1920s History Quiz

Which amendment to the United States Constitution implemented Prohibition?

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

What term was used to describe the young, independent women of the 1920s who challenged traditional gender roles?

• flappers

• homemakers

• conservatives

• housewives

Which event in 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

• the discovery of gold in California

• the signing of the Treaty of Versailles

• stock market crash on October 29, 1929

• bank failures in the United States

What was the name given to the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North during the 1920s?

• African Exodus

• Southern Exodus

• Northern Migration

• Great Migration

Which term refers to the widespread fear of communism and radicalism in the United States during the 1920s?

• Blue Scare

• Red Scare

• Yellow Scare

• Green Scare

Which amendment to the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote?

• 15th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 19th Amendment

What was the name of the illegal bars that operated during Prohibition?

• bootleggers

• moonshine

• underground bars

• speakeasies

Which famous stock market crash occurred on October 29, 1929?

• Great Depression

• Black Tuesday

• Stock Market Crash of 1929

• Wall Street Crash of 1929

What was the name of the famous trial that debated the teaching of evolution in schools in 1925?

• Scopes Trial

• Monkey Trial

• Darwin Trial

• Evolution Trial

Which famous novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is often considered a reflection of the Jazz Age and the 1920s?

• The Catcher in the Rye

• To Kill a Mockingbird

• Moby-Dick

• The Great Gatsby