Roaring 20's Quiz

The Harlem Renaissance refers to:

• 1. a women's basketball team.

• 1. a program to promote Latino culture

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

John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of:

• history

• 1. evolution

• 1. creationism

F. Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920s as the -

• 1. Harlem Renaissance.

• 1. Jazz Age.

• 1. Prohibition Age.

 The NAACP did all of the following except - 

• 1. fight for legislation to protect African Americans.

• 1. work with anti-lynching organizations.

• 1. propose that African Americans move back to Africa.

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

• 1. immigrants from Europe to America

• 1. people from rural areas and towns to large cities

• 1. African Americans from the South to northern cities

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

• 1. Dust bowl

• 1. Poverty

• 1. Red Scare

All of the following were outcomes of the Red Scare EXCEPT:

• 1. Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti

• 1. Prohibition

• 1. Increase in the memberships of hate groups such as the KKK

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

• 1. Greater freedom of Travel

• 1. Greater freedom of expression

• 1. Equal pay

• 1. More job opportunities

Match the following vocab words to their defntions:

• The era after the 18 amendment

• Prohibition

• This was someone who provided/created il

• Flapper

• Nickname for the more outgoing girls of

• Speakeasy

• This was an "underground" saloon(bar)

• Bootlegger