Roaring 20s and Dirty 30s

Roaring 20s and Dirty 30s

9th - 12th Grade

20 Qs

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Roaring 20s and Dirty 30s

Roaring 20s and Dirty 30s

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9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

In what way did mass production change the economy?

Our economy failed
We became a command economy
It made industries grow, gave people jobs, and allowed people to buy consumer goods
It slowed down the way we made things

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why were the 1920s called the "Roaring Twenties"?

Because there were lions in the United States for the first time
Because you could hear the roar of all of the new airplanes
Because music became very popular
Because people felt life was "roaring" forward like a speeding car.  Women began doing things they never did before and there was a ton of new technology and inventions.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who was Louis Armstrong?

The first man on the moon
A singer and trumpeter who helped to make jazz popular in the 1920s
He invented the TV
He was known for his oil company

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who was Langston Hughes?

He was a singer
He was an astronaut
He was a farmer
He was a famous African American poet

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Define prohibition

The act of forbidding something such as alcoholic beverages
When women can't vote
When African American men can't vote
When the government chooses who has to go fight in certain wars

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What was it called when a severe drought in the Great Plains destroyed crops and blew loose dust and dirt all over?

Desert Storm
Pearl Harbor
Dust Bowl
Great Depression

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What president was blamed for the Great Depression?

Franklin D. Roosevelt
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Herbert Hoover

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