University of Georgia History Quiz Questions

At the end of World War I, Americans began to distrust foreigners, especially those from Europe. This fear of foreigners was called…

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a. claustrophobia

b. nativism

c. xenophobia

d. nationalism

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The 1920 census revealed what new revelation about the American population?

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a. that the U.S. population had finally reached over 100 million

b. that more Americans were living in rural areas that urban areas

c. that the U.S. population was actually declining

d. that more Americans lived in urban areas than rural areas

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According to the textbook, America’s youth felt optimistic and upbeat about the direction America was taking after World War I.

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Which of the following gains did women NOT make in the 1920s in terms of the improvement of their status in American society?

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a. birth control rights in many states

b. equal pay with men in factories and management jobs

c. wider acceptance at colleges and universities

d. loosened restrictions on divorce

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What innovation in the field of movie entertainment came about in the early 1900s that helped change pop culture?

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a. moving pictures

b. color film

c. closed captioning

d. 3-D animation

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Which of the following was a well-known baseball player?

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a. D.W. Griffith

b. Jack Dempsey

c. Babe Ruth

d. Harold Grange

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The most dominant sport of the early 1920s was college football.

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The trial of John Scopes illustrated the divide that existed in the United States between

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a. The North and South

b. Black Americans and White Americans

c. Rural America and Urban America

d. Younger Generation and Older Generation

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The 18th Amendment established the legality of the collection of income taxes in the United States.

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The KKK was reborn in Georgia during 1915, but by the opening of the Great Depression era, the membership started to decline and reached a point where very few southerners were involved.

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Match the literary figures of the 20th century with their works….

Author of Main Street	Answer 1Choose…Sinclair LewisF. Scott FitzgeraldErnest Hemingway
Author of This Side of Paradise	Answer 2Choose…Sinclair LewisF. Scott FitzgeraldErnest Hemingway
Author of A Farewell to Arms	Answer 3Choose…Sinclair LewisF. Scott FitzgeraldErnest Hemingway

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Henry Ford invented the automobile

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Which of the following best describes why Henry Ford’s company lost ground in the automobile industry and allowed competition to seep in?

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a. His cars were very expensive and only the super wealthy could afford them.

b. Henry Ford was unwilling to cater to consumer demands.

c. Ford produced defective products and the consumers began to call for improvement, and he was unwilling to spend that kind of money to improve his cars.

d. Ford began to cater to the military needs in terms of car and truck production, therefore turning his back on the needs of the buying public.

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Which of the following men was elected president in 1920?

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a. Woodrow Wilson

b. Calvin Coolidge

c. William Howard Taft

d. Warren G. Harding

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Calvin Coolidge ran on the platform of “a return to normalcy” when he won the White House in 1924.

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Which of the following did Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon NOT support?

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a. Tax decreases on wealthier Americans

b. increasing the import/export tariff

c. a reduction in the national debt

d. an increase in the amount of deficit spending the United States did

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Which of the following best describes the Teapot Dome Scandal that befell the Warren Harding administration?

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a. President Harding approved the sale of national park lands to private real estate firms in Teapot Dome, Wyoming

b. Albert Fall, Secretary of the Interior under President Harding, approved low-interest loans to oil companies but did not require collateral.

c. President Harding avoided paying income taxes on his property at Teapot Dome, Wyoming

d. Interior Secretary Albert Fall leased naval oil reserves to private companies.

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President Coolidge was not involved in the many scandals that plagued the Harding administration when Coolidge served Harding as his V.P.

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Which of the following men was the Progressive candidate for president in 1924?

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a. William Howard Taft

b. Theodore Roosevelt

c. Robert LaFollete

d. Calvin Coolidge

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Which of the following describes most American’s attitudes about foreign affairs after World War One?

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a. Bolstered by their successes in World War One, most Americans were comfortable with the new superpower status the US had and were eager to help lead the way in making a more peaceful world through mutual cooperation and alliances.

b. Most Americans hoped to totally isolate themselves from all foreign involvement even if it meant losing ground on the international stage already gained by their involvement in World War One.

c. After World War One, most Americans wanted to avoid foreign alliances and withdraw from foreign affairs, but did not want to isolate themselves from the rest of the world as evidenced by our involvement in treaties like the Nine Powers Treaty after World War One.

d. Americans were eager to lead the fight against Communists, Facists, and Nazis and opened military bases around the world to accomplish this mission.

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Although it did not join the League of Nations nor ratify the Versailles Treaty after World War One, the United States did engage in foreign relations and diplomacy in the 1920s, and through this, it did manage to regain some of its influence around the world that it lost as a result of NOT joining the League of Nations.

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For the most part, Herbert Hoover treated our Latin American neighbors (countries) equally and fairly while he served as president.

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Which nation attacked Beijing, China in 1932, and afterwards left the League of Nations?

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a. Russia

b. Burma

c. Mongolia

d. India

e. Japan

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Which of the following items was NOT a primary economic concern for the United States in the 1920s?

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a. European allies during World War I could not repay the United States the loans that they borrowed during the war.

b. Stagnant cotton and coal prices, thus causing a slowdown in that sector of the economy

c. Too much investment by the general public on less than stable companies and investments

d. Too much regulation of various trade associations by the federal government

e. Improper distribution of resources, thus contributing to a widened gap between wealthy class and other classes.

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On what date did the stock market experience a huge sell-off resulting in a crash of the market and loss of millions of dollars in corporate reserves and individual savings?

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a. October 29, 1929

b. October 29, 1928

c. October 29, 1932

d. December 7, 1941

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President Herbert Hoover’s response to the beginning of the Great Depression was massive government bail-outs, government social programs, and new government agencies to combat the tanking economy and trade markets.

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Match the presidents with the year they were elected below.

President Warren G. Harding	Answer 1Choose…1928192419321920
President Calvin Coolidge	Answer 2Choose…1928192419321920
President Herbert Hoover	Answer 3Choose…1928192419321920
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt	Answer 4Choose…1928192419321920

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The mediums in which Middle class Americans learned about brands of household goods and appliances was from:

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a. word of mouth from their friends and door to door salesmen.

b. advertising in mediums like magazines, newspapers and radio.

c. advertising in mediums like magazines, newspapers, radio, and television.

d. wild posting outdoor marketing campaigns.

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Nativists were xenophobic and preferred immigration restrictions.

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In the Scottsboro Boys case:

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a. two white women claimed black boys raped them, there was scant evidence of the rape, but the boys were tried in a case with an all white jury and subsequently convicted.

b. two white women claimed the boys raped them and there was a fair trial for the boys.

c. two white women claimed black boys raped them, there was sufficient evidence of the rape, but the boys were tried in a case with an all black jury and subsequently not convicted.

d. two white women claimed the boys raped them and the Communist Party convicted the boys.

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Which of the following describes the events of Black Sunday?

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a. This was a second drop in the Stock Market resulting in the loss of even more jobs and closure of more companies.

b. This was the date of a major dust storm that hit the Midwest, resulting in the migration of thousands of Americans to the west coast.

c. This was the date of the Veterans March on Washington where veterans from WWI were demanding their pensions and bonuses. The Army was called out to break up the march and ten veterans were killed.

d. This was the date when over 100 state banks closed in the United States resulting in the loss of over 100 million dollars of savings from individuals, mostly in the New England section and Midwest.

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Herbert Hoover was not responsible for starting the Great Depression; however, his policies can be blamed for the magnitude and length of it.

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