2H.1.1 Boom and crash, 1920–29 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 8

The 20 questions

1. What manufacturing innovation made the Model T Ford affordable for millions of Americans?

   • Craft production
   • The assembly line
   • The Bessemer process
   • Scientific management

2. What financial system allowed 1920s American consumers to buy goods by paying in instalments?

   • Barter exchange
   • Hire purchase
   • Margin trading
   • Direct subsidy

3. Which US constitutional amendment introduced the nationwide prohibition of alcohol in 1919?

   • Twenty-first Amendment
   • Eighteenth Amendment
   • Nineteenth Amendment
   • Sixteenth Amendment

4. What political ideology caused widespread fear, arrests and deportations in the USA during 1919–20?

   • Fascism
   • Monarchism
   • Communism
   • Capitalism

5. Which 1896 US Supreme Court case established the legal doctrine of 'separate but equal'?

   • Dred Scott case
   • Roe v. Wade
   • Brown v. Board
   • Plessy v. Ferguson

6. Which economic group largely missed out on the American economic boom of the 1920s?

   • Stockbrokers
   • Industrialists
   • Bankers
   • Farmers

7. What practice involved buying shares with borrowed money before the Wall Street Crash?

   • Insider trading
   • Buying on margin
   • Short selling
   • Hire purchase

8. Which religious group was heavily targeted by the revived Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s?

   • Roman Catholics
   • Baptists
   • Methodists
   • Protestants

9. What system was introduced by the 1924 Immigration Act to restrict entry to the USA?

   • Work visa permits
   • National origins quotas
   • Open door policy
   • Literacy testing

10. What cultural movement saw a surge in Black American music and literature during the 1920s?

    • Civil Rights Movement
    • Harlem Renaissance
    • Lost Generation
    • Beat Generation

11. What did the 1925 Scopes 'Monkey Trial' test the legality of in American schools?

    • Alcohol prohibition
    • Teaching creationism
    • Teaching evolution
    • Racial segregation

12. Which mass media technology first reached millions of American households during the 1920s?

    • The internet
    • Cinema
    • Television
    • Radio

13. Which author coined the term 'Jazz Age' to describe American society in the 1920s?

    • Langston Hughes
    • F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • John Steinbeck
    • Ernest Hemingway

14. Which constitutional amendment granted American women the right to vote in 1920?

    • Thirteenth Amendment
    • Eighteenth Amendment
    • Sixteenth Amendment
    • Nineteenth Amendment

15. The 1920s Teapot Dome scandal during President Harding's term involved secret leases of what?

    • Timber lands
    • Oil reserves
    • Gold fields
    • Coal mines

16. What major event took place on Wall Street on Black Thursday, 24 October 1929?

    • Tariff rate increase
    • Heavy stock selling
    • Bank closure declaration
    • Gold standard suspension

17. Which 1927 film was the first feature-length motion picture with synchronised dialogue?

    • Metropolis
    • Sunrise
    • The Jazz Singer
    • Wings

18. Which group of Americans suffered severe economic hardship throughout the 1920s boom?

    • Industrial workers
    • Farmers
    • Investment bankers
    • Auto manufacturers

19. What was the primary purpose of the 1921 Emergency Quota Act in the USA?

    • Restrict European immigration
    • Enforce alcohol prohibition
    • Encourage free trade
    • Regulate stock trading

20. Which Chicago gangster became the most infamous figure of Prohibition-era organised crime?

    • Al Capone
    • John Dillinger
    • Lucky Luciano
    • Bugsy Siegel

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