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Test your knowledge of the 1920s US history with this quiz covering key figures, events like Black Tuesday, Acts such as the Wagner Act, and major policies. Learn about US imperialism, conflicts, and significant treaties in this engaging quiz.

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  1. Quiz Show 1 POINT PER QUESTION

  2. Name the candidates and their parties in the presidential election of 1928. Alfred E. Smith – Democrat Herbert Hoover - Republican

  3. Extremely risky business transactions in the stock market, to make quick or large profits. Speculation

  4. The McNary-Haugen bill would have established this for farmers crops, but it was vetoed by President Coolidge. Price Supports

  5. The day the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929 was called… Black Tuesday

  6. This is the average of a group of stocks indicating whether the Stock Market is up, down, or unchanged. Dow Jones Industrial Average

  7. Provided a means to monitor and enforce regulations on the Stock Market. Securities and Exchange Commission

  8. Paying a small percentage (10%) of a stocks price and borrowing the rest from the Stock Broker. Buying on Margin

  9. This raised retail prices, reduced imported goods into the US, and prevented other countries from earning American currency. Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

  10. Buy now, pay later, often on an installment plan. Credit

  11. 1924-1940, economy down, unemployment high. The Great Depression

  12. Built parks and roads, planted trees, helped with soil erosion and flood control. The Civilian Conservation Corps

  13. This required corporations to provide complete, truthful information on all stock offerings. Federal Securities Act

  14. Set a minimum hourly wage and prohibited factory labor for children under 16. Fair Labor Standards Act

  15. This rebuilt dams and provided Hydroelectric power. Tennessee Valley Authority

  16. Provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities, poor mothers with dependent children, and the needy elderly. The Social Security Act

  17. Established the National Labor Relations Board to settle disputes between employers and employees. The Wagner Act

  18. Fought unemployment and poverty by creating jobs building airports, libraries, and federal buildings Works Progress Administration

  19. Provided for bank inspections by the Treasury Department and federal loans to solid banks. Emergency Banking Relief Act

  20. Protects individual bank accounts, originally up to $5,000.00. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  21. Name three things that stimulated US imperialism. - thirst for new economic markets - desire for military strength - a belief in the cultural superiority of the Anglo-Saxon culture

  22. Which country’s residents became citizens of the United States in 1917? Puerto Rico

  23. Who told the artist Frederic Remington, “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war”? William Randolph Hearst

  24. For which action did Theodore Roosevelt win the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize? negotiating an end to war between Russia and Japan

  25. Name three conflicts that US troops were involved in. the Boxer Rebellion, the Hawaiian Revolution, Cuba’s second war for independence

  26. What did the United States insist that Cuba include in its constitution? The Platt Amendment

  27. On what did the Roosevelt Corollary build? The Monroe Doctrine

  28. What was included in the de Lôme letter? Criticisms of President McKinley

  29. What war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898? The Spanish-American War

  30. What was the purpose of the Foraker Act? to end military rule and set up civil government in Puerto Rico

  31. What were the four main causes of WWI? Militarism, Alliance System, Imperialism, Nationalism

  32. Where did the assassination that triggered World War I occur? Bosnia

  33. What caused widespread starvation in Germany? The British Blockade

  34. What did the United States use to overcome the threat of German U-boats? The convoy system

  35. What did the Selective Service Act require? For men to register for military service.

  36. Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in World War I? Planes and Tanks

  37. Name the “Big Four”, leaders and countries. Clemenceau – France Lloyd-George – Great Britain Orlando – Italy Wilson - US

  38. Who rejected Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” peace plan? Allied Leaders

  39. What reason did Senators give for opposing U.S. membership in the League of Nations? It would drag the United States into European conflicts

  40. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of, Robbery and murder

  41. The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all countries except Mexico and Canada

  42. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from Political radicals

  43. During the 1920s, union membershipincreased, decreased, or stayed the same? Dropped considerably

  44. The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for Carrying mail

  45. The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was The Automobile

  46. The Teapot Dome scandal centered around Oil-rich lands

  47. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to raise taxes on goods entering the United States.

  48. To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being Communists

  49. What was the first major action Franklin D. Roosevelt took as president? He closed all of the nation’s banks and ordered inspections

  50. Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet? Frances Perkins

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