US 5.8 CC US # 32 The Roaring 20s Quiz

Who famously said, 'America's business is business' during the 1920s?

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Warren G. Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

What was the name of the assembly line techniques adopted by older industries in the 1920s?

• Keynesianism

• Smithism

• Fordism

• Taylorism

Which industry saw a dramatic rise in production, with annual production of cars tripling to 4.8 million by 1929?

• Textile

• Steel

• Agriculture

• Automobile

What was the name of the famous aviator who flew across the Atlantic Ocean solo in the 1920s?

• Wiley Post

• Howard Hughes

• Charles Lindbergh

• Amelia Earhart

Which movement rejected stereotypes and prejudice and sought to celebrate African-American experience in the 1920s?

• Black Power Movement

• Pan-African Movement

• Harlem Renaissance

• Civil Rights Movement

What was the name of the trial in 1925 where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution?

• The Darrow Trial

• The Evolution Trial

• The Scopes Trial

• The Bryan Trial

Which organization saw a resurgence in the 1920s, denouncing immigrants and minorities as un-American?

• Black Panthers

• Ku Klux Klan

• ACLU

• NAACP

What was the name of the immigration law passed in 1924 that established quotas based on national origin?

• National Origins Act

• Immigration Act of 1924

• National Quota Act

• Immigration Restriction Act

Which Supreme Court case struck down censorship of newspapers in the 1920s?

• Near v. Minnesota

• Schenck v. United States

• New York Times v. Sullivan

• Gitlow v. New York

What was the name of the poem by Claude McKay that expressed the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance?

• I, Too

• Harlem

• The Negro Speaks of Rivers

• If We Must Die