USA Studies Weekly-Week 21 The Roaring 20s

What was the 18th Amendment?

• It banned people from making, selling, and drinking alcohol.
• It gave women the right to vote.
• both A and B
• neither A nor B

The Roaring 20s was a decade of prosperity for Americans.  What was the word prosperity mean?

• hardship
• poverty
• wealth
• no jobs

which of the following could be added to the list below of the inventions of the 1920s
vacuum cleaners
dishwashers
?
toasters
fans

• telephones
• tevevisions
• telegraphs
• sewing machine

Which of the following was NOT something that most Americans had in the 1920s?

• electricity in their homes
• a radio
• a car
• a television

For the first time, people could buy goods on credit, paying over time in small monthly payments.  This was called__________________.

• the Vostead Act
• advertising
• installment buying
• purchasing power

What was one of the results of Prohibition?

• It reduced poverty.
• It lowered crime rates.
• It caused most people to stop drinking alcohol.
• It led to organized crime, which supplied alcohol to people who wanted it

Illegal nightclubs that served liquor were called____________.

• speakeasies
• bootleggers
• flappers
• smugglers

The gasoline-powered, multipurpose tractor revolutionized American_____________.

• transportation
• communication
• agriculture
• entertainment

What is one thing that put the roar into the Roaring 20s?

• flapper dancers
• alcohol
• more money to spend
• prohibition

What type of music grew enormously in popularity in the 1920s?

• jazz
• classical
• rock and roll
• country western