AMERICA
America: The Last Best Hope
Chapter 4 - From Boom to Bust
: THE LAST BEST HOPE
1. The decade known for its “Boom” economy was the:
A 1900s
B 1910s
C 1920s
D 1930s
2. After World War I, the Weimar Republic was the name given to the democratic
government in:
A Germany
B France
C Japan
D Italy
3. An establishment that illegally sold alcohol during Prohibition was known as a:
A booboisie
B speakeasy
C tin lizzie
D flapper
4. Young women who wore short skirts, loved jazz, and bobbed their hair were known in
the 1920s as:
A booboisie
B speakeasy
C tin lizzie
D flapper
5. Because of its dependability, Ford’s Model “T” automobile became known as a
A booboisie
B speakeasy
C tin lizzie
D flapper
6. The Stock Market Crash took place in:
A 1914
B 1918
C 1922
D 1929
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7. The Stock Market Crash directly led into:
A a boom period
B the attack on Pearl Harbor
C World War II
D a worldwide depression
8. Which of the following did NOT happen in the 1930s?
A high unemployment
B low wages
C credit easy to get
D bank failures
9. One reason that stocks rose so quickly before the Stock Market Crash was the expansion
of:
A credit
B bonds
C savings accounts
D tariffs
10. This country’s industry dominated the world’s economy in the years following World
War I:
A Japan
B United States
C Soviet Union
D Great Britain
11. The day the Stock Market crash began became known as:
A “Dark Tuesday”
B “Blue Friday”
C “Manic Monday”
D
“Black Thursday”
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12. During the 1920s, American Mercury and Baltimore Sun journalist H.L. Mencken often
mocked the American public by calling them great:
A booboisie
B speakeasy
C tin lizzie
D flapper
13. The cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance was best known for the
influence of which ethnic group?
A Jews
B Irish
C African-Americans
D Italian
14. Which of the following historical figures was a famous author best known for
hiscontribution to the Harlem Renaissance?
A Weldon Johnson
B Langston Hughes
C W.E.B. Dubois
D Marcus Garvey
Organized the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Founded Black Star Line
Opposed integration of black people into American society
15. The above points describes which African-American leader during the 1920s?
A Weldon Johnson
B Langston Hughes
C W.E.B. Dubois
D Marcus Garvey
16. Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington is most famous for his work in:
A theater
B art
C poetry
D
jazz music
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17. The Washington Treaties were signed so that the U.S., Britain, France, Italy, and Japan
agreed to limit the:
A use of tariffs
B size of their navies
C size of their armies
D size of their air forces
18. The “Ohio Gang” was the name given to the cronies that were part of which
administration?
A Franklin D. Roosevelt
B Herbert Hoover
C Calvin Coolidge
D Warren G. Harding
First Catholic Presidential nominee
Lost 1928 election
Former New York Governor
19. The above describes which Democratic leader?
A Franklin D. Roosevelt
B Al Smith
C William Gibbs MacAdoo
D John Nance Garner
20. The sixty-two nations that signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact agreed to forever renounce
the future use of :
A chemical weapons
B tariffs
C warfare of any kind
D submarine warfare
21. She founded Planned Parenthood, but was also involved in the eugenics movement:
A Amelia Earhart
B Anne Morrow
C Eleanor Roosevelt
D
Margaret Sanger
Flew The Spirit of St. Louis
Known isolationist
First man to fly non-stop across Atlantic
22. The above describes:
A Roger Lafollette
B Will Rogers
C Charles Lindbergh
D Billy Mitchell
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Five time Socialist Party candidate for President
Union leader
Jailed for sedition
23. The political figure described above was:
A Roger Lafollette
B Eugene V. Debs
C Clarence Darrow
D Elliot Ness
24. The Scopes Trial, argued between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, was a
famous trail about:
A free speech
B civil rights
C use of contraception
D teaching evolution
25. The “Bonus March of 1932” was a march on Washington by:
A the NAACP
B World War I veterans
C the Labor Movement
D the Women’s Movement