jazz age review

The movement of African Americans from the south to the north and Midwest is called

• the Harlem Renaissance

• the Great Migration

• the Great Depression

• the Italian Renaissance

Which of these were reasons that African Americans left the south? (3 push factors)

• Sharecropping

• too many jobs

• segregation

• freedom

• lynching

Which of these were reasons that African Americans wanted to come to the north and Midwest? (3 pull factors)

• sharecropping

• available jobs

• segregation

• freedom

• better schools

People in the 1920's could enjoy which of these technologies for entertainment?

• television

• radio

• movies

• cassette players

How did Prohibition change life in the United States?

• children stopped drinking alcohol

• African Americans moved north

• Women gained their independence

• Organized Crime increased because of illegal alcohol sales

Affordable automobiles led to what changes in the United States in the 1920's?

• Drinking at speakeasies increased

• Americans had more freedom and roads were paved

• Americans began walking more

• Americans were outraged by the high prices of cars

Which of these descriptions fits life in the Roaring Twenties?

• a time of prosperity, social change, artistic rebirth and organized crime

• a time of technological breakthroughs and online gaming

• a time of conflict and economic hardships

• the rise of imperialism and international conquest

Which viewpoint did Clarence Darrow represent in the Scopes Trial?

• Scientific research will support the basic beliefs of the Bible.

• The teachings of the Bible should not be questioned.

• Evolutionary theory has not been proven by scientific evidence.

• Religious interpretations of science have no place in the public school classroom.

Nativists in the 1920s would probably have approved of which earlier action?

• 19th Amendment

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Antiquities Act

Which effect on African Americans resulted from the Great Migration?

• It began the shift of southern African Americans away from rural life to urban life.

• It stopped racism and discrimination of African Americans.

• It reduced the population of African Americans available to work in industry.

• It increased the number of African Americans with their own farms.