chap. 18 test

Question 0

what is the 1920s called?

Answer 0

the Roaring 20s

Question 1

how did american families benefit from Prohibition?

Answer 1

• healthier babies
• fewer broken homes
• a decrease in the # of diseases and deaths by alcoholism

Question 2

what invention was the greatest impact on the average citizen?

Answer 2

the automobile

Question 3

what was the theatre district in New York called?

Answer 3

Broadway

Question 4

what invention helped make American factories the most productive in the world?

Answer 4

the assembly line

Question 5

what was the name of the first commercial broadcasting station in the United States?

Answer 5

KDKA

Question 6

who was Alvin York?

Answer 6

He was the greatest world war 1 hero. he went to the Germans and killed more than 20 and captured more the 30 single-handedly.

Question 7

Who was Babe Ruth?

Answer 7

baseballs first great home run hitter

Question 8

who was j. Edgar Hoover?

Answer 8

leader of the fbi– took charge of the investigation into communist activities.

Question 9

who was Eddie Rickenbacker?

Answer 9

the most famous American “ace”.

Question 10

_________ ___________ proposed Fourteen Points for worlds peace.

Answer 10

Woodrow Wilson

Question 11

Who was billy Sunday?

Answer 11

baseball player turned evangelist.

Question 12

what was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

Answer 12

a peace pact that would outlaw war between nations.

Question 13

Define speculation in terms of investments. ( bonus )

Answer 13

risky investments for the chance of making a quick profit.

Question 14

Describe the Teapot Dome Affair.

Answer 14

in this affair, secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, personally profited by selling government oil leases to private companies.

Question 15

________ ___ ______ was the date of the stock market crash.

Answer 15

October 24 1929

Question 16

Describe Charles Lindbergh’s great accomplishment.

Answer 16

He flew the first solo, non-stop, transatlantic flight.

Question 17

what does it mean to buy stocks “on the margin”? ( bonus )

Answer 17

when you pay as low as 10% of the stock price in cash, you could hold the stock.

Question 18

what was unique about the inauguration of Calvin Coolidge?

Answer 18

his father swore him in.

Question 19

Whose assassination sparked World War I?

Answer 19

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria Hungary

Question 20

Between what years did World War I take place?

Answer 20

1914-1918

Question 21

Who was known as “the Lone Eagle”?

Answer 21

Charles Lindbergh

Question 22

When did Black Tuesday occur? ( bonus )

Answer 22

October 29, 1929

Question 23

Who was names the most popular poet in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century?

Answer 23

James Whitcomb Riley

Question 24

Describe the Zimmerman note.

Answer 24

Germany promised land to Mexico from the states of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona in return for helping them in the war.

Question 25

Germany, Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary formed the _________ powers.

Answer 25

Central

Question 26

describe the Scopes trial.

Answer 26

a trial discussing whether or not to teach evolutionary and/or Christian world views in schools, William Jennings Brian won the case ( supporting Christianity ). the final note was that they would teach neither.

Question 27

Russia, Serbia and France formed the _________ powers.

Answer 27

Allied

Question 28

what amendment prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol?

Answer 28

the 18th amendment

Question 29

what is Armistice Day known as today?

Answer 29

Veterans Day

Question 30

___________ was nickname for American infantrymen during World War I.

Answer 30

doughboys

Question 31

the Allied powers and the Central powers signed an __________ on November 11, 1918, ending WWI.

Answer 31

armistice

Question 32

the sinking of the __________ turned many Americans against the Central Powers.

Answer 32

Lusitania