Name: 
 

Chapter 14:  The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

The reorganized Ku Klux Klan enforced its concept of morality through violent acts.
 

 2. 

The first talking motion picture was Birth of a Nation.
 

 3. 

In the early 1920s, Oklahoma passed a law to provide free textbooks to schools, excluding those textbooks that taught evolution.
 

 4. 

The judge ruled in the Scopes Trial that John Scopes, a Tennessee biology teacher, did not have the right to teach evolution.
 

 5. 

The dust storms in Oklahoma in 1935 sometimes lifted the soil as much as 8,000 feet high.
 

 6. 

Governor Leon Phillips pushed for a law to allow women to run for any state office.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which event did NOT occur during the post World War I period? 
A)
the red scare
B)
the reorganization of the KKK
C)
downturns in agriculture and mining
D)
the lack of discovery of new oil fields
 

 2. 

What caused the Tulsa Race Riot?
A)
an incident in a school
B)
an incident in an elevator
C)
an incident on a railway car
D)
an incident on a public street
 

 3. 

What did oil producers do in the 1920s to address the oil glut?
A)
They raised their prices.
B)
They reduced their prices.
C)
They slowed the amount of production.
D)
They increased the amount of production.
 

 4. 

What caused the Osage Reign of Terror?
A)
The greed of whites who wanted control of the Native Americans’ oil.
B)
The attempt to convert the Native Americans to the ways of the white man.
C)
The desire of the Native Americans to reclaim their land from white settlers.
D)
The conflict between Native Americans and whites over the discovery of gold.
 

 5. 

Who invented a pressure suit that allowed pilots to breathe and survive at higher flight altitudes?
A)
Paul Braniff
B)
Duncan McIntyre
C)
Wiley Post
D)
Will Rogers
 

 6. 

Which dance was NOT featured in the marathons of the 1920? 
A)
Charleston
B)
fox trot
C)
jitterbug
D)
shimmy
 

 7. 

Which improvement for farmers was a direct result of the REA (Rural Electrification Authority)?
A)
better transportation system
B)
improved housing
C)
larger farm tractors
D)
new milking machines
 

 8. 

Which young Native American artist was NOT included in the Kiowa Five? 
A)
James Auchiah.
B)
Jack Hokeah.
C)
Solomon McCombs.
D)
Stephen Mopope.
 

 9. 

Which Native American dancer was NOT part of the Five Ballerinas?
A)
Yvonne Chouteau.
B)
Moscelyne Larkin.
C)
Lois Smokey.
D)
Maria Tallchief.
 

Matching
 
 
Match the term with its definition.
A)
barnstormer
F)
martial law
B)
collective bargaining
G)
partisan
C)
credit
H)
petrochemicals
D)
indicted
I)
shelterbelts
E)
inflation
J)
subsidy
 

 1. 

buying something now and paying for it later
 

 2. 

negotiations between a labor union and an employer over wages, benefits, working conditions, etc.
 

 3. 

money paid to farmers to leave some land vacant
 

 4. 

pilot who gave airplane rides and flying and stunt exhibitions
 

 5. 

chemicals derived from petroleum or natural gas
 



 
Check Your Work     Start Over