Social Science ACDEC Section 1

The influenza epidemic that preceded the 1920s decade is believed to have originated in which state?

• New York

• California

• Texas

• Kansas

• Michigan

All of the following were features of the new 1920s era EXCEPT

• automobiles

• flapper culture

• modern cities

• mass entertainment

• corseted ladies

Henry Cabot Lodge was a senator from the state of

• Alabama

• New York

• Massachusetts

• Texas

• Wisconsin

The Fourteen Points plan included all of the following provisions EXCEPT

• self-determination for small nations

• promoting universal healthcare

• freedom of the seas

• ending secret alliances

• free trade policies

Supreme Court Justice Holmes’s “clear and present danger” doctrine was most closely related to questions regarding which of the following?

• free speech

• immigration

• unionization

• Communism

• racism

The term “doughboys” was a nickname given to

• Hollywood actors of the 1920s

• American soldiers during WWI

• Factory workers at Ford Motor Co.

• American baseball all-star players

• Congressmen on the House floor

In the 1920s, the “Charleston” referred to a popular __________.

• movie

• alcoholic beverage

• daily newspaper

• dance

• radio show

The NAACP was founded in which year?

• 1949

• 1939

• 1929

• 1919

• 1909

“Reservationists” was a name given to the group of Americans who opposed

• the League of Nations

• U.S. entry into World War I

• Establishing tariffs with Japan

• The 1924 Johnson Reed Act

• the U.S. National Bank

Before becoming president, Woodrow Wilson had previously been a(n)

• professor

• engineer

• physician

• diplomat

• financier