1920s study guide

Why did the United States economy boom after WWI?

• Because a lot of European nations had borrowed money from the US during the war so when the war ended their repayments helped our economy
• Because we got a lot of money for winning the war
• Because the war didn't cost much to begin with
• Because we ended poverty completely

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 did the Twenty-first Amendment do?

• It stopped speakeasies
• It ended Prohibition
• It arrested bootleggers

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

a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding.

• laissez-faire economics
• Teapot Dome Scandal
• Harlem Renaissance
• Temperance Movement

Prohibition of the sale, manufacturing and consumption of alcohol

• 18th Amendment
• 19th Amendment
• 21st Amendment
• 22nd Amendment

The nickname given to "Modern Women" in the 1920s

• Flappers
• Bobbysockers 
• Hippies
• Gibson Girls