Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of,
A. treason.
C. receiving bribes.
B. anarchy.
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
C. playing on people's fears of political
immigrants.
radicals.
B. encouraging white women to join the
D. allowing members to profit from
organization.
recruiting new members.
____ 3. The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following
countries except
A. Italy.
C. Mexico.
B. Japan.
D. England.
____ 4. 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.
____ 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.
C. carrying passengers.
B. carrying mail.
D. weather forecasting.
____ 7. 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.
____ 8. The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
A. gold mines.
C. high tariffs.
B. union members.
D. oil-rich lands.
____ 9. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to
A. help Britain and France pay off their war C. help Germany pay off its war debts.
debts.
B. raise taxes on goods entering the United D. raise taxes on goods leaving the United
States.
States.
____ 10. To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being
A. spies.
C. bigots.
B. Communists.
D. nativists.
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____ 11. The first civil air route connected New York with
A. Chicago.
C. San Francisco.
B. Montreal.
D. Washington.
____ 12. According to the map, the first international air route was available
A. in 1918.
C. by 1930.
B. by 1921.
D. after 1930.
____ 13. A plane traveling from Chicago's airport to the airport in Minneapolis would have to
travel
A. northeast.
C. northwest.
B. southeast.
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.
C. France.
B. China.
D. Hawaii.
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____ 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
C. the truth about America
B. anarchy
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
C. the labor movement
B. the opinions of the public
D. Soviet doctrines
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____ 19. What is the main difference between the two men in the cartoon?
A. One is a leader.
C. One is a Communist.
B. One is a skilled laborer.
D. One is a radical.
____ 20. Which statement best expresses the main idea of this cartoon?
A. Tasks are accomplished through hard
C. The U.S. government should consider
work and the leadership of strong
the new ideas of foreigners instead of
individuals.
relying on American public opinion.
B. Radicals use foreign and communist
D. Radicals illustrate the best features of
propaganda to block the good, honest
Americans: hard work, leadership, and a
ideals of America.
drive to succeed.
____ 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 of the following statements is supported by the map?
A. The earliest purpose of civil air routes
C. Air routes connecting the East Coast to
was connecting large northern cities
the West Coast were in place before
with large southern cities.
routes that serviced the cities in the
southern United States.
B. Flights crossing any body of water were D. Civil air routes serviced all major U.S.
not scheduled until well after 1930.
cities before servicing any cities in other
countries.
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____ 23. 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
____ 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
C. The rate of civil air route development
development was to connect the United
consistently slowed after 1921.
States and Canada.
B. Civil air routes were added only to cities D. Civil air routes serviced most major U.S.
that had previously lacked service.
cities and were expanding to foreign
countries.
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____ 26. The two men in this cartoon are
A. radicals.
B. union members.
C. nativists.
D. government officials.
____ 27. 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.
____ 28. 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.
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____ 29. 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
D. the U.S. government and the American
ideas.
people.
____ 30. 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.
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 31. 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
____ 32. Which of the following rose dramatically in the early 1920s?
A. wages
C. tariffs
B. labor union membership
D. the build-up of armaments
____ 33. 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
____ 34. Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact considered useless?
A. It didn't prevent war; it only punished
C. It provided no means of enforcing the
countries that started wars.
"no war" agreement.
B. It made the process of repaying war
D. It failed to include several of the
debts too easy.
strongest military powers.
____ 35. 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
D. It violated U.S. principles by restricting
shortage.
immigration.
____ 36. 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
____ 37. 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
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____ 38. 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
____ 39. What might an anarchist have said about the scandals that plagued President Harding's
administration?
A. In a successful government, all officials C. Such scandals would not happen in a
should be chosen by the public.
communist government.
B. The scandals are more proof that all
D. Mistakes made by cabinet members
forms of government should be
should not damage the reputation of the
abolished.
president.
____ 40. 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
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