Prohibition and Suffrage Review

The time period in which the manufacture and sale of alcohol was prohibited in the United States is called _____________________________________.

• Prohibition

• Suffrage

• Nativism

• Lost Generation

Which amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the manufacturing and sale of alcohol in 1919?

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

• 21st

Which act was created reinforce the 18th Amendment, by defining the term "intoxicating liquors" and establishing penalties for breaking the law?

• Volstead Act

• Emergency Quota Act of 1921

• National Origins Act of 1924

• Five Power Treaty

To illegally drink during Prohibition, people visited _________________________________, underground bars and taverns where liquor was served.

• Speakeasies

• Crashes

• Nickelodeons

• Liberty Bars

Which amendment to the US Constitution repealed Prohibition, thus making it the only amendment to repeal another amendment?

• 21st

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

Which amendment, ratified in August 1920, gave women the right to vote?

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

• 21st

PICK TWO ANSWERS: Which two inventions made the lives of women at home much easier than it had been in previous generations?

• Washing Machine

• Vacuum Cleaner

• Automobile

• Personal Computer

During the 1920s, most working women living in cities were limited to certain jobs. Which one of the following is NOT one of those jobs

• Maids

• Teachers

• Nurses

• Doctors

Women who wore short dresses that stopped at their knees, had bobbed or short hair, and did things like smoking and driving cars, which were usually activities reserved for men, were called _____________________.

• Flappers

• Nativists

• Speakeasies

• Rebels

In 1924, the state of Wyoming elected _______________________, who was the first female governor in the history of the United States.

• Nellie Tayloe Ross

• Susan B. Anthony

• Jeanette Rankin

• Ida B. Wells-Bannett