The Roaring Twenties

What answer best describes the "Roaring Twenties"?

• a period of American History wherein the people experienced prolonged periods of economic depression.

• a boisterous era of prosperity, fast cars, jazz, speakeasies, and wild youth.

• a greatly expanding economy and the emergence of plutocratic influences in government and society.

• None of these Answers.

The Harlem Renaissance refers to

• a women's basketball team.

• a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s.

• a program to promote Latino culture

• a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art.

The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of ___.

• immigrants from Europe to America

• people from rural areas and towns to large cities

• African Americans from the United States to Africa

• African Americans from the South to northern cities

After Russia fell to Communism during WWI; _______________ swept across America.

• Dust bowl

• Support of communism

• Poverty

• The Red Scare

All of the following describe women in the 1920s except:

• Greater freedom of Travel

• Greater freedom of expression

• Equal pay

• More job opportunities

This Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.

• the 18th amendment

• the 19th amendment

• the 20th amendment

• the 21st amendment

What group is shown in the photo?

• Suffragists

• Flappers

• Speakeasy Girls

• The Women’s League of America

What was different about the women shown in the photo from the previous question?

• They rejected traditional 1920s ideas of what was acceptable behavior for women.

• They smoked cigarettes, went out dancing at night clubs, drank alcohol, and wore “short” skirts.

• They “bobbed” their hair (cut it short) and listened to jazz music.

• They worked outside the home at different jobs not previously available to their mothers and grandmothers.

• All of these Answers are Correct.

The major issue debated during the Scopes Trial was the teaching of -

• Black history.

• Women’s history.

• Evolution.

• Nativism

What was the Red Scare?

• American overreaction to the threat of communism.

• The measles pandemic of 1925 - 1926.

• The extreme lack of blood donations following World War I.

• A beef shortage in 1923 caused by the “red” cattle disease in the West.