Multiple Choice Questions

The main issue during the Scopes trial of 1925 was whether
  • oil-producing land to friends and took money and gifts from them
  • it provided americans a way to hear the news as it happened
  • teachers could teach about the Darwinian theory of evolution
  • The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
Why did taxes cause leaders to be reluctant about prohibition?
  • Babe Ruth
  • Income taxes were not created yet and the government depended on the liquor tax for funding.
  • Edith Wharton and Willa Cather
  • credit
In the 1920s, a method that enabled people to buy goods they could not afford was
  • danced the Charleston
  • installment payments
  • farmers went bankrupt
  • New York and Chicago
What happened to the American economy after World War I?
  • the economy grew quickly
  • the rich and poor
  • was empty and meaningness
  • it provided americans a way to hear the news as it happened
In the early 1900s, what did it mean for cities to be "dry"?
  • bootlegger
  • oil-producing land to friends and took money and gifts from them
  • Cities restricted the sale and consumption of alcohol.
  • an African American newspaper
Which best describes an overall effect of the Harlem Renaissance?
  • The availability of radio and film helped spread the word about new fads.
  • Americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
  • The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
  • They did not think the lifestyle of the 1920s was desirable.
Which two cities were the most popular destinations during the Great Migration?
  • farmers went bankrupt
  • tense and unequal.
  • NY and Chicago
  • a film with sound
In 1925, John Scopes broke a state law in Tennessee called the Butler Act, which outlawed
  • was empty and meaningness
  • consumers buying goods on credit
  • teaching about evolution.
  • segregation and low wages
Which describes an effect of Prohibition?
  • fiction works and poetry about being African American
  • The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
  • an African American newspaper
  • americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
President Harding's economic policies during the 1920s contributed to the rise of
  • folk tales
  • African Americans
  • consumerism
  • pull factors
What fueled the consumerism of the 1920s?
  • the economy grew quickly
  • It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
  • Americans buying nonessential goods on credit
  • a greater variety of goods at fair prices
Which best describes why Women's Christian Temperance Union was formed?
  • It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
  • people could buy stocks and goods from most stores
  • The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
  • Members were concerned about the impact of alcohol on their communities.
In the Teapot Dome Scandal, Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall leased
  • People could listen to music in real time.
  • oil-producing land to friends and took money and gifts from them
  • People sought easy and inexpensive ways of escaping unhappy memories of recent events.
  • Jazz combined four African American musical traditions.
For most of the 1920s, how did the growth of credit affect the stock market?
  • It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
  • The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
  • investors bought more stock on margin, and the stock market rose
  • Jazz combined four African American musical traditions.
Which showed that the economy was weaker than the stock market indicated during the 1920s?
  • New York and Chicago
  • segregation and low wages
  • fiction works and poetry about being African American
  • farmers went bankrupt
Which best states how the Scopes trial ended?
  • Europe
  • Scopes changed his plea to guilty, and was convicted.
  • Langston Hughes
  • Edith Wharton and Willa Cather
Supporters of Prohibition, such as preacher Billy Sunday, expected that Prohibition would
  • consumers buying goods on credit
  • higher wages
  • fix the problems of society.
  • New York and Chicago
The US president whose economic policies were connected to the Teapot Dome Scandal was
  • They had trouble adjusting to life in the postwar era.
  • Warren G. Harding
  • Scopes changed his plea to guilty, and was convicted.
  • Babe Ruth
Zora Neale Hurston collected and wrote about African American
  • would owe more than they could repay
  • whites and African Americans
  • fix the problems of society.
  • folk tales
The Jazz Age occurred during which decade?
  • music
  • teachers could teach about the Darwinian theory of evolution
  • it produced oil
  • 1920s
The land called Teapot Dome in Wyoming was valuable because
  • it produced oil
  • the rich and poor
  • New York and Chicago
  • It provided Americans with a way to hear the news as it happened.
In the 1920s, a reflection of the weakening economy was the growing gap between
  • teaching about evolution.
  • the rich and poor
  • installment payments
  • danced the Charleston
Some proponents of Prohibition supported the policy on religious grounds because they
  • would owe more than they could repay
  • viewed excessive drinking as immoral behavior.
  • the Charleston
  • People could listen to music in real time.
The main purpose of the Anti-Saloon League in the early 1900s was
  • The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.
  • Europe
  • Cities restricted the sale and consumption of alcohol.
  • to pass a constitutional amendment outlawing alcohol
What affect did the Scopes trial have on the school curriculum in Tennessee?
  • It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
  • investors bought more stock on margin, and the stock market rose
  • fiction works and poetry about being African American
  • It provided Americans with a way to hear the news as it happened.
In the early 1900s, Al Capone was a
  • bootlegger
  • Cities restricted the sale and consumption of alcohol.
  • businesses
  • people purchased nonessential goods on a regular basis
A pull factor that caused African Americans to migrate north in the early 1900s was
  • farmers went bankrupt
  • was empty and meaningness
  • higher wages
  • tense and unequal.
An immediate effect of the Scopes trial on American society was that
  • teachers could teach about the Darwinian theory of evolution
  • people purchased nonessential goods on a regular basis
  • people learned the scientific evidence for the theory of evolution.
  • It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
The Cotton Club was famous for which of the following?
  • teachers could teach about the Darwinian theory of evolution
  • the economy grew quickly
  • music
  • 1920s
Which is the best example of how women went against social norms during the Roaring Twenties?
  • Warren G. Harding
  • Babe Ruth
  • Women became flappers who danced the Charleston.
  • They had trouble adjusting to life in the postwar era.
Which occurred after African American jazz musicians migrated north?
  • Americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
  • the economy grew quickly
  • tried to force people to improve their morals.
  • Jazz music spread throughout the US.
Which did Irving Berlin write?
  • NY and Chicago
  • farmers went bankrupt
  • "White Christmas"
  • cutting their hair
In the 1920s, the continued rise in the stock market and economic growth depended most on
  • higher wages
  • danced the Charleston
  • consumers buying goods on credit
  • oil-producing land to friends and took money and gifts from them
In the Scopes trial of 1925, attorney William Jennings Bryan pitted religion against
  • installment payments
  • evolutionary theory
  • the rich and poor
  • New York and Chicago
Which description best characterizes the jazz of the Harlem Renaissance?
  • Members were concerned about the impact of alcohol on their communities.
  • Jazz combined four African American musical traditions.
  • people could buy stocks and goods from most stores
  • Americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
The aspects of a specific location that make people want to move there are called
  • African Americans
  • pull factors
  • installment payments
  • businesses
The Harlem Renaissance helped bridge cultural divides between which groups?
  • viewed excessive drinking as immoral behavior.
  • African Americans
  • whites and African Americans
  • folk tales
Which best classifies the works of African American writers during the Harlem Renaissance?
  • Members were concerned about the impact of alcohol on their communities.
  • fiction works and poetry about being African American
  • People could listen to music in real time.
  • people could buy stocks and goods from most stores
Which best describes a cause of consumerism in the 1920s?
  • americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
  • many americans had more money and more leisure time
  • a film with sound
  • fiction works and poetry about being African American
John Scopes, the defendant in the 1925 Scopes trial, was
  • would owe more than they could repay
  • the Charleston
  • a teacher
  • folk tales
According to the poem, the speaker feels that the relationship between whites and African Americans is
  • New York and Chicago
  • farmers went bankrupt
  • the rich and poor
  • tense and unequal.
Which best describes what people could buy on credit in the 1920s?
  • Jazz combined four African American musical traditions.
  • Coolidge did not try to regulate business, industry, or the stock market
  • The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
  • people could buy stocks and goods from most stores
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