WorksheetsThe Roaring Twenties
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Prohibition was implemented by passage of the
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
2.
Al Capone gave this city a reputation of Corruption and Criminality.
a)
New York
b)
Boston
c)
St. Louis
d)
Chicago
3.
Prohibition created which one of the following?
a)
Reduction in crime.
b)
Reduction in alcohol related deaths
c)
Organized Crime.
d)
More money being made.
4.
The man who flew the first nonstop flight from US to Paris.
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Charlie Chaplin
d)
Louis Armstrong.
5.
Making a small down payment, with regular monthly payments that follow is called...
a)
installment buying
b)
buying on margin
c)
bull market
d)
inflation
6.
What was the name given to the literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture in New York?
a)
The Enlightenment
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
The Great Awakening
d)
Back to Africa Movement
7.
Who promoted the back to Africa movement?
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Zora Neal Hurston
d)
Duke Ellington
8.
This Jazz musician would become the most popular jazz musician of his time.
a)
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
b)
Eugene O'Neill
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Ernest Hemingway
9.
Who likely made this statement? “I wear bobbed hair and powder my nose. I wear fringed short skirts and bright-colored sweaters with low-heeled shoes. I adore smoking, drinking, and dancing.”
a)
A post-World War II subordinate
b)
A Roaring Twenties flapper
c)
A Depression-era homemaker
d)
A Gilded Age feminist
10.
_______ illustrate the anti-immigration feelings of the 1920's because they were executed for a robbery on very, very thin evidence.
a)
Sacco and Vanzetti
b)
Laurel and Hardy
c)
Rogers and Hammerstein
d)
The Howard Brothers
11.
What was a bootlegger?
a)
Criminals who brought clothing made in other countries into the U.S.
b)
Criminals who brought guns made in other countries into the U.S.
c)
Criminal who sold alcohol in the United States to make a profit
d)
Criminals who immigrated to the U.S.
12.
The _______ Scandal, in which oil companies illegal drilled oil from public lands, illustrates the return of laissez-faire during the Harding administration and the 1920's.
a)
Teapot Dome
b)
Watergate
c)
Credit Mobilier
d)
Whiskey Ring
13.
Illegal bars during Prohibition were called:
a)
Sidebars
b)
Underbars
c)
Speakeasies
d)
juke joints
14.
Music created in Harlem Renaissance
a)
Jazz
b)
Rock
c)
Hip Hop
d)
Swing
15.
Anti-Immigrant Attitude (no immigrants)
a)
Red Scare
b)
Eugenics
c)
Nativism
d)
Return to Normalcy
16.
What was the name of the migration of African-Americans to the North called?
a)
Great Migration
b)
Racial Riots
c)
Back to Africa
17.
What type of economy is run by the government?
a)
Capitalist
b)
Barter
c)
Communism
18.
Who was arrested for teaching the theory of evolution in a public school?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Smith
c)
Coolidge
d)
Scopes
19.
The movement describing Christians whose beliefs were based on a literal translation of the Bible and who condemned radicals, changing attitudes of women, and Darwinism were known as:
a)
Fundamentalists
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Flappers
d)
Suffragettes
20.
What did the 21st Amendment do?
a)
Ended prohibition/18th Amendment
b)
Created the draft
c)
Women's sffrage
d)
Presidents get 2 terms of foffice
21.
What is a shot that exposes you to a disease to help make you immune?
a)
Epidural
b)
IV line
c)
Vaccine
d)
Anesthesia
22.
What type of economy is run by the market?
a)
Socialist
b)
Communist
c)
Capitalist
d)
Barter
23.
What did Harding promise America in the election of 1920?
a)
No income tax
b)
lower wages
c)
no immigrants
d)
Return to Normalcy
24.
Who invented the assembly line and made production more efficient?
a)
FDR
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Henry Ford
25.
The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was
a)
Automobile
b)
Electric
c)
Airlines
d)
Birthrates
26.
The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to:
a)
Help Britain and France pay off their war debt
b)
Raise taxes on goods entering the United States
c)
Help Germany pay off it’s war debts
d)
Raise taxes on cars within the United States
27.
The first peacetime use of airplanes was for:
a)
Fertilizing
b)
Mail
c)
Carrying Passengers
d)
Weather Forecasting
28.
Which of the following called for the abolition of private property in order to equally distribute wealth and power?
a)
Quota System
b)
Isolationism
c)
Nativism
d)
Communism
29.
The policy of removing yourself from world affairs, adopted by the United States in the years following World War One:
a)
Isolationism
b)
Removal
c)
Pacifist Thinking
d)
War Avoidance
30.
Which of the following are true regarding Sacco and Vanzetti?
a)
They were Italian immigrants living in the United States
b)
They were not liked because they were anarchists/immigrants
c)
They were wrongly accused of a murder and put to death
d)
All of these are true
31.
Which of the following is not a group targeted by the KKK?
a)
African Americans
b)
Immigrants
c)
Southern Whites
d)
Catholics
32.
Which of these describe Warren Harding’s Cabinet (The Ohio Gang)?
a)
They were Harding’s friends in office
b)
They sold government supplies for personal gain
c)
They were viewed as bad leaders who were dishonest
d)
All of these describe the Ohio Gang
33.
The Teapot Dome Scandal involved the illegal sale of government
a)
Food
b)
Drugs
c)
Oil
d)
Guns
34.
This city specialized in the production of cars (specifically Ford) in the 1920s:
a)
Pittsburgh
b)
Akron
c)
Detroit
d)
Ravenna
35.
American pioneers in the airline industry include
a)
Charles
Lindbergh
b)
Amelia Earhart
c)
Eddie Rickenbacker
d)
All of these
36.
Installment plans serve the same purpose as the modern day:
a)
Automobile
b)
Toaster Oven
c)
Electric Payments
d)
Credit Cards
37.
What era ultimately resulted from the consumer craze in the 1920’s? (Next Chapter)
a)
World War Two
b)
Great Depression
c)
September 11th
d)
World War One
38.
How did Prohibition contribute to the growth of organized crime?
a)
by forcing police to enforce anti-liquor laws
b)
the amount of bootleggers and smugglers rose
c)
by forcing farmers to grow grain for the production of alcohol
d)
by strengthening respect for the law
39.
What was a major result of Henry Ford’s innovative manufacturing techniques?
a)
The sale price of the average car increased.
b)
The sale price of cars went down.
c)
More Americans bought cars from overseas.
d)
Fewer Americans had jobs.
40.
What was the largest cultural split in 1920s America?
a)
between northern states and southern states
b)
between eastern states and western states
c)
between young Americans and elderly Americans
d)
between urban Americans and rural Americans
41.
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between
a)
Ohio State and Michgan
b)
education and science.
c)
evolution and science
d)
religion and science
42.
Most Americans who opposed the Ku Klux Klan embraced what notion?
a)
that the races should remain separate
b)
that America was a “melting pot”
c)
that immigrants should be deported
d)
that David Stephenson should be elected president
43.
The “New Woman” of the 1920s
a)
embraced Victorian morality
b)
rejected the notion of suffrage
c)
rejected old-school morals and expectations.
d)
began to prefer more modest fashions.
44.
Why did so many African Americans migrate north throughout the 1920s?
a)
for the milder climate
b)
for a chance at a better future
c)
to save money for legal reform in the South
d)
to serve in the military
45.
Which of the following statements about women in the 1920s is true?
a)
Not all women wanted to be flappers, but many wanted to change limitations.
b)
Women of the 1920s believed that they did not have the same rights as men.
c)
Women had difficulty finding jobs
d)
Women still tended to marry young and have numerous children.
46.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were
a)
anarchists
b)
communists
c)
union leaders.
d)
conscientious objectors.
47.
What international event led to the Red Scare?
a)
a murder in Italy
b)
a revolution in Russia
c)
an election in Britain
d)
an epidemic in Germany
48.
1920s were all about
a)
Breaking rules
b)
Spending money
c)
Staying out of war
d)
All of the above
49.
Famous inventions/advancements of the 1920s included
a)
Car
b)
Fridge
c)
Airplanes
d)
All of these
50.
Who was the Republican candidate for vice president in 1920?
a)
Calvin Coolidge
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Warren G. Harding
51.
What was the system of conveyor belts used to move parts to different groups of workers?
a)
Twenty-First amendment
b)
Expatriates
c)
moving assembly line
52.
Why did number of Model-T cars produced increase while the price decreased between 1908 and 1924?
a)
As prices lowered, production of the Model T also dropped
b)
Prices increased as sales increased
c)
Because the Model T was affordable, more people could buy it, causing production to rise
53.
Cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because —
a)
assimilation programs in the United States had been unsuccessful
b)
economic decline had increased the competition for jobs
c)
communists were infiltrating the United States
d)
political machines had too much power in urban areas
54.
This excerpt illustrates Harding’s campaign promise to be a president who would —
a)
help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade
b)
refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies
c)
use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries
d)
improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration
55.
How did the events on this time line affect U.S. businesses?
a)
Profit sharing became a standard practice for industrial corporations.
b)
Monopolistic practices were abolished by federal legislation.
c)
Mass-manufacturing techniques were adopted to maximize production.
d)
Retirement plans were guaranteed to factory workers.
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