Plickers - Quizzes America

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GCSE History PLICKERS quizzes
America, 1920 - 1973
PLICKERS quizzes and answers
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Contents:
Questions with choices – page 3
Questions with choices and answers – page 27
Questions with no choices or answers – page 53
Set Topics:
Set 1: Situation in 1920
Set 2: The 1920s boom
Set 3: Henry Ford & the Car Industry
Set 4: Women in the 1920s
Set 4: The effects of prohibition and Al Capone
Set 5: The situation for African Americans in the 1920s
Set 6: Immigration and its impacts on America in the 1920s
Set 7: 1920s Culture
Set 8: The Wall Street Crash
Set 9: Roosevelt’s New Deal for America
Set 10: American society during the 1930s
Set 11: America during the Second World War
Set 12: The Red Scare and McCarthyism
Set 13: the age of affluence
Set 14: The social developments after the Second World War
Set 15: African Americans – a key summary up to the African American Civil Rights movement in the 1950s
Set 16: African Americans and Education
Set 17: African Americans and Transport
Set 18: The African American Civil Rights movement
Set 19: African Americans and direct action
Set 20: Martin Luther King vs Malcolm X
Set 21: Kennedy’s New Frontier and Johnson’s Great Society

Set 23: Women – a key summary up to the Women’s Rights Movement in the 1960s
Set 24: The Women’s Rights movement
Questions with choices
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1. What is the motto on the Great Seal of America?

 From the people, unity
 From the many, one
 From the few, two
 From the many, most
2. How many nationalities were there living in America in 1920?

 100
 101
 102
 103
3. The most established settlers were known as WASPs. What does WASP stand for?
 White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
 We Are Stupid People
 White Anglo-Saxon Person
 Willing and Stable Protestant
4. How many African Americans were living in America in 1920?

 11 million
 22 million
 33 million
 44 million
5. Where in America did most Asian and Chinese immigrants live?

 Deep South
 New York State
 West Coast
 Bible Belt
1. Which of these was not a new technology led by America?

 Cars
 Telephones
 Televisions
 Electric lighting
2. What Republican policy allowed American businesses to prosper?

 Normalcy
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 Laissez-faire
 Conservatism
 The New Deal
3. What protected American businesses from foreign competition?

 Tariffs
 Sales
 War
 Alliances
4. Which Republican ideology expected Americans to succeed through their own effort?
 America First
 Tough Reliance
 The Square Deal
 Rugged Individualism
5. What enabled people to buy goods they could not afford yet?
 Debit cards
 Crime
 Taxation
 Hire purchase
6. How many radios out of every 10 sold were bought using hire purchase?
 7
 8
 9
 10
7. Since so many Americans could afford radios in the 1920s, how many radio stations were
there by 1929?
 418
 518
 618
 718
8. Due to the increase in labour-saving devices, many women had more time for leisure
activities. What increase was there in the number of washing machines and fridges in the
1920s?
 137 fold
 147 fold
 157 fold
 167 fold
9. Economic boom led to social changes. For example, how many cinemas were there by 1928?
 15,000
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 16,000
 17,000
 18,000
1. What percentage of Americans owned a car by the end of the 1920s?

 5%
 10%
 15%
 20%
2. How many cars were produced in 1929?

 2.6 million
 3.7 million
 4.8 million
 5.9 million
3. How many miles of roads were built per year in America?

 10,000
 15,000
 20,000
 25,000
4. How many people owned cars by 1929?

 23 million
 33 million
 43 million
 53 million
5. How many people worked in the car industry?

 2 million
 3 million
 4 million
 5 million
6. The Cycle of Prosperity created by the car industry meant that what percentage of the
nation’s oil was used in the car industry?
 25%
 51%
 74%
 96%
7. What percentage of cars were bought through hire-purchase?

 55%
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 65%
 75%
 85%
8. Increased car ownership led to a boom in which sports?

 baseball and boxing
 boxing and basketball
 baseball and basketball
 dodgeball and rodeo
9. How many cinema tickets were sold in 1929, as a direct result of increased car ownership?
 50 million a week
1. When did women get the vote in the USA?

 1918
 1919
 1920
 1921
2. By 1930, how many female accountants were there in the USA?

 50
 100
 200
 300
3. By how much did the number of working women increase by 1929?

 10%
 15%
 20%
 25%
4. What were the new socially liberated women called?

 Cappers
 Tappers
 Flappers
 Sappers
5. Which of these does not describe a flapper?

 Wore makeup
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 Socialised and went out dancing
 Smoked in public
 Required a chaperone
6. Who would not have been a flapper?

 Upper class women
 Middle class women
 Urban women
 Working class or rural women
7. Where would you be most likely to find a flapper?

 North
 South
 East
 West
8. What was the name given to the rural, conservative part of America?
 Bible Belt
 Mid-West
 Rust Belt
 Bread Basket
9. How many women in rural areas owned a washing machine?

 4%
 8%
 12%
 16%
10. Although all middle class women had a telephone, how many working class women did?
 40%
 45%
 50%
 55%
11. Which League was established in 1923, publically criticising flappers?

 Anti-lipstick League
 Down With Flappers League
 Old Maids League
 Anti-flirt League
1. Deaths from alcoholism fell by what per cent in 1921?
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 50%
 60%
 70%
 80%
2. How much did consumption per person fall by?

 2/3
 1/2
 1/7
 1/16
3. One federal agent made how much selling illegal licences?

 $4 million
 $5 million
 $6 million
 $7 million
4. In one instance toxic moonshine killed how many residents of New York City because no
one controlled the quality of the drink:
 4
 14
 24
 34
5. Mayor ‘Big Bill Thompson’ allowed organised crime to function freely in which American
city?
 Alabama
 Las Vegas
 Chicago
 New York
6. Al Capone’s gang made cities dangerous for their inhabitants. Despite this, how many
arrests were made in 1927 for organised crime?
 0
 500
 1,000
 2,000
7. Al Capone’s gang were responsible for the murders of how many people?
 700
 1,400
 2,100
 2,800
8. How much revenue did Al Capone avoid paying tax on?
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 $5 million
 $6 million
 $7 million
 $8 million
9. Izzy Einstein reported that it took 35 seconds to get a drink in which city?
 New York
 New Hampshire
 New Orleans
 Chicago
10. Al Capone’s gang was responsible for a massacre on which specific day
 Easter Sunday
 Valentine’s Day
 Christmas Day
 Rosh Hashanah
Set 5: The situation for African Americans in the 1920s
1. The landmark Supreme Court case Plessy vs Ferguson enforced which significant doctrine
in 1896?
 “apart but the same”
 “separate but equal”
 “alone and isolated”
 “withdrawn but empowered”
2. The laws enforcing Segregation affected which region of America?

 The North
 The East
 The South
 The West
3. Even after the ‘great migration’ of 1919, what percentage of African Americans lived in the
South?
 65%
 75%
 85%
 95%
4. How many lynchings were the Ku Klux Klan responsible for between 1919 and 1925?
 100
 200
 300
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 400
5. How much less were black schools given compared to white schools in per pupil funding?
 66%
 76%
 86%
 96%
6. How many farmers earned less than $1000 a year?

 1 million
 2 million
 3 million
 4 million
7. Fruit farmers in which states did not suffer?

 California and Florida
 Texas and Ohio
 Michigan and Washington
 New Jersey and Montana
8. How many African American sharecroppers lost their jobs?

 500,000
 750,000
 1,000,000
 1,250,000
9. In 1922, how many coal miners went on strike unsuccessfully?

 600,000
 700,000
 800,000
 900,000
10. By what % did construction workers wages rise, compared to 55% for new industries?
 1%
 2%
 3%
 4%
1. The social group which dominated American society can be explained using the acronym
_______
 BEE
 WASP
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 FLY
 GRASSHOPPER
2. Which Italian immigrants were thought to be anarchists and were convicted on flimsy
evidence?
 Sacco and Vanzetti
 Mario and Luigi
 Marco and Giovanni
 Leonardo and Michelangelo
3. How many suspected communists were deported following the Palmer Raids?
 5,000
 10,000
 15,000
 20,000
4. In 1924 a quota was introduced limiting the number of migrants per year to what number
 10,000
 100,000
 150,000
 1,000,000
5. In total, how many migrants arrived in the US between 1910 and 1920?
 6 million
 8 million
 10 million
 12 million
1. Jazz music was brought to American cities by which social group?

 Hispanic Americans
 African Americans
 Brazilians
 Jewish Americans
2. How many hours made up the average working week by 1929?

 34.2
 44.2
 54.2
 64.2
3. By 1929, how many tickets were being sold in cinemas a week?

 20 million
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 40 million
 60 million
 80 million
4. How many radio stations were broadcasting by 1922?

 400
 440
 470
 500
5. What sport is played by the Boston Red Sox

 American Football
 Tiddlywinks
 Baseball
 Basketball
Set 8: The Wall Street Crash and Hoover
1. What percentage of Americans were unemployed by 1932?

 25%
 30%
 35%
 40%
2. Who was known as the do nothing President?

 Coolidge
 Roosevelt
 Hoover
 Harding
3. What were the veterans who demanded war payments known as?
 Bonus protestors
 Payment protestors
 Veteran marchers
 Bonus marchers
4. How much money did Hoover inject into the economy?

 $100 million
 $300 million
 $500 million
 $700 million
5. What were makeshift shantytowns called during the 1930s?

 ‘Hoover towns’
 ‘Hoover suburbs’
 ‘Hoovervilles’
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 ‘Hoover homes’
Set 9: The Great Depression

1. What was the level of unemployment by 1933?
 15%
 25%
 35%
 45%
2. By how much was car production cut?

 20%
 40%
 60%
 80%
3. In the mid-west, how many million hectares became known as the Dust Bowl?
 10 million
 15 million
 20 million
 25 million
4. How many banks were forced to close by 1932?

 10,000
 20,000
 30,000
 40,000
5. How many businesses were bankrupt?

 50,000
 100,000
 150,000
 200,000
6. Who ran public relief programmes, such as soup kitchens?

 Towns & cities and charities
 States
 Federal government
 The United Nations
7. People who lost their jobs relied on charity because there was no ___________ :
 Sociology
 Homeland security
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 Social security
 Social studies
8. What happened to much of the food grown by farmers?

 Left to rot
 Harvested and sold poor Americans
 Harvested and sold to rich Americans
 Harvested and sold abroad
9. What percentage of New York children was undernourished?

 5%
 10%
 15%
 20%
1. What did Roosevelt do as the first action in the 100 days?

 Close the banks
 Close the post offices
 Hire a new personal assistant
 Close the state governments
2. What were the 3 Rs of Roosevelts New Deal?

 Relief, Reform, and Restoration
 Reparation, Reformation, and Revolution
 Relief, Reform, and Respite
 Relief, Recovery, and Reform
3. Which of these was not an Alphabet Agency?

 TVA
 AAA
 CCC
 QED
4. What percentage of African Americans were living on relief payments?

 30%
 35%
 40%
 45%
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5. Although Massachusetts state government spent $61 per month per poor child, how much
did Mississippi spend?
 $8
 $18
 $28
 $38
6. What percentage of participants in the CCC were African American men?

 6%
 16%
 26%
 36%
7. By 1939, what was the difference between pay for male and female teachers?
 5%
 10%
 15%
 20%
8. As well as Republicans, who resented paying taxes to help the poor?

 Anti-tax league
 Liberty leaguers
 Tax payers’ alliance
 Freedom league
9. After which case did the Supreme Court find the NRA to be unconstitutional?
 Sick chicken case
 Sick duck case
 Sick goose case
 Sick turkey case
10. Which prominent left wing activist accused Roosevelt of doing too little?
 Huey Long
 Tommy Short
 Matty Tall
 Alife Tiny
1. Musical films, and ‘talkies’ showed the grim realities of the depression and also offered:
 Surrealism
 Escapism
 Hooverism
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 Cubism
2. A famous example of a gritty film from the time was the _____________?
 Grapes of Wrath
 Grandpas of wrath
 Gremlins of Wyoming
 Herbert Hoover; the man, the legend.
3. For those that could afford it, cars meant access to:
 Cinemas and speakeasies
 Cinemas and saloons
 Cinemas and shopping malls
 Cinemas and internet cafes
4. What became the nation’s favourite past time?

 Listening to the radio
 Ken Bruce’s Popmaster (BBC Radio 2 every weekday at 10:30)
 Reading a newspaper
 Going to the cinema
5. One of the big developments during this time was that the federal government could no
longer____________
 Ignore the plights of the poor
 Support unsegregated states of the USA
 Tax the rich heavily
 Blame state governments for the Great Depression.
1. How many women entered the workplace during World War II?
 5 million
 6 million
 7 million
 8 million
2. Of these women, what percentage were married?

 50%
 65%
 75%
 80%
3. How much of a man’s salary were women paid for the same job?
 55%
 65%
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 75%
 85%
4. How many women were able to join the armed forces?

 100,000
 200,000
 300,000
 400,000
5. Rosie the Riveter was used to get women into where?

 Their own homes, where they should support their husband
 Into factories, for the long term
 Into factories, for the short term
 Into the armed forces, where women should be front line soldiers.
6. In 1940 over half the federal government would not employ African Americans which
forced Roosevelt to introduce what?
 FEPC – the Fair Employment Practices Commission
 COUP – (The) Crackdown On Unequal Pay
 FEPC – Federal Equal Pay Commission
 ERECTION – Employ Respectably Entirely Completely Times In Our Nation
7. In 1939, 50,000 African Americans worked for the Federal Government, what did this rise
to by 1944?
 100,000
 150,000
 200,000
 250,000
8. Who threatened to march on Washington in 1942?

 Philip Randolph
 James Randel
 Thomas Ransom
 Michael Random
9. Over what per cent of defence industries refused to employ African Americans?
 1/5
 1/4
 1/3
 1/2
10. Which branch of the federal government controlled the prices of food and rent
 The Office of War Control
 The Office of War Mobilization
 The Office of War Preparedness
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 The Office of War
1. How many state department employees did McCarthy accuse of being communist in his
1950 speech?
 105
 205
 305
 405
2. What per cent of Americans supported McCarthy in a 1954 poll?

 33%
 43%
 53%
 63%
3. What book did a librarian ban because it promoted Communism?

 Robin Hood
 Red Riding Hood
 Hansel and Gretel
 Rapunzel
4. Accusations of which group led to McCarthy’s downfall?

 Bankers
 Lawyers
 Church
 Army
5. Which group were imprisoned for refusing to answer HUACs questions?

 Hollywood eight
 Hollywood nine
 Hollywood ten
 Hollywood eleven
1. What was the policy called by which the US lent money to other countries during the
Second World War?
 Loss - leading
 Donate a dollar
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 Lend lease
 Lend lots
2. How much did consumer spending rise by?

 10%
 30%
 50%
 70%
3. What rate were the rich taxed at?

 24%
 44%
 74%
 94%
4. After the Second World War farm income grew by _______

 100%
 150%
 200%
 250%
5. How many Americans owned a TV by the end of the 1950s

 50 million
 60 million
 70 million
 80 million
1. What did the suburbs built by the most famous builder become known as?
 Johnsontowns
 Levittowns
 Boomertowns
 Trumantowns
2. Which class grew the most during the 1950s?

 Working class
 Rural poor
 Middle class
 Upper class
3. How much money did teenage girls spend on lipstick during the 1950s?
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 $8.2 million / year
4. How many babies were born during the 1950s?

 49 million
 54 million
 67 million
 76 million
5. Which of these was not a new consumer good during the 1950s?
 Television
 Radio
 Freezer
 Dishwasher
Set 15: African Americans – a key summary up to the African American Civil Rights
movement in the 1950s
1. How much lower was funding for African American schools?

 56%
 66%
 76%
 86%
2. What percentage of African Americans were living on welfare payments during the 1930s?
 30%
 35%
 40%
 45%
3. What percentage of CCC members were African American?

 2%
 4%
 6%
 8%
4. How many African American soldiers were segregated during World War Two?
 1 million
 2 million
 3 million
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 4 million
5. What were the NAACP’s membership figures by the end of World War Two?
 375,000
 400,000
 425,000
 450,000
1. When was the ruling that ‘separate but equal’ had no place in education?
 1954
 1955
 1956
 1957
2. How many African Americans went to desegregated schools by 1956?

 200,000
 250,000
 300,000
 350,000
3. How many African Americans still went to segregated schools in 1956?

 200,000
 210,000
 230,000
 240,000
4. By 1964, what percentage of African Americans went to fully integrated schools in the
eleven southern states?
 2%
 5%
 10%
 21%
5. Which president took action after African American students were refused entry to Little
Rock High School?
 Roosevelt
 Hoover
 John F Kennedy
 Eisenhower
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1. Who became famous for refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger?
 Claudette Colvin
 Martin Luther King
 Malcolm X
 Rosa Parks
2. What percentage of African Americans boycotted the buses?

 57%
 73%
 85%
 99%
3. What loss in revenue was suffered by the bus companies?

 60%
 65%
 70%
 75%
4. What organisation supported the action taken to boycott the buses?

 NAACP
 NACCP
 NACPP
 NAAACP
5. What further protest did the success of the boycotts lead to?
 Liberty Rides
 Freedom Rides
 Liberation Rides
 Justice Rides
1. Which doctrine separated American society and enforced segregation?

 “Different but the same”
 “Separate but equal”
 “Separate and not equal”
 “Different and not equal”
2. The iconic court case of 1954, arguing that segregation of schools was unconstitutional was
known as Brown vs…?
 Ohio
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 New York
 Nashville
 Topeka
3. What was the name of the fourteen-year-old boy who was lynched in Mississippi by being
beaten to death for allegedly wolf whistling at a white woman?
 Emmett Till
 Ernie Wise
 Everest Tilly
 Emet Till
4. Where was the bus boycott of 1955-6?

 Montgomery, Alabama
 Montreal, Alabama
 Montgomery, Albany
 Montreal, Albany
5. During this bus boycott, which prominent figure was catapulted to the national stage?
 Malcolm X
 Kriss Akabusi
 Bobby Newman
6. Events at Little Rock forced Eisenhower to intervene and send in the National Guard. What
year was this in?
 1955
 1956
 1957
 1958
7. Inspired by this, African Americans later began staging protests by occupying seats at white
only places and refusing to leave. What was this called?
 No one can sit down
 Sit in
 Sit down
 Lie in
8. Martin Luther King made his iconic “I have a dream speech” one hundred years from the
emancipation of slaves in America. In what year did he make the speech?
 1962
 1963
 1964
 1965
9. Out of the 250,000 protestors at Washington, how many were white?
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 10,000
 25,000
 32,000
 50,000
10. Malcolm X emerged onto the world stage in 1965 promoting what philosophy?
 Black Power
 Believe in black
 Black brilliance
 Be united in black
1. Which group first used the sit ins as a protest?

 SNCC
 NSCC
 CCSN
 SNCS
2. Which company did the SNCC target in Greesnboro in 1960?

 McDonalds
 Burger King
 Woolworths
 Applebees
3. How many cities had lunch counters been desegregated in by the end of the 1960s?
 76
 94
 103
 126
4. In which city were the freedom rides organised?

 Birmingham
 Memphis
 Dallas
 Houston
5. Who had to intervene to protect the riders?

 Eisenhower
 John F Kennedy
 Johnson
 Hoover
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1. Martin Luther King used the influence of Gandhi to promote ‘_______________’

 Indirect action
 Direct negotiation
 Indirect negotiation
 Direct action
2. Malcolm X believed in black power which resulted in the creation of which key group
during the 1960s
 Black Penguins
 Black Panthers
 Black Lions
 Black Pumas
3. Which areas of the USA had to the worst race riots of 1965-1967?
 The South
 The North and West
 The East
 The South and West
4. How many white protesters marched on Washington?

 35,000
 40,000
 45,000
 50,000
5. When was the first Civil Rights Bill passed?

 1957
 1958
 1959
 1960
6. What percentage of the African American population was registered to vote in Selma?
 2.4%
 3.9%
 5.5%
 10%
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1. The number of African American families earning over $10,000 increased by how much?
 Two times
 Four times
 Seven times
 Ten times
2. How large was the reduction in Africa Americas living below the poverty line?
 10%
 30%
 50%
 70%
3. JFK sent 23,000 to protect James Meredith as he became the first African American to
attend _______
 The University of Mississippi
 NASA
 The Herbert Hoover museum
 The White House
4. What per cent of American teenagers dropped out of school before graduating?
 50%
 60%
 70%
 80%
5. Under Johnson, the minimum wage rose from $1.25 to what?

 $1.40
 $1.50
 $1.60
 $1.70
6. What bill passed by Johnson gave the poor access to healthcare?

 Medical Care Act
 Medical Insurance Act
 Medicine Insurance Act
7. African American unemployment levels were _____ that of white Americans.

 Twice
 Three times
 Four times
 Five times
8. Which war hampered Johnson’s ability to achieve his domestic goals?

 World War Two
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 Vietnam War
 Korean War
 Iraq War
9. What law improved funding for equality of standards in schools?

 Equality Education Act
 Education for all Act
 Secondary Education Act
 Lifetime Education Act
10. Which law aimed to ensure employment equality for women and African Americans?
 Civil Rights Act 1964
1. When did women get the vote?

 1919
 1920
 1921
 1922
2. What was the difference in pay for male and female teachers during the 1930s?
 10%
 15%
 20%
 25%
3. How many women joined the armed forces during World War Two?
 100,000
 200,000
 300,000
 400,000
4. What fraction of workers were women by 1944?

 1/2
 1/3
 1/4
 1/5
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5. How much lower were women’s wages compared to men’s during World War Two?
 35%
 45%
 55%
 65%
1. What were women expected to do during the 1950s?

 Get married
 Get a college degree
 Go to work
 Have no children
2. At what age were stewardesses supposed to stop working?

 28
 30
 32
 34
3. What were women achieving more of by the 1960s?

 College degrees
 Able to get jobs without their husband’s written consent
 Elementary school education
 Could apply to become president
4. The contraceptive pill allowed women to control pregnancies and gave them a new form of
freedom. 6 million women were using the pill in 1966, how many were by 1968?
 9 million
 10 million
 11 million
 12 million
5. Which of these was not a symbol of male supremacy?

 Bras
 Make up
 A woman’s pay cheque
 High heel shoes
6. Which president’s wife was a strong advocate of advancing women’s rights?

 Eleanor Roosevelt
 Eleanor Kennedy
 Eleanor Nixon
 Eleanor Johnson
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7. The landmark court case Roe vs Wade was in which year?
 1970
 1971
 1972
 1973
8. What did business women complain about?

 The glass floor
 The glass walls
 The glass door
 The glass ceiling
9. What does the acronym NOW stand for?

 Never Offer Wages (to women)
 Not Over Wedlock
 National Organisation for Women
 National Organisation against Women
10. How much back pay did NOW secure via a supreme court ruling?
$30 million
 $40 million
 $50 million
 $60 million
Questions, with choices and answers

 From the people, unity
 From the many, one
 From the few, two
 From the many, most
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a. 100
b. 101
c. 102
d. 103
 White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
 We Are Stupid People
 White Anglo-Saxon Person
 Willing and Stable Protestant

 11 million
 22 million
 33 million
 44 million

a. Deep South
b. New York State
c. West Coast
d. Bible Belt

 Cars
 Telephones
 Televisions
 Electric lighting

 Normalcy
 Laissez-faire
 Conservatism
 The New Deal

 Tariffs
 Sales
 War
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 Alliances
 America First
 Tough Reliance
 The Square Deal
 Rugged Individualism
 Debit cards
 Crime
 Taxation
 Hire purchase
 7
 8
 9
 10
there by 1929?
 418
 518
 618
 718
1920s?
 137 fold
 147 fold
 157 fold
 167 fold
 15,000
 16,000
 17,000
 18,000

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 5%
 10%
 15%
 20%

 2.6 million
 3.7 million
 4.8 million
 5.9 million

 10,000
 15,000
 20,000
 25,000

 23 million
 33 million
 43 million
 53 million

 2 million
 3 million
 4 million
 5 million
 25%
 51%
 74%
 96%

 55%
 65%
 75%
 85%

 baseball and boxing
 boxing and basketball
 baseball and basketball
 dodgeball and rodeo
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 1918
 1919
 1920
 1921

 50
 100
 200
 300

 10%
 15%
 20%
 25%

 Cappers
 Tappers
 Flappers
 Sappers

 Wore makeup
 Socialised and went out dancing
 Smoked in public
 Required a chaperone

 Upper class women
 Middle class women
 Urban women
 Working class or rural women
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 North
 South
 East
 West
 Bible Belt
 Mid-West
 Rust Belt
 Bread Basket

 4%
 8%
 12%
 16%
 40%
 45%
 50%
 55%

 Anti-lipstick League
 Down With Flappers League
 Old Maids League
 Anti-flirt League

 50%
 60%
 70%
 80%

 2/3
 1/2
 1/7
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 1/16

 $4 million
 $5 million
 $6 million
 $7 million
 4
 14
 24
 34
city?
 Alabama
 Las Vegas
 Chicago
 New York
 0
 500
 1,000
 2,000
 700
 1,400
 2,100
 2,800

 $5 million
 $6 million
 $7 million
 $8 million
 New York
 New Hampshire
 New Orleans
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 Chicago
 Easter Sunday
 Valentine’s Day
 Christmas Day
 Rosh Hashanah
Set 5: The situation for African Americans & Loser in the 1920s
in 1896?
 “apart but the same”
 “separate but equal”
 “alone and isolated”
 “withdrawn but empowered”

 The North
 The East
 The South
 The West
South?
 65%
 75%
 85%
 95%
 100
 200
 300
 400
 66%
 76%
 86%
 96%
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 1 million
 2 million
 3 million
 4 million

 California and Florida
 Texas and Ohio
 Michigan and Washington
 New Jersey and Montana

 500,000
 750,000
 1,000,000
 1,250,000

 600,000
 700,000
 800,000
 900,000
 1%
 2%
 3%
 4%
_______
 BEE
 WASP
 FLY
 GRASSHOPPER
evidence?
 Sacco and Vanzetti
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 Mario and Luigi
 Marco and Giovanni
 Leonardo and Michelangelo
 5,000
 10,000
 15,000
 20,000
 10,000
 100,000
 150,000
 1,000,000
 6 million
 8 million
 10 million
 12 million

 Hispanic Americans
 African Americans
 Brazilians
 Jewish Americans

 34.2
 44.2
 54.2
 64.2

 20 million
 40 million
 60 million
 80 million

 400
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 440
 470
 500

 American Football
 Tiddlywinks
 Baseball
 Basketball
Set 8: The Wall Street Crash & Hoover

 25%
 30%
 35%
 40%

 Coolidge
 Roosevelt
 Hoover
 Harding
 Bonus protestors
 Payment protestors
 Veteran marchers
 Bonus marchers

 $100 million
 $300 million
 $500 million
 $700 million

 ‘Hoover towns’
 ‘Hoover suburbs’
 ‘Hoovervilles’
 ‘Hoover homes’

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 15%
 25%
 35%
 45%

 20%
 40%
 60%
 80%
 10 million
 15 million
 20 million
 25 million

 10,000
 20,000
 30,000
 40,000

 50,000
 100,000
 150,000
 200,000

 Towns & cities and charities
 States
 Federal government
 The United Nations
 Sociology
 Homeland security
 Social security
 Social studies

 Left to rot
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 Harvested and sold poor Americans
 Harvested and sold to rich Americans
 Harvested and sold abroad

 5%
 10%
 15%
 20%

 Close the banks
 Close the post offices
 Hire a new personal assistant
 Close the state governments

 Relief, Reform, and Restoration
 Reparation, Reformation, and Revolution
 Relief, Reform, and Respite
 Relief, Recovery, and Reform

 TVA
 AAA
 CCC
 QED

 30%
 35%
 40%
 45%
 $8
 $18
 $28
 $38
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 6%
 16%
 26%
 36%
 5%
 10%
 15%
 20%

 Anti-tax league
 Liberty leaguers
 Tax payers’ alliance
 Freedom league
 Sick chicken case
 Sick duck case
 Sick goose case
 Sick turkey case
 Huey Long
 Tommy Short
 Matty Tall
 Alife Tiny
 Surrealism
 Escapism
 Hooverism
 Cubism
 Grapes of Wrath
 Grandpas of wrath
 Gremlins of Wyoming
 Herbert Hoover; the man, the legend.
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 Cinemas and speakeasies
 Cinemas and saloons
 Cinemas and shopping malls
 Cinemas and internet cafes

 Listening to the radio
 Ken Bruce’s Popmaster (BBC Radio 2 every weekday at 10:30)
 Reading a newspaper
 Going to the cinema
longer____________
 Ignore the plights of the poor
 Support unsegregated states of the USA
 Tax the rich heavily
 Blame state governments for the Great Depression.
 5 million
 6 million
 7 million
 8 million

 50%
 65%
 75%
 80%
 55%
 65%
 75%
 85%

 100,000
 200,000
 300,000
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 400,000

 Their own homes, where they should support their husband
 Into factories, for the long term
 Into factories, for the short term
 Into the armed forces, where women should be front line soldiers.
 FEPC – the Fair Employment Practices Commission
 COUP – (The) Crackdown On Unequal Pay
 FEPC – Federal Equal Pay Commission
 ERECTION – Employ Respectably Entirely Completely Times In Our Nation
to by 1944?
 100,000
 150,000
 200,000
 250,000

 Philip Randolph
 James Randel
 Thomas Ransom
 Michael Random
 1/5
 1/4
 1/3
 1/2
 The Office of War Control
 The Office of War Mobilization
 The Office of War Preparedness
 The Office of War
1950 speech?
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 105
 205
 305
 405

 33%
 43%
 53%
 63%

 Robin Hood
 Red Riding Hood
 Hansel and Gretel
 Rapunzel

 Bankers
 Lawyers
 Church
 Army

 Hollywood eight
 Hollywood nine
 Hollywood ten
 Hollywood eleven
Second World War?
 Loss - leading
 Donate a dollar
 Lend lease
 Lend lots

 10%
 30%
 50%
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 70%

 24%
 44%
 74%
 94%

 100%
 150%
 200%
 250%

 50 million
 60 million
 70 million
 80 million
 Johnsontowns
 Levittowns
 Boomertowns
 Trumantowns

 Working class
 Rural poor
 Middle class
 Upper class

 49 million
 54 million
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 67 million
 76 million
 Television
 Radio
 Freezer
 Dishwasher

 56%
 66%
 76%
 86%
 30%
 35%
 40%
 45%

 2%
 4%
 6%
 8%
 1 million
 2 million
 3 million
 4 million
 375,000
 400,000
 425,000
 450,000
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 1954
 1955
 1956
 1957

 200,000
 250,000
 300,000
 350,000

 200,000
 210,000
 230,000
 240,000
 2%
 5%
 10%
 21%
Rock High School?
 Roosevelt
 Hoover
 John F Kennedy
 Eisenhower
 Claudette Colvin
 Malcolm X
 Rosa Parks

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 57%
 73%
 85%
 99%

 60%
 65%
 70%
 75%

 NAACP
 NACCP
 NACPP
 NAAACP
 Liberty Rides
 Freedom Rides
 Liberation Rides
 Justice Rides

 “Different but the same”
 “Separate but equal”
 “Separate and not equal”
 “Different and not equal”
 Ohio
 New York
 Nashville
 Topeka
 Emmett Till
 Ernie Wise
 Everest Tilly
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 Emet Till

 Montgomery, Alabama
 Montreal, Alabama
 Montgomery, Albany
 Montreal, Albany
 Malcolm X
 Kriss Akabusi
 Bobby Newman
year was this in?
 1955
 1956
 1957
 1958
 No one can sit down
 Sit in
 Sit down
 Lie in
 1962
 1963
 1964
 1965

 10,000
 25,000
 32,000
 50,000
 Black Power
 Believe in black
 Black brilliance
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 Be united in black

 SNCC
 NSCC
 CCSN
 SNCS

 McDonalds
 Burger King
 Woolworths
 Applebees
 76
 94
 103
 126

 Birmingham
 Memphis
 Dallas
 Houston

 Eisenhower
 John F Kennedy
 Johnson
 Hoover

 Indirect action
 Direct negotiation
 Indirect negotiation
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 Direct action
during the 1960s
 Black Penguins
 Black Panthers
 Black Lions
 Black Pumas
 The South
 The North and West
 The East
 The South and West

 35,000
 40,000
 45,000
 50,000

 1957
 1958
 1959
 1960
 2.4%
 3.9%
 5.5%
 10%
 Two times
 Four times
 Seven times
 Ten times
 10%
 30%
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 50%
 70%
attend _______
 The University of Mississippi
 NASA
 The Herbert Hoover museum
 The White House
 50%
 60%
 70%
 80%

 $1.40
 $1.50
 $1.60
 $1.70

 Medical Care Act
 Medicine Insurance Act

 Twice
 Three times
 Four times
 Five times

 World War Two
 Vietnam War
 Korean War
 Iraq War

 Equality Education Act
 Education for all Act
 Secondary Education Act
 Lifetime Education Act
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 1919
 1920
 1921
 1922
 10%
 15%
 20%
 25%
 100,000
 200,000
 300,000
 400,000

 1/2
 1/3
 1/4
 1/5
 35%
 45%
 55%
 65%
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 Get married
 Get a college degree
 Go to work
 Have no children

 28
 30
 32
 34

 College degrees
 Able to get jobs without their husband’s written consent
 Elementary school education
 Could apply to become president
4. The contraceptive pill allowed women to control pregnancies and gave them a new form
of freedom. 6 million women were using the pill in 1966, how many were by 1968?
 9 million
 10 million
 11 million
 12 million

 Bras
 Make up
 A woman’s pay cheque
 High heel shoes

 Eleanor Roosevelt
 Eleanor Kennedy
 Eleanor Nixon
 Eleanor Johnson

 1970
 1971
 1972
 1973

 The glass floor
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 The glass walls
 The glass door
 The glass ceiling

 Never Offer Wages (to women)
 Not Over Wedlock
 National Organisation for Women
 National Organisation against Women
 $30 million
 $40 million
 $50 million
 $60 million
Questions, no choices:

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there by 1929?
1920s?
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city?
Set 5: The situation for African Americans and losers in the 1920s
in 1896?
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South?
_______
evidence?
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Set 8: The Wall Street Crash & Hoover

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longer____________
to by 1944?
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1950 speech?
Second World War?
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Rock High School?
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year was this in?
during the 1960s
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attend _______
4. The contraceptive pill allowed women to control pregnancies and gave them a new form of
freedom. 6 million women were using the pill in 1966, how many were by 1968?

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GCSE History PLICKERS quizzes

America, 1920 - 1973

PLICKERS quizzes and answers

Set 20: Martin Luther King vs Malcolm X

Set 21: Kennedy’s New Frontier and Johnson’s Great Society

Questions with choices

1. What is the motto on the Great Seal of America?

2. How many nationalities were there living in America in 1920?

4. How many African Americans were living in America in 1920?

5. Where in America did most Asian and Chinese immigrants live?

Set 2: The 1920s boom

1. Which of these was not a new technology led by America?

2. What Republican policy allowed American businesses to prosper?

3. What protected American businesses from foreign competition?

Set 3: Henry Ford & the Car Industry

1. What percentage of Americans owned a car by the end of the 1920s?

2. How many cars were produced in 1929?

3. How many miles of roads were built per year in America?

4. How many people owned cars by 1929?

5. How many people worked in the car industry?

7. What percentage of cars were bought through hire-purchase?

8. Increased car ownership led to a boom in which sports?

Set 4: Women in the 1920s

1. When did women get the vote in the USA?

2. By 1930, how many female accountants were there in the USA?

3. By how much did the number of working women increase by 1929?

4. What were the new socially liberated women called?

5. Which of these does not describe a flapper?

6. Who would not have been a flapper?

7. Where would you be most likely to find a flapper?

9. How many women in rural areas owned a washing machine?

11. Which League was established in 1923, publically criticising flappers?

Set 4: The effects of prohibition and Al Capone

1. Deaths from alcoholism fell by what per cent in 1921?

2. How much did consumption per person fall by?

3. One federal agent made how much selling illegal licences?

8. How much revenue did Al Capone avoid paying tax on?

Set 5: The situation for African Americans in the 1920s

2. The laws enforcing Segregation affected which region of America?

6. How many farmers earned less than $1000 a year?

7. Fruit farmers in which states did not suffer?

8. How many African American sharecroppers lost their jobs?

9. In 1922, how many coal miners went on strike unsuccessfully?

Set 6: Immigration and its impacts on America in the 1920s

Set 7: 1920s Culture

1. Jazz music was brought to American cities by which social group?

2. How many hours made up the average working week by 1929?

3. By 1929, how many tickets were being sold in cinemas a week?

4. How many radio stations were broadcasting by 1922?

5. What sport is played by the Boston Red Sox

Set 8: The Wall Street Crash and Hoover

1. What percentage of Americans were unemployed by 1932?

2. Who was known as the do nothing President?

4. How much money did Hoover inject into the economy?

5. What were makeshift shantytowns called during the 1930s?

Set 9: The Great Depression

2. By how much was car production cut?

4. How many banks were forced to close by 1932?

5. How many businesses were bankrupt?

6. Who ran public relief programmes, such as soup kitchens?

8. What happened to much of the food grown by farmers?

9. What percentage of New York children was undernourished?