1920s

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

Who was one of the best known jazz composers of the 1920s?

• Louis Armstrong
• Bessie Smith
• Duke Ellington

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

Who was one of the best known jazz musicians of the 1920s?

• Duke Ellington
• Louis Armstrong
• Bessie Smith