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WorksheetsCh. 12-13: Roaring 1920's
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from
a)
Big business
b)
Political radicals
c)
Corruption and fruad
d)
Labor union members
2.
The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was
a)
The automobile
b)
The use of electricity
c)
growth in industry
d)
A change in the birthrate
3.
The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
a)
Gold mines
b)
Union members
c)
High tariffs
d)
Oil-rich lands
4.
To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of
a)
being Spies
b)
Communist
c)
Bigots
d)
Nativists
5.
According To the map, the first international air route was available In
a)
1918
b)
In 1921
c)
By 1930
d)
After 1930
6.
According to the map, a plane traveling from Chicago’s airport to the airport in Minneapolis would have to
a)
travel Northeast
b)
Southeast
c)
Northwest
d)
Southwest
7.
According to the map, in 1930 it was possible to fly a scheduled route from the United States to
a)
Cuba
b)
China
c)
France
d)
Hawaii
8.
According to the map, which two cities did the first international air route connect?
a)
New York and Montreal
b)
New York and London
c)
Seattle and Victoria
d)
Miami and Paris
9.
Prejudice against foreign-born people
a)
Isolationism
b)
Urban sprawl
c)
Nativism
d)
Imperialism
10.
The ____________ was a fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in U.S. public schools.
a)
Fundamentalist movement
b)
Scopes Trial
c)
Harlem Renaissance
d)
Installment plan
11.
Leader of the Bolshevik political party in Russia making it the world’s first Communist country
a)
Vladimir Putin
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Vladimir Lenin
12.
This man is known for making a historic nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Will Rogers
c)
Charles A. Lindbergh
d)
F.W. Woolworth
13.
The trial and conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti was an example of the hysteria caused by the ____________ of the 1920’s
a)
Black Death
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Anti-Semitism
d)
Red Scare
14.
Economic and political system that supports government control over property in an attempt to achieve equality
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Democracy
d)
Republic
15.
A policy of pulling away from foreign affairs
a)
Isolationism
b)
Urban sprawl
c)
Nativism
d)
Imperialism
16.
One of the effects of this was a rise in organized crime
a)
Scopes Trial
b)
Prohibition
c)
Fundamentalism
d)
Isolationism
17.
The government failed to budget enough men and money to enforce this
a)
Fundamentalism
b)
Communism
c)
Prohibition
d)
Harlem Renaissance
18.
This was a literary and artistic movement that celebrated African American culture
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Great Migration
c)
Urban Renewal
d)
Harlem Renaissance
19.
Which of the following is not considered a direct result of the growing popularity and availability of the automobile?
a)
Changes in American landscape
b)
Changes in American architecture
c)
Urban sprawl
d)
Changes in the advertising industry
20.
It is difficult to enforce the laws governing prohibition for all of the following reasons except
a)
Many people were determined to break the laws.
b)
Insufficient funds were provided to pay for enforcement.
c)
Many law enforcement officials took bribes from smugglers and bootleggers.
d)
Prohibition banned only alcoholic beverages manufactured in the United States.
21.
To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as
a)
Speakeasies
b)
Penthouses
c)
Tenements
d)
Tea rooms
22.
The Harlem renaissance refers to
a)
A struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP.
b)
A population increase in the Harlem in the 1920s.
c)
A celebration of African-American culture in the literature and art.
d)
A program to promote African-American owned businesses.
23.
Fundamentalists believed that
a)
Evolution and creationism could coincide.
b)
Prohibition should be repealed.
c)
The bible should be taken literally.
d)
Drinking alcohol was acceptable
24.
“Double standard” refers to
a)
A stricter social and moral standards for women than for men in the 1920s.
b)
Lower wages for women earned compared to those earned by men in the 1920s.
c)
Amount of work that women did both at home and outside the house in the 1920s.
d)
Unfair treatment for women in the workplace in the 1920s.
25.
Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicians as
a)
Zora Neale Hurston
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Paul Robenson
d)
Langston Hughes
26.
The “Great Migration” of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of
a)
Immigrants from Europe to America
b)
People from rural areas and towns to large cities
c)
African Americans from Africa to America
d)
African Americans from the South to northern cities
27.
First woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, later mysteriously disappeared while attempting to fly around the world
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Amelia Earhart
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Eleanor Roosevelt
28.
One of the greatest composers and jazz piano players of the Harlem Renaissance
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
Norman Rockwell
d)
George Washington Carver
29.
Mafia leader in Chicago who rose to power during the Prohibition era
a)
Alexander Fleming
b)
Lucky Luciano
c)
Al Capone
d)
John Gotti
30.
African-American leader who led the "Back-to-Africa Movement" and Black Nationalism
a)
Norman Rockwell
b)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Marcus Garvey
31.
Changed farming in the south and discovered three hundred uses for peanuts
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Duke Ellington
d)
James Weldon Johnson
32.
Arguably the best known poet of the Harlem Renaissance
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
W.E.B. Dubois
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Norman Rockwell
33.
1920's painter we created works of art such as "Rosie the Riveter" and "The Problem We All Live With"
a)
Norman Rockwell
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
d)
Charles Lindbergh
34.
Hollywood comedic actor who stared black and white silent movies
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Mitchell A. Palmer
c)
Charlie Chaplin
d)
Louis Armstrong
35.
Women of the 1920's who rebelled against traditional values and embraced new fashions and attitudes
a)
Conservatives
b)
Flappers
c)
Skallywags
d)
Radicals
36.
Automobile maker who helped revolutionize American industry by pioneering the use of the moving assembly line.
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
37.
One of America's first great sports heroes and Heavyweight Boxing Champ of the world in the 1920's.
a)
Joe Louis
b)
Jack Dempsey
c)
Rocky Marciano
d)
Muhammad Ali
38.
African-American Migrations Map: By what percent did the population of African Americans in Louisiana change between 1890 and 1920?
a)
-11%
b)
-7%
c)
0%
d)
+11%
39.
African-American Migrations Map: By what percent did the African-American population change in New York?
a)
-3%
b)
-1%
c)
+1%
d)
+3%
40.
African-American Migrations Map: What did the Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina have in common during the period represented on the map?
a)
All were northern states.
b)
All experienced a decrease in percentage of African-American population.
c)
All experienced an increase in percentage of African-American population.
d)
The percentage of African-American population remained the same in all.
41.
African-American Migrations Map: Which state had the largest percent increase in its African-American population?
a)
Louisiana
b)
Florida
c)
West Virginia
d)
Indiana
42.
African-American Migrations Map: In which of the following groups did all three states experience an increase in the percentage of African-American population?
a)
Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky
b)
West Virginia, New York, Illinois
c)
Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas
d)
Delaware, Indiana, North Carolina
43.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of,
a)
Treason
b)
Anarchy
c)
Receiving bribes
d)
Robbery and murder
44.
According to the map, which statement most accurately describes civil air routes by 1930?
a)
The purpose of civil air route development was to connect the United States and Canada
b)
Civil air routes were added only to cities that had previously lacked service
c)
The rate of civil air route development consistently slowed in 1921
d)
Civil air routes serviced most major cities and were expanding to foreign countries
45.
One of the greatest professional baseball player's known as "The Great Bambino"
a)
Hank Aaron
b)
Joe Dimaggio
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Ted Williams
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