Quiz Me! - Events: Roaring 20sTest your knowledge about events in the Roaring 20s era! 1 / 10What was a major cause of the Palmer Raids? Communism’s rapid spread across Europe American’s fear of communism Anger over the verdict in the Scopes trial Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy 2 / 10Which best represents the nativist tensions that existed in the United States in the 1920s? Schenck v. U.S. Sacco and Vanzetti Trial Scopes Trial Plessy v. Ferguson 3 / 10Which of the following are associated with the development of American Jazz? Tin Pan Alley, Nicola Sacco, Mitchell Palmer Tennessee, John Scopes, Clarence Darrow Chicago, Langston Hughes, W.E.B. DuBois The Cotton Club, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong 4 / 10Which best completes the outline above? 1920s and the Harlem Renaissance 1950s and the Beatnik Movement The Tin Pan Alley Movement America’s Great Artist Community 5 / 10What is John Scopes best known for? Refining the process for making steel used in railroads Teaching the theory of evolution in his classroom Organizing strikes to improve the lives of migrant workers Muckraking during the Progressive Era 6 / 10Which entrepreneur was responsible for the revolutionary improvements above? Andrew Carnegie John D Rockefeller Alexander Graham Bell Henry Ford 7 / 10Why was the Scopes Trial significant? It prohibited deportation of immigrants. It sent Harding’s Cabinet members to prison. It caused the defendant to lose his job. It pitted traditional values against modern science. 8 / 10What was the significance of the Great Migration? Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act due to the influx of immigrants from Asia. Officials deported Mexican immigrants during the Great Depression. Nativism developed as a result of the number of Eastern European immigrants in the 1880s. U.S. demographics changed drastically when African Americans moved north for industrial jobs. 9 / 10What is the best title for the list above? Effects of the Russian Revolution The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial Causes Unrest The Teapot Dome Scandal The Palmer Raids and the First Red Scare 10 / 10What effect did Henry Ford’s improvements in the automobile industry have on the nation? The increase in the number of automobiles on the road created a need for public transportation in large cities. Americans could live and travel wherever they wanted with the development of suburbs. 15 million Model Ts drastically improved the distribution of goods in the marketplace. It kicked off a series of strikes because of Ford’s unfair treatment of his workers. Your score is Try another 10!
