8th Grade Review: The Roaring Twenties

What was Prohibition?

• A complete ban on the sale of food
• A complete ban on the sale of clothes
• A complete ban on the sale of alcohol
• A complete ban on the sale of cars

What did the Eighteenth Amendment state?

• This amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
• This amendment outlawed the advertisment of alcohol.
• This amendment changed the age a person had to be to buy alcohol.

What was a bootlegger?

• Criminals who brought clothing made in other countries into the U.S.
• Criminals who brought guns made in other countries into the U.S.
• Criminals who brought alcohol made in other countries into the U.S.

What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?

• speakeasies
• speaksoftly
• cellars 
• hidden spots

What is jazz?

• A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1920s.
• A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1930s
• A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1940s
• A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1950s

What were the Charleston, Lindy Hop, and the Jitterbug?

• Popular people during the 1920s
• Popular places during the 1920s
• Popular dances during the 1920s
• Popular foods during the 1920s

What did the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald nickname the decade of the 1920s?

• The Fun Age
• The Jazz Age
• The Blues Age
• The Dancing Age

Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?

• Harlem, New York
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Detroit, Michigan 

What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920s?

• The Roaring 20s
• The Best of Times
• Harlem Renaissance

Who was one of the most famous baseball players during the 1920s?

• Babe Ruth
• Gertrude Ederle
• Amelia Earhart