 15. During the 1920s, union membership
A. remained constant.
B. increased slightly.
C. increased considerably.
D. dropped considerably.
____ 16. The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for
A. crop-dusting.
C. carrying passengers.
B. carrying mail.
D. weather forecasting.
____ 17. The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was
A. the automobile.
C. growth in industry.
B. the use of electricity.
D. a change in the birthrate.
____ 18. The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
A. gold mines.
B. union members.
C. high tariffs.
D. oil-rich lands.
____ 19. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to
A. help Britain and France pay off their war debts. C. help Germany pay off its war debts.
B. raise taxes on goods entering the United States. D. raise taxes on goods leaving the United States.
____ 20. To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being
A. spies.
C. bigots.
B. Communists.
D. nativists.
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 21. When was Washington, D.C., first served by a civil air route?
A. in 1918
C. by 1930
B. by 1921
D. after 1930
____ 22. Which two cities did the first international air route connect?
A. New York and Montreal
C. Seattle and Victoria
B. New York and London
D. Miami and Paris
____ 23. Which of the following statements is supported by the map?
A. The earliest purpose of civil air routes was
C. Air routes connecting the East Coast to the West
connecting large northern cities with large
Coast were in place before routes that serviced
southern cities.
the cities in the southern United States.
B. Flights crossing any body of water were not
D. Civil air routes serviced all major U.S. cities
scheduled until well after 1930.
before servicing any cities in other countries.
____ 24. What city was served by the greatest number of air routes by 1930?
A. Atlanta
C. Los Angeles
B. New York
D. Chicago
____ 25. According to the map, which of these statements most accurately describes civil air routes by 1930?
A. The purpose of civil air route development was C. The rate of civil air route development
to connect the United States and Canada.
consistently slowed after 1921.
B. Civil air routes were added only to cities that
D. Civil air routes serviced most major U.S. cities
had previously lacked service.
and were expanding to foreign countries.
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Using the exhibit, answer the following questions.
26. In your opinion, why do the earliest air routes connect major cities?
27. Based on the map, what was the main goal of civil air route development between 1918 and 1921?
If the statement is true, write "true" on the line. If it is false, change the underlined word or words to make it true.
__________ 28. People who oppose all forms of government are called anarchists.
__________ 29. Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge called out the National Guard to break the Boston
firefighters strike.
__________ 30. The panic surrounding the threat of communism in the early 1920s was called the "Big Scare."
__________ 31. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was adopted in 1922 to lower the taxes on imported goods.
__________ 32. A dollar down and a dollar forever" represents a form of credit called the installment plan.
__________ 33. The main goal of the Washington Naval Conference was to reduce the threat of communism.
__________ 34. The personal friends that President Harding put into his cabinet were known as the fall guys.
__________ 35. Great changes in America's landscape were tied mostly closely to a large increase in the use of
automobiles in the 1920s.
__________ 36. The quota system of the 1920s was created to reduce tariffs.
__________ 37. The Teapot Dome scandal involved the secret leasing of government-owned oil reserves for
profitable use by private companies.
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 38. The two men in this cartoon are
A. radicals.
B. union members.
C. nativists.
D. government officials.
____ 39. The title of the cartoon is "Shutting Out the Light." The metaphorical "light" that the men are shutting
out represents
A. the principles of labor unions.
C. radical foreign ideas.
B. Communist propaganda.
D. fundamental American ideals.
____ 40. According to the cartoon, radical ideas come from
A. the American people.
C. foreign and Communist countries.
B. the labor movement.
D. the U.S. government.
____ 41. According to the cartoon, a conflict exists between
A. the U.S. government and labor unions.
C. American radicals and foreign radicals.
B. radical ideas and honest American ideas.
D. the U.S. government and the American people.
____ 42. The line "Sunlight is unhealthy anyhow!" might be described as
A. more radical propaganda.
C. the voice of the American people.
B. an advertising slogan.
D. the voice of the U.S. government.
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Using the exhibit, answer the following questions.
43. What is the main idea of this cartoon?
44. Why is one of the men in this cartoon doing all the work?
Answer the following question(s) on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet of paper.
45. Why did the Ku Klux Klan flourish in the 1920s? What does this tell you about people's behavior in
troublesome times?
Think About:
- the fears and concerns of Americans after World War I
- the beliefs and practices of the Ku Klux Klan
- the various cultures that make up American society
46. Although the 1920s were prosperous years for the United States, why is this prosperity considered superficial?
Can you see any similarities between the United States in the 1920s and today?
Think About:
- technological advances
- Americans' spending habits
- income gaps between various kinds of workers
47. What was the quota system of the 1920s? Explain why it was established, who it affected, and several results of
the policy.
Think About:
- nativism
- immigration rates
- relations with foreign countries
48. Why were advertisements so successful in the 1920s? Do they serve the same purpose today? Explain your
answer.
Think About:
- the needs and desires of the American public
- the goals of advertising
49. Warren G. Harding's presidency was plagued by scandal, and it was later regarded as unsuccessful. Explain
why President Harding was popular with the American public despite these facts.
Think About:
- American attitudes and feelings after World War I
- Harding's appearance, personality, and promises
- the yearning for the simpler days before the Progressive Era and World War I
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50. What technological invention or advancement of the 1920s had the biggest impact on the life of the average
American? Explain your opinion.
Think About:
- advances in the fields of business, transportation, power, and machinery
- the basic needs of Americans
- the conveniences offered by new technology
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