USA 1917-29 Edexcel IGCSE Quiz - By Dan Guiney
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- 1.What word describes US foreign policy before 1917?
- A.
Internationalist
- B.
Isolationist
- C.
Us alone
- D.
Cowboy diplomacy
- 2.What nickname was given to US soldiers in WWI?
- A.
Krispy Kremers
- B.
The Fabulous Baker Boys
- C.
J-CO Boys
- D.
Doughboys
- 3.Which President expressed a wish to return to “normalcy”?
- A.
Harding
- B.
Coolidge
- C.
Wilson
- D.
Trump
- 4.Which invention made silk stockings affordable for many?
- A.
Cotton
- B.
Nylon
- C.
Rayon
- D.
Lycra
- 5.What do the letters HP represent in terms of loaning on credit?
- A.
Horrible people
- B.
Happy purveyors
- C.
Hire purchase
- D.
Haughty persona
- 6.Who invented the Hoover?
- A.
William Hoover
- B.
James Murray Spangler
- C.
Richard Branson
- D.
J Edgar Hoover
- 7.What influenced US marketing techniques in the early 1920s?
- A.
Politicians
- B.
Chesterfield cigarettes
- C.
Ypres
- D.
WWI Propaganda
- 8.Which city gave birth to the world’s first steel skyscrapers?
- A.
Shanghai
- B.
Chicago
- C.
Edinburgh
- D.
New Orleans
- 9.Who invented the mass production system which changed American industry?
- A.
Herbert Hoover
- B.
Henry Ford
- C.
Gloria Swanson
- D.
James Murray Spangler
- 10.Which of the following was NOT a direct effect of the impact of the motor car in the 1920s?
- A.
'Brothels on wheels'
- B.
Suburbs
- C.
Drive-thru cinema
- D.
Aston Villa's 1982 European conquering season
- 11.Which city was nicknamed Motown?
- A.
Kansas
- B.
New Jersey
- C.
Detroit
- D.
Birmingham
- 12.Which of the following was an action movie star?
- A.
Douglas Fairbanks
- B.
Rudolf Valentino
- C.
Clara Bow
- D.
Charlie Chaplin
- 13.What was Hollywood known as in full?
- A.
Cinema City
- B.
Tinsel town
- C.
Hollywoodland
- D.
Butter popcorn and a bag of Revels please land
- 14.Which of the following was an American football star?
- A.
Babe Ruth
- B.
Bobby Jones
- C.
Red Grange
- D.
Jack Dempsey
- 15.Which of the following was a 1920s musician?
- A.
Eminem
- B.
Louis Armstrong
- C.
Madonna
- D.
Pink
- 16.Which social group was the cartoon character Betty Boop modelled on?
- A.
Gangsters
- B.
Flappers
- C.
Soldiers
- D.
Housewives
- 17.What number amendment to the US constitution was prohibition?
- A.
18th
- B.
19th
- C.
20th
- D.
21st
- 18.Where was there a renaissance in the 1920s?
- A.
Queen's
- B.
Tribecka
- C.
Harlem
- D.
Brooklyn
- 19.Which US Attorney General sought to reduce the number of immigrants arriving to US shores?
- A.
Reg Winkle
- B.
Alvin Simon Theodore
- C.
Mitchell Palmer
- D.
Sean Spicer
- 20.Who was head of the Bureau of Investigation (soon to become the FBI)?
- A.
Spencer Percival
- B.
J Edgar Hoover
- C.
Marty McFly
- D.
John F. Jackson
- 21.Who starred in Showboat and had his passport taken away?
- A.
Rudolf Valentino
- B.
Buster Keaton
- C.
Charlie Chaplin
- D.
Paul Robeson
- 22.Which two Italian Americans were executed by Judge Thayer?
- A.
Ravanelli and Zola
- B.
Carnelli and Giovanni
- C.
Sacco and Vanzetti
- D.
Carravagio and Lucerno
- 23.Which movie did DW Griffth make which was even shown in the Whitehouse?
- A.
The Tramp
- B.
City Lights
- C.
Birth of a Nation
- D.
The Vanishing American
- 24.In which state was the KKK especially strong?
- A.
Indiana
- B.
Utah
- C.
North Carolina
- D.
Ohio
- 25.Who survived when Abram Smith and Thomas Shipp were lynched?
- A.
Cameron James
- B.
James Cameron
- C.
Cam Jameson
- D.
Jamie Camuigin
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