The Roaring Twenties: Part One

What was Prohibition?

• A complete ban on the sale of any goods on Sundays.

• A complete ban on the sale of alcohol.

• A complete ban on the sale of books and magazines.

• A complete ban on the sale of government bonds.

What was the Great Migration?

• The movement of birds each year during the fall as they prepare for the harsh winter conditions in the South.

• The movement of millions of white Southerners to the northern U.S. as they searched for better jobs and financial opportunities.

• The movement of millions of people from the northern U.S. to the southern U.S. each winter avoid the snow and low temperatures of the north.

• The movement of millions of African Americans to the northern U.S. between 1915 and the 1940s

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

• An artistic movement centered in Harlem, a New York City neighborhood

• An artistic movement centered in the Deep South

• An artistic movement caused by great starvation and poverty present in New York City

• An artistic movement centered in Rock Hill, a community in South Carolina

With what event are Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston associated?

• World War I

• The Harlem Renaissance

• The Progressive Movement

• The Great Depression

What were some of the "push" factors that led to the Great Migration?

• Jim Crow laws, the economic hardships of sharecropping, and the lack of economic opportunities

• Job opportunities in factories and new economic opportunities in the South

• Increased farming opportunities in the North

• Increased population in the South made it difficult to make money sharecropping

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the U.S.?

• 21st

• 19th

• 18th

• 20th

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealed prohibition?

• 21st

• 20th

• 19th

• 18th

Prohibition led to which of the following?

• More farming opportunities in the South

• An increase in the number of churches

• A decrease in crime

• Bootlegging, speakeasies, and increased crime

The invention of new household appliances such as washing machines and vacuum cleaners made life easier for Americans, especially ...

• Men

• Women

• Children

• Senior Citizens

During the Great Migration African Americans moved from the ...

• North to the South

• West coast to the East coast

• East coast to the West Coast

• South to the North