The Roaring Twenties

What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

• Allowed Harding to reduce government regulation of business and return to a more traditional laissez-faire approach.

• Allowed the Attorney General to use his position to accept money from criminals.

• Involved transferring oil reserves from the Navy Department to the Interior Department and then forgot about the Navy’s needs.

• Wasted taxpayers’ money by spending many thousands of dollars on a great deal of floor cleaner.

What was a major result of Henry Ford’s innovative manufacturing techniques?

• The sale price of the average car increased.

• The sale price of cars went down.

• More Americans bought cars from overseas.

• Fewer Americans had jobs.

The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was...

• a change in the birthrate.

• the use of electricity.

• growth in industry.

• the automobile.

Why did the 1920s decade earn the nickname the "Roaring Twenties?"

• It was in regards to all the strikes and violence that occurred during the decade.

• Immigration was at an all time high during this decade.

• Many lions ran free in the United States.

• It was a time of great progress and growth for the United States.

What charge eventually landed Al Capone into Alcatraz Prison?

• Alcohol smuggling.

• Income tax evasion.

• Several murders in Chicago.

• Manufacturing and selling illegal Model T's.

Why did Marcus Garvey’s movement fall apart?

• There was no effective leadership after Garvey was deported to Jamaica.

• His ideas became too extreme to attract many supporters.

• His supporters lacked the money to keep his organization going.

• White-owned newspapers and radio stations did not give the movement publicity.

How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?

• The location of Ford’s plant gave him easy access to resources and allowed him to reduce the price.

• He studied the techniques of Chicago meatpacking houses and used their same processes.

• Ford put his cars on moving assembly lines and reduced the time it took to make a car.

• Ford kept his workers happy by paying them well and giving them a 40-hour work week.

After World War I, many Americans wanted the U.S. to stay out of European affairs and focus on issues within the United States. This policy is referred to as...

• Prohibition

• Communism

• Demobilization

• Isolationism

Which of the following individuals became a popular silent film star during the 1920s?

• John Wayne

• Charlie Chaplin

• Marlon Brando

• Leonardo DiCaprio

The Harlem Renaissance refers to...

• a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art.

• a program to promote African-American owned businesses.

• a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s.

• a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP.