1920s Review

Prohibition was implemented by passage of the

• 17th Amendment
• 18th Amendment
• 19th Amendment
• 21st Amendment

Prohibition created which one of the following?

• Reduction in crime.
• Reduction in alcohol related deaths
• Organized Crime.
• More money being made.

Why were more people able to own automobiles, radios, washing machines, and other goods in the 1920s?

• because of advertising

• because of lower taxes on imports

• because of installment buying

• because the trucking industry grew

What type of music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance?

• Jazz
• Hip Hop
• Country
• Rock

What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?

• speakeasies
• speaksoftly
• cellars 
• hidden spots

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

• Duke Ellington
• Louis Armstrong
• Bessie Smith

Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?

• Amelia Earhart
• Charles Lindbergh

What was the purpose of the 19th Amendment?

• End slavery
• Allowed women to have the right to vote
• Allowed former slaves to have the right to vote
• It changed the legal working age

Which group did not benefit from the economic boom of the 1920s?

• factory workers

• truck drivers

• movie theater owners

• farmers

What change in the 1920s caused cities to expand outward?

• more automobiles

• more immigrants

• more skyscrapers

• taller skyscrapers