Roaring 20's Quiz

Secret bars that served alcohol were called what?

• Pubs

• Clubs

• Speakeasies

• Talkies

 Flappers challenged traditional standards in all of the following ways EXCEPT

• they wore shorter skirts

• they smoked and drank publically

• they cut their hair short

• they supported the 18th amendment

The Palmer Raids and the Sacco and Vanzetti case demonstrated which of the following?

• Americans were beginning to react to and reject isolationism.

• Traditional American social boundaries were being eliminated

• Fear of foreigners and communists provoked injustices.

• More people began to support women’s rights.

The fear that communism would spread throughout the U.S.

• Nativism

• Red Scare

• White Scare

• Isolationism

When a country pulls away from world affairs

• Isolationism

• Nationalism

• Nativism

• Neutrality

The execution of Sacco & Vanzetti was an example of

• The growth and new ideas of the KKK

• A result of women getting the right to vote

• The extensive use of the installment plan

• “Nativism”, or the intense hostility towards foreigners during the 1920s

Which statement accurately describes the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s?

• An organization created to promote African American businesses

• A movement that sought to draw people back to the inner cities

• A relief program that provided jobs for minority workers

•  A period of great achievement by African-American writers and artists

Who was the New York Yankee that hit 60 home runs?

• Babe Ruth

• Ozzie Smith

• Mark McGuire

• Ben "Butterfinger" Benson

The economic and political government ruled by single dictator in which the government owns everything and all wealth is equally distributed.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Socialism

• Monarchy

What was the largest African American urban area in the 1920's?

• Harlem

• East St. Louis

• Chicago

• New Orleans