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WorksheetsUSA Studies Weekly-Week 21 The Roaring 20s
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the 18th Amendment?
a)
It banned people from making, selling, and drinking alcohol.
b)
It gave women the right to vote.
c)
both A and B
d)
neither A nor B
2.
The Roaring 20s was a decade of prosperity for Americans. What was the word prosperity mean?
a)
hardship
b)
poverty
c)
wealth
d)
no jobs
3.
which of the following could be added to the list below of the inventions of the 1920s
vacuum cleaners
dishwashers
?
toasters
fans
vacuum cleaners
dishwashers
?
toasters
fans
a)
telephones
b)
tevevisions
c)
telegraphs
d)
sewing machine
4.
Which of the following was NOT something that most Americans had in the 1920s?
a)
electricity in their homes
b)
a radio
c)
a car
d)
a television
5.
For the first time, people could buy goods on credit, paying over time in small monthly payments. This was called__________________.
a)
the Vostead Act
b)
advertising
c)
installment buying
d)
purchasing power
6.
What was one of the results of Prohibition?
a)
It reduced poverty.
b)
It lowered crime rates.
c)
It caused most people to stop drinking alcohol.
d)
It led to organized crime, which supplied alcohol to people who wanted it
7.
Illegal nightclubs that served liquor were called____________.
a)
speakeasies
b)
bootleggers
c)
flappers
d)
smugglers
8.
The gasoline-powered, multipurpose tractor revolutionized American_____________.
a)
transportation
b)
communication
c)
agriculture
d)
entertainment
9.
What is one thing that put the roar into the Roaring 20s?
a)
flapper dancers
b)
alcohol
c)
more money to spend
d)
prohibition
10.
What type of music grew enormously in popularity in the 1920s?
a)
jazz
b)
classical
c)
rock and roll
d)
country western
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