“The New Era”“The Jazz Age”“Era of Wonderful Nonsense”“Dollar Decade”

“Era of the Pumpkin Coach”“Roaring ____”“Age of Disillusion”“Lost Generation”

• All of the following are other names for the 20s EXCEPT

A) Era of the Pumpkin CoachB) Jazz AgeC) Time of Doom and DespairD) Roaring 20s

• Historians and contemporaries called the 1920s the “New Era” because

A) Culture reshaped itself to reflect an urban, consumer-oriented society

B) America emerged from its isolationist stance in foreign affairs

C) social and economic changes were virtually nonexistent D) the national government finally embraced civil rights

• All of the following relate to literature during the 20s EXCEPT

A)Algonquin Roundtable B)Lost GenerationC)F. Scott FitzgeraldD)George Orwell

• The artists and intellectuals of the 1920s who became known as the “Lost Generation” were critical of the

• A) lack of direction evident in the government of the United States • B) cold, impersonal, materialistic nature of modern life, which led

to disillusionment and alienation • C) fact that the United States had lost the ability to influence

world affairs even though it won the war • D) dominance of capitalism in determining world affairs

• In their writings, the “disenchanted” intellectuals of the 1920s emphasized the theme of

• A) achieving a socialist revolution • B) ridicule of material success • C) optimism for the future • D) the importance of traditional

values

A. Mitchell Palmer

•First Red Scare–http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zywzzl9AiU&feature=related 2:10

•Sacco and Vanzetti–http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3SuTTcj2u8&feature=related 2:00

• The Red Scare began in 1919 as a response to A) all of the answers below B) Communists’ desire to spread revolution from the Soviet

Union to the West C) acts of violence against American businessmen and

politicians

D) the success of the Russian Revolution

• “Red Scare” referred to

A) fear of communists taking over AmericaB) White Sox taking bribes to purposely lose to the Cincinnati Reds in 1919 World SeriesC) development of bloody horror moviesD) increased immigration from Central America

• All of the following are associated with the Red Scare EXCEPT

A)Sacco and VanzettiB)Albert B. FallC)J. Edgar HooverD)A. Mitchell Palmer

• The Red Scare resulted in all of the following actions except

A) the government arrested thousands for possession of explosives and weapons

B) the government summarily deported many radicals who were not citizens

C) state governments arrested and jailed hundreds on sedition charges

D) the government prosecuted anarchists such as Sacco and Vanzetti

• “The blaze of change was sweeping over every American institution of law and order .... Its sharp tongues of revolutionary heat burning up the foundations of American society.” This quote applies to:

A) ProhibitionB) the Red ScareC) the Harlem RenaissanceD) the Scopes trial

• “100 percent Americanism,” “white male persons,” and “native-born citizens” apply to

A) the Red ScareB) industry-wide strikesC) KKKD) Ohio gang

• “I never stole, never killed, never spilled blood. I have suffered because I am an Italian. If you could execute me two more times, and if I could be reborn two other times, I would live again to do what I have already done.” This quote is attributed to

• A) A. Mitchell PalmerB) Hiram EvansC) Nicola SaccoD) Charles Dawes

• If a newspaper headline said “Justice Denied in Massachusetts,” the topic of the news story would most likely be

A) Scopes TrialB) Sacco and Vanzetti C) Steel Strike of 1919D) Southern lynching

• The National Origins Act of 1924 banned immigration entirely from

A) east Asia B) northern and western Europe C)Africa D)Soviet Union

• Using “ships of stone with sails of lead” and “firing squads to save money on ships” represented extremely harsh positions on how the U.S. should deport these people

A)Anarchists and communistsB)Jazz performers and poetsC)German-American brewersD)Members of the NAACP

• “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not surgery, but serenity” sums up the focus of this presidential candidate

A) Herbert HooverB) Warren HardingC) Calvin CoolidgeD) Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• The Teapot Dome scandal was related to

A) Violations of the prohibition amendmentB) The lease of government oil reserves to private speculatorsC) The sale of alien propertiesD) The misuse of funds for the Veterans Bureau

• “I have no trouble with my enemies; it’s my damned friends that ruin everything!” reflected __________ belief that __________ was the source of his administration embarrassments.

A) Coolidge’s; Western EuropeB) Wilson’s; the SenateC) Harding’s; his Ohio associatesD) Hoover; his personal stock brokers

• As president, Harding had all of the following weaknesses except

A) his personal fondness for gambling, alcohol, and women B) his personal involvement in fraud and corruption within the government C) his loyalty to party hacks who had helped him to become president D) his lack of self-confidence at handling presidential responsibilities

• His speaking habits led an observer to say: “He could be silent in five languages.”

A) Herbert HooverB)Warren HardingC) Calvin CoolidgeD) James Cox