Quiz Me! - Era: Roaring 20's Test your knowledge about the Roaring 20's! 1 / 10 This lawyer famously told a Tennessee court, “If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools...At the next session you may ban books and the newspapers…” W.E.B. DuBois William Jennings Bryan Clarence Darrow Stephen A. Douglas 2 / 10 Which U.S. President was the first to have cabinet members go to prison? Warren G. Harding Herbert Hoover Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft 3 / 10 What was a major cause of the Palmer Raids? Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy Anger over the verdict in the Scopes trial Communism’s rapid spread across Europe American’s fear of communism 4 / 10 Which statement explains the cause of Russia’s withdrawal from World War I? Lenin and Trotsky overthrew the Czar in a communist revolution. Germany stopped defending the trenches on the eastern front. The Spanish Flu caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers. The war created shortages that were especially difficult on the Russian people and army. 5 / 10 What is the best title for the list above? Effects of the Russian Revolution The Palmer Raids and the First Red Scare The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial Causes Unrest The Teapot Dome Scandal 6 / 10 Which of the following 1st Amendment rights were involved in the Gitlow decision? The Petition and Assembly rights The Establishment and Free Exercise Religious rights The Free Speech and Free Press rights The Free Speech and Assembly rights 7 / 10 What is the best description of Teapot Dome?. The site of the famous Harlem jazz club emerged after Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong played there The site of a new discovery of gold in Wyoming that kicked off a gold rush in the Black Hills The site the Rough Riders won under the command of Theodore Roosevelt The site of oil leases given to companies in return for bribes to government officials 8 / 10 What happened as a result of Russia’s withdrawal from World War I? Germany only had to fight the war on one front. The Americans immediately entered the war on the side of the Allies. The U.S. supported the new Soviet government. Germany stopped using their unrestricted submarine warfare strategy. 9 / 10 This memoir was titled after the name of the plane where Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first nonstop, solo transatlantic flight from the United States to Paris, France. The memoir and plane were called the - Cross of Gold Lone Eagle Spirit of St. Louis Lucky Lindy 10 / 10 Why was the Scopes Trial significant? It sent Harding’s Cabinet members to prison. It prohibited deportation of immigrants. It caused the defendant to lose his job. It pitted traditional values against modern science. Your score is Try another 10!
