1920s Quiz Review

Which of the following is a characteristic of daily life in the 1920s?

• Many Americans lost all of their money in the Stock Market

• Many Americans did not have jobs and there were failed banks and businesses

• Many Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies

• All Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies

According to the map, where were African Americans migrating from?

• The East

• The North

• The South

• The Midwest

According to the map, where were African Americans migrating to?

• The East

• The North

• The South

• The Midwest

What positive effect did the migration north have on African Americans? (5-4.1)

• Segregation

• Jim Crow Laws

• New job opportunities

• New sharecropping opportunities

Which group targeted African Americans, immigrants, Catholics and Jews?

• Ku Klux Klan

• Flappers

• Gangsters

• Fundamentalists

Which amendment started Prohibition?

• 18th
• 19th
• 20th
• 21st

A major result of Prohibition during the 1920s was

• increased restrictions on immigration

• spread of communism

• destruction of family values

• rise of organized crime

Why were the 1920's called the Roaring Twenties?

• Many animals began to roar.

• Time of excitement and prosperity.

• War was about to erupt.

• There was a depression.

What did prohibition make illegal? 

• Alcohol
• Food
• Paintings
• Nothing

This is an example of a labor saving product...

• Paper
• Backpack
• washing machine
• Marker