MODERN HISTORY EXAM 2
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
During World War I, America greatly restricted immigration, especially from Asia,
with the _______________. - ANSWER-Immigration Act of 1917
"New Women" in the 1920s pushed back on older social and sexual norms in
America, and many young women were called _______________. - ANSWER-
flappers
Prohibition was a failure nearly from the start, with Americans making bathtub gin,
Bootlegging, and the rise of organized crime led by such men as ______________. -
ANSWER-Al Capone
After World War I, the first Red Scare, and the Spanish Influenza, Americans
cheered the election of Warren G. Harding and his slogan that American should
________________. - ANSWER-"Return to Normalcy"
The ideas of Darwin were well established by the 1920s, but many American
________________ refused to accept them on religious grounds. - ANSWER-
fundamentalists
Popular opinion in America in the 1920s was isolationist in nature, and the
_______________, a pact where nations agreed never to go to war with each other,
was widely supported. - ANSWER-Kellogg-Briand Pact
One of the signs that the prosperity of the 1920s was built on shaky foundations was
the ____________, which when exposed showed deep government and banking
corruption. - ANSWER-The Teapot Dome Affair
Henry Ford created a new car called the____________ that not only revolutionized
mass production techniques, but was cheap enough that many American could own
one. - ANSWER-Model T
African Americans in the 1920s pushed back against racial stereotypes, and calls for
a "New Negro" were the basis for _____________. - ANSWER-The Harlem
Renaissance
The culmination of Progressive movements against drinking liquor led to
_____________, and a constitutional amendment that forbade the sale of beer,
wine, and spirits in all states. - ANSWER-prohibition
President _____________, elected in 1924, believed that the American Government
should do little as Big Business was the heart of American success. - ANSWER-
Calvin Coolidge
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
During World War I, America greatly restricted immigration, especially from Asia,
with the _______________. - ANSWER-Immigration Act of 1917
"New Women" in the 1920s pushed back on older social and sexual norms in
America, and many young women were called _______________. - ANSWER-
flappers
Prohibition was a failure nearly from the start, with Americans making bathtub gin,
Bootlegging, and the rise of organized crime led by such men as ______________. -
ANSWER-Al Capone
After World War I, the first Red Scare, and the Spanish Influenza, Americans
cheered the election of Warren G. Harding and his slogan that American should
________________. - ANSWER-"Return to Normalcy"
The ideas of Darwin were well established by the 1920s, but many American
________________ refused to accept them on religious grounds. - ANSWER-
fundamentalists
Popular opinion in America in the 1920s was isolationist in nature, and the
_______________, a pact where nations agreed never to go to war with each other,
was widely supported. - ANSWER-Kellogg-Briand Pact
One of the signs that the prosperity of the 1920s was built on shaky foundations was
the ____________, which when exposed showed deep government and banking
corruption. - ANSWER-The Teapot Dome Affair
Henry Ford created a new car called the____________ that not only revolutionized
mass production techniques, but was cheap enough that many American could own
one. - ANSWER-Model T
African Americans in the 1920s pushed back against racial stereotypes, and calls for
a "New Negro" were the basis for _____________. - ANSWER-The Harlem
Renaissance
The culmination of Progressive movements against drinking liquor led to
_____________, and a constitutional amendment that forbade the sale of beer,
wine, and spirits in all states. - ANSWER-prohibition
President _____________, elected in 1924, believed that the American Government
should do little as Big Business was the heart of American success. - ANSWER-
Calvin Coolidge
