The Roaring Twenties:USA 1918-1929 A revision quiz for GCSE AQA history, on America in the 1920s 2.5 / 5 based on 4 ratings ? HistoryThe USA - twentieth century changeGCSEAQA Created by: RachaelCreated on: 06-06-12 13:58 How much did US food exports to Europe increase by during WW1? 300% 1 of 30 How did US investors benefit? Made interest on loans made to Europe 2 of 30 What was the policy of isolationism? The American idea that the US was better off having nothing tio do with other countries 3 of 30 Who came up with the Fourteen Points? Woodrow Wilson 4 of 30 When was the literacy test for immigrants imposed? 1917 5 of 30 What did the quota act of 1921 mean? Immigrants were allowed entry according to their presence in the UK 6 of 30 What did the Fordney McCumber Tarrif do? Put high duties on imports coming into the US 7 of 30 What was significant about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti? The two men were executed even though someone else confessed 8 of 30 How many cinema tickets were sold a week? 95 million 9 of 30 What were Ford!s ideas based on? Taylorism 10 of 30 What did the old industries rely on? Government contracts 11 of 30 How much did wages rise by in old industries ? 8% 12 of 30 How many industrial workers were unemployed in the 1920s? 2 million 13 of 30 What did the south suffer from in regards to farming? Dust bowls 14 of 30 What does the KKK stand for? Klu Klux Klan 15 of 30 How many members did the KKK have in the 1920s? 5 million 16 of 30 What was the name if the KKK leader who was convicted of **** and murder in 1925? David Stephenson 17 of 30 What was KKK membership after this incident? 300 000 18 of 30 Under which act was Prohibition introduced? Volstead Act 19 of 30 What were speakeasies? Illegal bars 20 of 30 What was bootlegging? Smuggling alcohol 21 of 30 What was moonshine? Illegally made alcohol 22 of 30 When was prohibition introduced? 1920 23 of 30 What were flappers? Young liberated women who wore short dresses and smoked in public 24 of 30 When was the first talking movie produced? 1927 25 of 30 What is buying on the margin? Only paying 10% of the value and paying back after shares are sold 26 of 30 When was Black Thursday? 24th October 1929 27 of 30 How many banks collapsed? 5000 28 of 30 How many people were unemployed by 1933? 14 million 29 of 30 What was the reaction towards Hoover? He didn 30 of 30
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