Checkpoint 8: Roaring Twenties

What does the Roaring Twenties mean?

• a time of prosperity and economic boom in America

• a horrible time in America

• a lion was roaring in the twenties

• an economic nightmare in history

What was some popular music in the 1920s? (choose 2)

• jazz

• swing

• rap

• rock n' roll

Who were some famous jazz musicians in the 1920s? (choose 2)

• Louis Armstrong

• Elvis Presley

• Morgan Wallen

• Duke Ellington

What were some types of entertainment that became popular in the 1920s? (choose 3)

• silent movies

• boxing

• youtube

• radios

What were some inventions of the 1920s that became more affordable? (choose 3)

• cell phones

• washing machines

• vacuums

• automobiles

What is the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future?

• stealing

• robbery

• credit

• rich

What did most of the new inventions require to work?

• batteries

• water

• gasoline

• electricity

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

• A war in Harlem

• A Renaissance festival

• A period in the 1920s when African American art, literature, and music flourished.

• A musician in Harlem

What made it possible for the average American family to own a car in the 1920's? (choose 2)

• Being wealthy

• Mass production

• Batteries

• Assembly line

This Jazz musician would become the most popular jazz musician of his time.

• Paul Lawrence Dunbar
• Eugene O'Neill
• Louis Armstrong
• Ernest Hemingway