MCQ Questions
Q.1.
The main issue during the Scopes trial of 1925 was whether
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    oil-producing land to friends and took money and gifts from them
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    it provided americans a way to hear the news as it happened
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    teachers could teach about the Darwinian theory of evolution
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    The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
Q.2.
Why did taxes cause leaders to be reluctant about prohibition?
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    Babe Ruth
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    Income taxes were not created yet and the government depended on the liquor tax for funding.
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    Edith Wharton and Willa Cather
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    credit
Q.3.
In the 1920s, a method that enabled people to buy goods they could not afford was
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    danced the Charleston
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    installment payments
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    farmers went bankrupt
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    New York and Chicago
Q.4.
What happened to the American economy after World War I?
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    the economy grew quickly
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    the rich and poor
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    was empty and meaningness
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    it provided americans a way to hear the news as it happened
Q.5.
In the early 1900s, what did it mean for cities to be "dry"?
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    bootlegger
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    oil-producing land to friends and took money and gifts from them
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    Cities restricted the sale and consumption of alcohol.
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    an African American newspaper
Q.6.
Which best describes an overall effect of the Harlem Renaissance?
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    The availability of radio and film helped spread the word about new fads.
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    Americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
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    The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
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    They did not think the lifestyle of the 1920s was desirable.
Q.7.
Which two cities were the most popular destinations during the Great Migration?
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    farmers went bankrupt
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    tense and unequal.
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    NY and Chicago
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    a film with sound
Q.8.
In 1925, John Scopes broke a state law in Tennessee called the Butler Act, which outlawed
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    was empty and meaningness
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    consumers buying goods on credit
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    teaching about evolution.
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    segregation and low wages
Q.9.
Which describes an effect of Prohibition?
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    fiction works and poetry about being African American
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    The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
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    an African American newspaper
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    americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
Q.10.
President Harding's economic policies during the 1920s contributed to the rise of
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    folk tales
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    African Americans
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    consumerism
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    pull factors
Q.11.
What fueled the consumerism of the 1920s?
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    the economy grew quickly
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    It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
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    Americans buying nonessential goods on credit
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    a greater variety of goods at fair prices
Q.12.
Which best describes why Women's Christian Temperance Union was formed?
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    It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
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    people could buy stocks and goods from most stores
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    The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
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    Members were concerned about the impact of alcohol on their communities.
Q.13.
In the Teapot Dome Scandal, Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall leased
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    People could listen to music in real time.
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    oil-producing land to friends and took money and gifts from them
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    People sought easy and inexpensive ways of escaping unhappy memories of recent events.
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    Jazz combined four African American musical traditions.
Q.14.
For most of the 1920s, how did the growth of credit affect the stock market?
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    It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
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    The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
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    investors bought more stock on margin, and the stock market rose
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    Jazz combined four African American musical traditions.
Q.15.
Which showed that the economy was weaker than the stock market indicated during the 1920s?
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    New York and Chicago
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    segregation and low wages
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    fiction works and poetry about being African American
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    farmers went bankrupt
Q.16.
Which best states how the Scopes trial ended?
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    Europe
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    Scopes changed his plea to guilty, and was convicted.
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    Langston Hughes
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    Edith Wharton and Willa Cather
Q.17.
Supporters of Prohibition, such as preacher Billy Sunday, expected that Prohibition would
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    consumers buying goods on credit
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    higher wages
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    fix the problems of society.
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    New York and Chicago
Q.18.
The US president whose economic policies were connected to the Teapot Dome Scandal was
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    They had trouble adjusting to life in the postwar era.
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    Warren G. Harding
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    Scopes changed his plea to guilty, and was convicted.
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    Babe Ruth
Q.19.
Zora Neale Hurston collected and wrote about African American
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    would owe more than they could repay
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    whites and African Americans
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    fix the problems of society.
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    folk tales
Q.20.
The Jazz Age occurred during which decade?
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    music
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    teachers could teach about the Darwinian theory of evolution
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    it produced oil
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    1920s
Q.21.
The land called Teapot Dome in Wyoming was valuable because
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    it produced oil
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    the rich and poor
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    New York and Chicago
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    It provided Americans with a way to hear the news as it happened.
Q.22.
In the 1920s, a reflection of the weakening economy was the growing gap between
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    teaching about evolution.
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    the rich and poor
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    installment payments
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    danced the Charleston
Q.23.
Some proponents of Prohibition supported the policy on religious grounds because they
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    would owe more than they could repay
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    viewed excessive drinking as immoral behavior.
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    the Charleston
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    People could listen to music in real time.
Q.24.
The main purpose of the Anti-Saloon League in the early 1900s was
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    The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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    Europe
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    Cities restricted the sale and consumption of alcohol.
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    to pass a constitutional amendment outlawing alcohol
Q.25.
What affect did the Scopes trial have on the school curriculum in Tennessee?
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    It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
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    investors bought more stock on margin, and the stock market rose
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    fiction works and poetry about being African American
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    It provided Americans with a way to hear the news as it happened.
Q.26.
In the early 1900s, Al Capone was a
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    bootlegger
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    Cities restricted the sale and consumption of alcohol.
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    businesses
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    people purchased nonessential goods on a regular basis
Q.27.
A pull factor that caused African Americans to migrate north in the early 1900s was
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    farmers went bankrupt
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    was empty and meaningness
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    higher wages
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    tense and unequal.
Q.28.
An immediate effect of the Scopes trial on American society was that
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    teachers could teach about the Darwinian theory of evolution
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    people purchased nonessential goods on a regular basis
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    people learned the scientific evidence for the theory of evolution.
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    It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.
Q.29.
The Cotton Club was famous for which of the following?
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    teachers could teach about the Darwinian theory of evolution
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    the economy grew quickly
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    music
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    1920s
Q.30.
Which is the best example of how women went against social norms during the Roaring Twenties?
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    Warren G. Harding
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    Babe Ruth
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    Women became flappers who danced the Charleston.
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    They had trouble adjusting to life in the postwar era.
Q.31.
Which occurred after African American jazz musicians migrated north?
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    Americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
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    the economy grew quickly
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    tried to force people to improve their morals.
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    Jazz music spread throughout the US.
Q.32.
Which did Irving Berlin write?
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    NY and Chicago
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    farmers went bankrupt
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    "White Christmas"
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    cutting their hair
Q.33.
In the 1920s, the continued rise in the stock market and economic growth depended most on
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    higher wages
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    danced the Charleston
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    consumers buying goods on credit
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    oil-producing land to friends and took money and gifts from them
Q.34.
In the Scopes trial of 1925, attorney William Jennings Bryan pitted religion against
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    installment payments
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    evolutionary theory
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    the rich and poor
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    New York and Chicago
Q.35.
Which description best characterizes the jazz of the Harlem Renaissance?
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    Members were concerned about the impact of alcohol on their communities.
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    Jazz combined four African American musical traditions.
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    people could buy stocks and goods from most stores
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    Americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
Q.36.
The aspects of a specific location that make people want to move there are called
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    African Americans
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    pull factors
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    installment payments
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    businesses
Q.37.
The Harlem Renaissance helped bridge cultural divides between which groups?
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    viewed excessive drinking as immoral behavior.
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    African Americans
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    whites and African Americans
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    folk tales
Q.38.
Which best classifies the works of African American writers during the Harlem Renaissance?
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    Members were concerned about the impact of alcohol on their communities.
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    fiction works and poetry about being African American
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    People could listen to music in real time.
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    people could buy stocks and goods from most stores
Q.39.
Which best describes a cause of consumerism in the 1920s?
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    americans learned how to distill alcohol at home
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    many americans had more money and more leisure time
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    a film with sound
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    fiction works and poetry about being African American
Q.40.
John Scopes, the defendant in the 1925 Scopes trial, was
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    would owe more than they could repay
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    the Charleston
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    a teacher
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    folk tales
Q.41.
According to the poem, the speaker feels that the relationship between whites and African Americans is
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    New York and Chicago
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    farmers went bankrupt
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    the rich and poor
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    tense and unequal.
Q.42.
Which best describes what people could buy on credit in the 1920s?
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    Jazz combined four African American musical traditions.
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    Coolidge did not try to regulate business, industry, or the stock market
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    The Harlem Renaissance spread African American culture to white Americans
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    people could buy stocks and goods from most stores