Who was the first person to complete a transatlantic flight?

Question 1

Who was the first person to complete a transatlantic flight?

Answer 1

Charles Lindbergh

Question 2

Henry Ford is known for creating which manufacturing innovation?

Answer 2

Assembly line

Question 3

What term describes the young women of the 1920s who challenged traditional social norms with their fashion and behavior?

Answer 3

Flappers

Question 4

What was the major goal of Prohibition?

Answer 4

To ban the sale and production of alcohol

Question 5

What was the primary cause of the Dust Bowl?

Answer 5

Overproduction of crops and drought

Question 6

The Dust Bowl primarily affected which region of the United States?

Answer 6

Great Plains

Question 7

Who was president when the Dust Bowl began?

Answer 7

Herbert Hoover

Question 8

What was the main form of transportation for migrants fleeing the Dust Bowl?

Answer 8

Trains

Question 9

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement centered around which community?

Answer 9

African Americans

Question 10

The Scopes Trial focused on the teaching of what subject in schools?

Answer 10

Evolution

Question 11

What was the goal of the New Deal’s Relief programs?

Answer 11

To provide immediate aid to the unemployed

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT one of the “Three R’s” of the New Deal?

Answer 12

Reduction

Question 13

What agency was created by the New Deal to insure bank deposits?

Answer 13

FDIC

Question 14

What major New Deal program provided income to retired workers?

Answer 14

Social Security Act

Question 15

The stock market is best defined as

Answer 15

A place where people can buy and sell company shares

Question 16

What does the term “foreclosure” mean?

Answer 16

Losing property due to missed loan payments

Question 17

What happened on Black Tuesday?

Answer 17

The stock market crashed

Question 18

What was the purpose of the Immigration Act of 1924?

Answer 18

To limit the number of immigrants

Question 19

The Gentleman’s Agreement restricted immigration from which country?

Answer 19

Japan

Question 20

What is nativism?

Answer 20

Favoring native-born citizens over immigrants

Question 21

What was the Red Scare about?

Answer 21

Fear of a communist uprising

Question 22

The Palmer Raids were aimed at arresting which groups?

Answer 22

Suspected communists and anarchists

Question 23

Who won the election of 1932?

Answer 23

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 24

What was a common feature of the Roaring 20s?

Answer 24

Economic prosperity and social change

Question 25

What invention helped shape mass communication and entertainment in the 1920s?

Answer 25

Radio

Question 26

What was the main goal of Reform programs under the New Deal?

Answer 26

To regulate the economy

Question 27

Who was a famous gangster during Prohibition?

Answer 27

All of the above

Question 28

What was the goal of Recovery programs under the New Deal?

Answer 28

To stabilize the economy

Question 29

What was a bootlegger?

Answer 29

A person who sold illegal alcohol

Question 30

What major scandal involved the illegal sale of government oil reserves?

Answer 30

Teapot Dome

Question 31

What did flappers symbolize in the 1920s?

Answer 31

Women's independence

Question 32

The Social Security Act was passed under which president?

Answer 32

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 33

What was the primary reason many farmers left the Dust Bowl region?

Answer 33

Loss of crops

Question 34

What caused the banking crisis that led to the Great Depression?

Answer 34

Bank failures

Question 35

What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) created to do?

Answer 35

Provide jobs and improve infrastructure