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WorksheetsFree Roaring 20's
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Legal papers purchased giving part ownership in a company or corporation.
a)
Temperance Society
b)
Prohibition
c)
Stocks
2.
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
a)
18th Amendment to the US Constitution
b)
19th Amendment to the US Constitution
c)
21st Amendment to the US Constitution
3.
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
a)
18th Amendment to the US Constitution
b)
19th Amendment to the US Constitution
c)
21st Amendment to the US Constitution
4.
Farmers who rent land and give part of their crop to the owner of the land.
a)
Flaming Youth
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Teenagers
d)
Sharecroppers
5.
Illegal taverns and bars.
a)
Flaming Youth
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Back Room Bars
d)
Sharecroppers
6.
Most notorious gangster in Chicago.
a)
Al Capone
b)
Greta Garbo
c)
Charlie Chaplin
d)
Charles Lindbergh
7.
Famous movie star of the 1920's. The men thought she was a "doll".
a)
Al Capone
b)
Charlie Chaplin
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Greta Garbo
8.
A comedy movie actor. He wore a bowler hat and carried a cane.
a)
Al Capone
b)
Charlie Chaplin
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Greta Garbo
9.
Flew the first non-stop airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean between New York City and Paris, France.
a)
Charlie Chaplin
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Greta Garbo
d)
Al Capone
10.
To what political party did the three Presidents of the Roaring Twenties belong?
a)
Green
b)
Republican
c)
Democratic
11.
Serious movie star of the 1920's. The women thought he was the "cat's meow".
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Rudolph Valentino
c)
Red Grange
d)
Louis Armstrong
12.
Football star of the 1920's.
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Rudolph Valentino
c)
Red Grange
d)
Louis Armstrong
13.
Trumpeter and leading player of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Rudolph Valentino
c)
Red Grange
d)
Louis Armstrong
14.
New York Yankees great baseball player.
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Rudolph Valentino
c)
Red Grange
d)
Louis Armstrong
15.
Which President of the 1920's is associated with the "Teapot Dome Scandal"?
a)
Warren Harding
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Herbert Hoover
16.
Which one of the following groups shared in the prosperity of the 1920's while the other three did not ?
a)
Recent Immigrants
b)
African Americans
c)
Stock Market Brokers
d)
Farmers
17.
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved from _______ .
a)
South to West
b)
South to North
c)
East to West
d)
North to South
18.
A popular fashion or trend that only lasts for a short period of time.
a)
Flapper
b)
Expatriate
c)
Fad
d)
Renaissance
19.
What was the name given to people who illegally transported and sold alcohol during Prohibition?
a)
Diabolical Drivers
b)
Rule Breakers
c)
Bootleggers
d)
Tricksters
20.
What was Calvin Coolidge's nickname?
a)
Silent Cal
b)
Loud-mouthed Cal
c)
Little Cal
d)
Hugh Cal
21.
Who is Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly?
a)
Race Car Driver
b)
Professional Golfer
c)
Vice-President of US
d)
Flag Pole Sitter
22.
Of the four presidents listed, which was not President during the 1920's?
a)
Warren Harding
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
23.
Young women during the 1920's who wore short dresses and bobbed their hair.
a)
Flappers
b)
Historians
c)
Sociologists
24.
People who study events and people from the past.
a)
Flappers
b)
Historians
c)
Sociologists
25.
People who study people living in communities during specific times.
a)
Flappers
b)
Historians
c)
Sociologists
26.
The belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners is called ______.
a)
nationalism
b)
nativism
c)
isolationism
d)
socialism
27.
A corporation that during 1928 went from $85 to $420 per share of stock.
a)
RCA
b)
KKK
c)
KDKA
28.
The total value of all goods and services produced in a country is called ______.
a)
productivity
b)
total economic supply
c)
gross domestic product
d)
the gross national product
29.
The first commercial radio station.
a)
RCA
b)
KKK
c)
KDKA
30.
A white supremacist group that reached its peak during the 1920's.
a)
RCA
b)
KKK
c)
KDKA
31.
A group formed to protest against the use of alcoholic beverages.
a)
Temperance Society
b)
Prohibition
c)
Stocks
32.
A period during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages was illegal.
a)
Temperance Society
b)
Prohibition
c)
Stocks
33.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of gender.
a)
18th Amendment to the US Constitution
b)
19th Amendment to the US Constitution
c)
21st Amendment to the US Constitution
34.
What is another name for a movie with sound?
a)
talkie
b)
voice enhanced
c)
alive sound
35.
Young people of the 1920's who enjoyed wild dancing and loud music.
a)
Flaming Youth
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Teenagers
d)
Sharecroppers
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