Roaring 20's Quiz

What was the primary way flappers of the 1920s challenged the traditional role of women?

• fought for increased job opportunities

• pressured colleges and universities to accept female students

• displayed fashions and behaviors that shocked mainstream society

• helped female politicians win campaigns

What was one of the biggest reasons why the American economy boomed in the 1920s?

• mass production led to goods being made faster and an increase in supply

• the arrest of criminals who wouldn't stop killing people

• the banning of alcohol

• giving women the right to vote

African-American musicians, writers, and artists gained fame and recognition for their works. Jazz music became extremely popular. This is known as the ​ (a)  

• Harlem Renaissance
• Great Migration
• Lost Generation
• Prohibition

Americans were worried that ​ (a)   were going to ​ (b)   America.

• Communists
• invade
• French people
• leave

Why was the 21st Amendment passed?

• To limit presidents to 2 terms

• To give women the right to vote

• To completely ban alcohol in the US

• Enforcing the 18th Amendment was too difficult

Answer explanation

Organized crime grew so out of control during Prohibition Americans decided the ban on alcohol was no longer worth the trouble

Two reasons African-Americans moved out of the South during the Great Migration

• No opportunity to vote in the South

• The climate in the north was better

• They faced heavy discrimination in the South

• Northern schools are better than Southern ones

The Roaring 20s was a time when

• war was being fought in Europe.

• the US economy was in a state of depression.

• business was booming and spirits were high.

• the US was trying to fight for independence from England.

In 1927 Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly nonstop across the

• Great Lakes

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

A popular book that examined life in the 1920s was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Its title was

• Gone With The Wind

• The Great Gatsby

• Raisins in the Sun

• Great Expectations

The Red Scare was the fear in the rise of what?

• Communism

• Facism

• Anarchy

• Democracy