Roaring 20s / Great Depression Review

Can you recall what the 18th amendment is

• Made it illegal to make or sell alcohol

• Gave women the right to vote

• Led to a decrease in crime

• Gave African Americans the right to vote

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of African American artists who

• Worked in the South

• Calling for segregation

• Urged African Americans to leave the country

• Exploring their heritage and encouraging African Americans to be prideful of black culture.

Henry Ford produced a more affordable car primarily because his company….

• Paid workers lower wages than his competitors.

• Used foreign-made parts.

• Developed a faster and less expensive method of production called the assembly line.

• Offered a variety of options to buyers

During the 1920s, controversies concerning national Prohibition and the behavior of “flappers” were all signs of disagreement over…

• The return to normalcy

• Changing culture and lifestyles

• Causes of the Great Depression

• The benefits of new technology

The Great Migration of African Americans to the North during the 1920s was mainly the result of…

• Political corruption

• Nativism

• Racism and discrimination of African Americans in the South

• Success of military desegregation

What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Prohibition ended for African Americans

• African-American cultural pride flourished in the cities

• The formation of multiracial corporations

• Unemployment

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The ____________________________ banned alcohol.

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

The __________________________ ended prohibition and was passed in 1933.

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Young women in the 1920s who declared their independence from traditional values were known as __________________________.

• Fads

• Actresses

• Flappers

• Beyonce

Smugglers who brought alcohol into the United States when it was illegal were called?

• Flappers

• Bootleggers

• Anarchists

• Communists