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WorksheetsEarly 20th Century & The Jazz Age
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who first used the assembly line to produce automobiles?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Henry Ford
2.
"Man’s First Flight Takes Place in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina." This news headline describes who?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Wright Brothers
d)
Henry Ford
3.
Greater mobility, Creation of jobs, Growth of Transportation-related industries, Movement to suburban areas - What was the cause of the above?
a)
Lightbulb Invention
b)
Affordable Automobiles
c)
Airplane Invention
d)
Broadcast Industry Development
4.
Washing machines, Electric stoves, Water pumps are examples of what?
a)
electric lighting industries
b)
labor-saving products
c)
transportation-related industries
d)
time consuming products
5.
What places were created during Prohibition, for people to drink alcoholic beverages?
a)
Speak-easies
b)
Assembly lines
c)
Bootleggers
d)
Jazz clubs
6.
During Prohibition, who made and smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime?
a)
Progressives
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Yellow Journalists
d)
Prohibitionists
7.
Chronicling the experiences of the Great Migration, the painting shown was created by –
a)
Georgia O’Keefe
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Jacob Lawrence
8.
What was the purpose of the 21st Amendment?
a)
To repeal Prohibition
b)
To prevent child labor
c)
To grant women suffrage
d)
To improve factory wages
9.
Which person was a poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Louis Armstrong
10.
Aaron Copland and George Gershwin composed
a)
books about migrant workers
b)
uniquely American music
c)
books about the Jazz Age
d)
poetry about African-American experiences
11.
Who is well known for urban scenes and paintings of the Southwest?
a)
Jacob Lawrence
b)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
Georgia O’Keefe
12.
Which novelist portrayed the strength of the migrant workers during the 1930’s?
a)
John Steinbeck
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
d)
Bessie Smith
13.
Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were
a)
novelists who wrote about the 1920’s
b)
poets from Harlem
c)
blues singers
d)
jazz musicians
14.
The person pictured was a well known
a)
artist
b)
blues singer
c)
jazz composer
d)
novelist
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