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WorksheetsProgressive Era HIST 1302
Total questions: 152
Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When was the Progressive Era?
a)
Antebellum
b)
1865-1877
c)
1900-1920
d)
1933-1945
2.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
3.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
4.
What anti monopoly law made all"combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Keller-Cefauver Act
5.
Who advocated for African Americans to take on menial jobs and earn the respect of white America with hard work ?
a)
WEB Du Bois
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Nat Turner
6.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
7.
Which of the following is an initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
8.
Which of the following is a Referendum?
a)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose their own law
d)
Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people
9.
Which of the following is a Recall?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
10.
Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
a)
Eugene Debs
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Samuel Gompers
d)
Upton Sinclair
11.
Whose book caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Jacob Riis
12.
This person helped to found the NAACP
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
13.
Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?
a)
the right to vote
b)
the right to own property
c)
equal pay for equal work
d)
equal access to employment and education
14.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
15.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
16.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
17.
This was created to allow women to vote nationally
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
18.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
19.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
20.
Made it illegal to create trusts and monopolies
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Sherman Antimonopoly Act
c)
Sherman Shortly Act
d)
Sherman No Business Act
21.
The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and head of the African Americans community
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
W.E.B Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
22.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
23.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
24.
Teddy Roosevelt reduced the power of these types of businesses which controlled the American economy?
a)
horizontal monopolies
b)
small businesses
c)
corporations
d)
trusts
25.
Journalists who exposed graft and corruption is society were known as:
a)
socialists
b)
trouble makers
c)
muckrakers
d)
bull moosers
26.
President Teddy Roosevelt HAND PICKED this man to be his successor.
a)
McKinley
b)
Taft
c)
Wilson
d)
Reagan
27.
What war/conflict made Teddy Roosevelt famous?
a)
Civil War
b)
Spanish American War
c)
World War I
d)
Vietnam War
28.
Roosevelt's foreign policy
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Missinary Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Big Deal Diplomacy
29.
What office did Teddy Roosevelt hold BEFORE he was McKinley's Vice President?
a)
Mayor of New York City
b)
Governor of New York State
c)
Bull Moose Party Leader
d)
Secretary of War
30.
Initiatives enabled voters to ...
a)
Seek work
b)
Move from state to state
c)
Propose laws
31.
The President who stated that both labor and management shall have a "square deal" and therefore did not take management's side during the 1902 coal strike was...
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Taft
32.
This is an election where the voters choose a polictial party's candidate for the general election rather than the political bosses
a)
Referendum
b)
Direct Primary
c)
Recall
33.
This is an election where the voters can remove an elected official
a)
Referendum
b)
Direct Primary
c)
Recall
34.
This allowed voters to approve or disapprove a proposed law
a)
Referendum
b)
Direct Primary
c)
Recall
35.
This amendment established the Federal Income Tax
a)
16th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
36.
Which agency was created as a direct result of a novel about the meatpacking industry?
a)
Food and Drug Administration
b)
Federal Trade Commission
c)
Meat Packing Administration
d)
World Health Organization
37.
What does Trust-busting mean?
a)
end discrimination
b)
stop monopolies (restore competition)
c)
label ingredients on food and drugs
d)
election for political offices
38.
True or False
Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to become president.
Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to become president.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
What organization did Marshall work for as a lawyer?
a)
NFL
b)
NAACP
c)
ASE
40.
The agreement that Teddy Roosevelt negotiated between striking workers and management at a coal mine
a)
New Deal
b)
Fair Deal
c)
Square Deal
d)
Super Deal
41.
This was created to regulate railroads
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
Interstate Commerce Commision
c)
Railway Regulation Firm
d)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
42.
What nickname did Roosevelt get after breaking up monopolies with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a)
Trustbuster
b)
Monopolybuster
c)
Theodore Roosevelt Destroyer of Trusts
d)
Slayer of trusts and eradicator of monopolies
43.
This disaster killed over 100 workers and resulted in workplace safety codes
a)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
b)
Circle Pantswaist Factory Fire
c)
Sherman Factory Fire
d)
The Jungle Factory Fire
44.
The Jungle--by muckraker Upton Sinclair--exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and led to this law
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
Meat Inspection Act
c)
Food Cleanliness Act
d)
Clayton Anti-Meat Act
45.
This law banned harmful medical products and false medical claims.
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
Food Inspection Act
c)
Meat Inspection Act
d)
Pure Food Analysis Act
46.
This president created the national parks system and helped to preserve America's natural resources
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
William McKinley
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
47.
Who became president after William McKinley was assassinated?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Ulysses Grant
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
48.
Which Constitutional Amendment finally allowed American women to vote in 1920?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
16th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
49.
In 1848, women first gathered here to begin their official fight for Suffrage.
a)
Seneca Falls, New York
b)
Salem, Ohio
c)
Albany, New York
d)
Worcester, Massachusetts
50.
In 1848, this official document was written, outlining the arguments for women's suffrage was based closely upon another document written in frustration.
a)
Declaration of the Rights of Women
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Declaration of Sentiments
d)
Declaration of Suffrage
51.
What American Suffragist was arrested for picketing the White House on behalf of Suffrage?
a)
Carrie Chapman Catt
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Alice Paul
d)
Betty Friedan
52.
What is "Suffrage"?
a)
Right to freedom
b)
Right to vote
c)
Right to citizenship
d)
Right to Temperence
53.
What group of people opposed immigration?
a)
The Whisperes
b)
The Suffaragists
c)
The Nativists
d)
The Ancestors
54.
What was the purpose of temperance?
a)
To refuse alcohol
b)
To indulge in alcohol
c)
To abolish slavery
d)
To refuse food
55.
This Suffrage Movement leader was also a Quaker minister.
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Lucretia Mott
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Sojourner Truth
56.
Where was the first Women's Rights Convention held?
a)
Seneca Falls, New York
b)
Albany, New York
c)
Columbus, Ohio
d)
Miami, Florida
57.
Tariffs at one time were the largest source of revenue for the U.S. With lower tariffs, what NEW source of revenue was created to replace it?
a)
federal income tax
b)
corporate tax
c)
national sales tax
d)
federal property tax
58.
Which constitutional amendment allowed for a federal income tax?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
59.
Former President Teddy Roosevelt was so upset at his protege', Taft, he did what during Taft's bid for reelection in 1912?
a)
actively campaigned for another Republican candidate
b)
actively campaigned for the Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson
c)
Formed the Bull Moose Party and ran against Taft
d)
Left the country in protest
60.
What impact did the Republican split have on the election of 1912?
a)
Democrat Woodrow Wilson won in a landslide
b)
Democrat Woodrow Wilson won by a narrow margin
c)
Teddy Roosevelt won as a third party candidate
d)
Taft won reelction
61.
What does the Federal Reserve do?
a)
Regulates monopolies
b)
Regulates the money supply
c)
Regulates trusts
d)
Regulates Prohibition
62.
Progressives want to use the power of the __________ to fix perceived problems.
a)
umbrella
b)
government
c)
banks
d)
Lord
63.
Before becoming president, Woodrow Wilson was a...
a)
Princeton professor
b)
Georgia Peanut Farmer
c)
California Surf Enthusiast
d)
Wine Somolier
64.
Wilson supported rules that instituted these for railroad workers.
a)
8 hour work days
b)
steel toed boots
c)
lighter hammers
d)
free sandwiches
65.
Wilson attempted to make rules that said children younger than 14 couldn't...
a)
work in factories
b)
learn to read
c)
open their own juice box
d)
have recess
66.
To promote the continuing drive for equality for blacks, the _______ is created.
a)
NCAA
b)
NAACP
c)
ADL
d)
BOP
67.
He said, "We will make the world safe for democracy."
a)
David Lloyd George
b)
Georges Clemenceau
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Vittorio Orlando
68.
Britain and France __________ Germany for their role in WWI.
a)
wanted to excuse or at least not be too hurtful to
b)
wanted to severely punish
69.
This Allied leader said that he wanted, "peace without victory."
a)
David Lloyd George
b)
Georges Clemenceau
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Vittorio Orlando
70.
This Allied leader brought his "Fourteen Point Peace Plan" to the treaty conference to end WWI.
a)
David Lloyd George
b)
Georges Clemenceau
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Vittorio Orlando
71.
Which point of Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Point Peace Plan" was the creation of a League of Nations.
a)
Third
b)
Eleventh
c)
Thirteenth
d)
Fourteenth
72.
The U.S. Congress ratified (approved) the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
a)
False
b)
True
73.
The creation of the League of Nations was to protect the independence of all countries large or small.
a)
False
b)
True
74.
Woodrow Wilson of the U.S., David Lloyd George of Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France and Vittorio Orlando of Italy were called the ____________.
a)
The Communists
b)
The Marxists
c)
The Big Four
d)
The Four Feathers
75.
The formal ending of World War I (WWI), The Great War, The War To End All Wars was known as _______________.
a)
The Armistice
b)
The abdication
c)
The Treaty of Versailles
d)
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsh
76.
__________ cash payments (money) for Allied losses suffered during the war.
a)
abdicating is the
b)
armistices are
c)
reparations are
d)
communism is the
77.
As part of the Versailles Peace Agreement . . . Germany had to accept __________ responsibility for WWI.
a)
some
b)
total
78.
As part of the Versailles Peace Plan . . . Germany had to ______________ of her overseas colonies.
a)
give up three
b)
give up all
79.
As part of the Versailles Peace Plan . .. Germany had ___________.
a)
to give up Alsace Lorraine
b)
to give up parts of Alsace Lorraine
80.
As part of the Treaty of Versailles . . . Germany _______________.
a)
had to give up all of her military forces
b)
had her military forces greatly reduced
c)
had to turn most of her country to the Allies
d)
had to eliminate her submarines only.
81.
______________ were people who wanted the U.S. to stay out of world affairs and they opposed the League of Nations.
a)
Communists
b)
Marxists
c)
Isolationists
d)
Economists
82.
President Wilson _____________ the Treaty of Versailles by touring 29 cities in the U.S. and making 37 speeches clearly exhausting himself.
a)
worked to stop the U.S. Congress from passing
b)
worked to get the U.S. Congress to pass
83.
The pressure and exhaustive speaking tour would lead to President Woodrow Wilson to have a stroke which would severely incapacitate him for approximately 17 months.
a)
False
b)
True
84.
Who was the bigger "trustbuster?"
a)
Taft
b)
Roosevelt
85.
What political party did Roosevelt run as in the election of 1912?
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Bull Moose
d)
Libertarian
86.
Who won the election of 1912?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Wilson
d)
McKinley
87.
Which amendment allowed for the direct election of US Senators?
a)
16
b)
17
c)
18
d)
19
88.
What did the 18th Amendment do?
a)
Banned marijuana
b)
Banned alcohol
c)
Banned tacos
d)
Banned women from voting
89.
What did the 19th Amendment provide?
a)
Women's Suffrage
b)
Voting rights for black men
c)
Prohibition
d)
Repeal of prohibition
90.
Which president pushed for the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Federal Reserve, and Federal Trade Commission?
a)
McKinley
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Wilson
91.
This man was elected after Roosevelt to continue the progressive reform agenda.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
William McKinley
92.
This word means pride in one's country; it was a cause of WWI.
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
93.
This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Militarism
c)
Alliances
d)
Imperialism
94.
This word means seeking other colonies; it was a cause of World War I.
a)
Militarism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Alliances
d)
Nationalism
95.
This word means support for different sides during war; there were the Allied and Central powers during WWI.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Alliances
d)
Militarism
96.
World War I began in ____ and ended in _____.
a)
1914, 1917
b)
1917, 1918
c)
1914, 1918
97.
Germany used their U-boats to sink ships of the Allied powers; this British passenger liner was destroyed in 1917.
a)
Lusitania
b)
USS Maine
98.
The United States entered WWI in what year?
a)
1914
b)
1915
c)
1916
d)
1917
99.
Who won WWI?
a)
Allied powers
b)
Central Powers
100.
What was signed in 1919 to end WWI?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of World Wars
101.
Germany had to pay $33 billion dollars in _______________.
a)
land
b)
military
c)
reparations
102.
Germany also had to ______ their military.
a)
disarm
b)
disband
c)
give up
103.
Germany also had to take ______ for the war.
a)
a hit
b)
blame
c)
one for the team
104.
9) WWI began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia one month after:
a)
Serbia tried to take more of Austria-Hungary's land.
b)
Serbia burned their flag.
c)
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were killed.
d)
Serbia won more Olympic medals.
105.
When World War I began, the official United States policy was
a)
to enter on the side of the Allied Powers
b)
the enter on the side of the Central Powers
c)
to remain militarily and politically neutral
d)
to support the Central Powers by providing war materials
106.
Which of Woodrow Wilson's proposals was included in the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
the League of Nations
b)
reparations from Germany
c)
removal of all trade barriers
d)
restoration of the Russian monarchy
107.
According to Woodrow Wilson, the purpose of the League of Nations was
a)
to remove threat of future wars.
b)
to prevent nuclear proliferation.
c)
to help the US gain more territories.
d)
to help promote prohibition in other countries.
108.
What action on November 11, 1918, brought World War I to and end?
a)
An armistice was signed
b)
A surrender was given
c)
A propaganda campaign was waged.
d)
The allies won a major battle.
109.
Which of these is a type of fighting used in World War One?
a)
Trench Warfare
b)
Atomic Bomb
c)
Guerilla Warfare
d)
No-Man's Land
110.
What was the Zimmerman Note?
a)
The German policy of attacking all ships entering or leaving Britain
b)
Wilson's speech concerning why the U.S should enter WWI
c)
A proposal by Germany that Mexico attack the US in return for territory
d)
a note left behind by a Serbian Nationalist in Austria-Hungary
111.
Who was the President of the United States during WWI?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
112.
Communist leader that quickly took over Russia and formed the Soviet Union after the revolution.
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Tsar Nicholas II
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Franz Ferdinand
113.
Which countries made up the Triple Alliance?
a)
Germany, Italy, Japan
b)
Russia, Germany, France
c)
United States, Belgium, Romania
d)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
114.
Which countries made up the Triple Entente?
a)
Great Britain, China, India
b)
France, Spain,United States
c)
Russia, Norway, Finland
d)
Great Britain, France, Russia
115.
Biased communication intended to influence people’s thoughts and actions is known as ____________________.
a)
Propaganda
b)
Espionage
c)
Sedition
d)
Dissent
116.
What was the long-term impact of World War I?
a)
The U.S. became a world superpower
b)
War was effectively eliminated by the League of Nations
c)
It led to World War II
d)
It made Woodrow Wilson a hero
117.
What is conscription?
a)
being sentenced to death
b)
writing a legal document
c)
drafting into the war
d)
making a war plan
118.
What was the ban of alcoholic beverages in the United States called?
a)
Emancipation
b)
Abolition
c)
Prohibition
d)
Temperance
119.
A woman dressed in this fashion during the 1920s was known by what term?
a)
bootlegger
b)
flapper
c)
suffragette
d)
hoofer
120.
In 1927, which famous aviator made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
John Glenn
c)
Charles Lindburgh
d)
John Scopes
121.
In 1929, all of the prosperity of the 1920s came to a screeching halt with the crash of the stock market on Black Tuesday. What was the date of that event?
a)
October 29
b)
April 1
c)
December 12
d)
July 14
122.
What was the mass fear of Communism and radicalism in the early called?
a)
Americanism Movement
b)
Progressivism
c)
The Democracy War
d)
The Red Scare
123.
The Immigration Act of 1924 put a complete ban on immigrants coming from where?
a)
Germany
b)
China
c)
Mexico
d)
Japan
124.
This item was one every family wanted in their household during the 1920s?
a)
radio
b)
electric razor
c)
wood stove
d)
television
125.
During prohibition, underground clubs that sold alcohol were known by what term?
a)
bootleggers
b)
speakeasies
c)
struggle buggy
d)
torpedo
126.
This African-American trumpet player, nicknamed Satchmo or Satch, was instrumental in bringing jazz music into popular culture during the 1920s.
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Satchell Paige
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Bennie Goodman
127.
Which of the following was NOT a president in the United States during the 1920s?
a)
Calvin Coolidge
b)
Warren G. Harding
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
128.
Which Russian Communist revolutionary died in 1924?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Vladimir Putin
129.
Which 1920's gangster reportedly had 1,000 gunmen and half of Chicago's police force on his payroll?
a)
Jimmy Hoffa
b)
Al Capone
c)
Baby Face Nelson
d)
Bugsy Siegel
130.
What innovation did Henry Ford use to boost the automotive industry?
a)
Interchangeable Parts
b)
The Assembly Line
c)
The Seaplane
d)
Washing Machine
131.
What were the most popular types of music in the 1920’s.
a)
Rap
b)
Classical
c)
Jazz and Blues
d)
Country
132.
Which term BEST describes the 1920's?
a)
Decline
b)
Stagnation
c)
Prosperity
d)
Uneasiness
133.
Which author most contributed to the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Langston Huges
c)
Dorthea Lang
d)
John Steinbeck
134.
The Harlem Renaissance was
a)
Celebration of African American Culture
b)
Spark of increased industrial jobs
c)
Creation of controversial policies
d)
Creation of the Department of Interior
135.
What was “The Great Migration?”
a)
Movement of people from East to West
b)
Movement of African Americans from southern rural to northerurban areas
c)
Movement of immigrants to the United States
d)
Movement of people from West to East
136.
Why did many African Americans move to Harlem, New York?
a)
for a chance to work on farms
b)
the North did not have any jobs
c)
due to discrimination in the South
d)
the South was treating them fairly
137.
Which of the following is NOT true about the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Many African Americans came to Harlem from the South due to the “Great Migration”.
b)
Authors, poets, and painters used their work to tell about the lives of African Americans.
c)
It was a period of great achievements in arts and learning.
d)
White citizens did not enjoy the authors, poets, or painters of this time.
138.
U.S. Attorney General who tried to capture & deport as many communists as possible during 1919 & 1920 was
a)
Warren G. Harding
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
A. Mitchell Palmer
139.
What group of people in the United States were inspired by the Communist Revolution?
a)
The business elites in the country.
b)
The poor and working class in the country.
c)
The politicians in Washington D.C.
d)
None of the above.
140.
The government of what country was overthrown in 1917 and turned into a Communist country?
a)
Russia
b)
Austria-Hungary
c)
Germany
d)
England
141.
If I am an anarchists I believe:
a)
that governments are evil and should not exist.
b)
that governments should make all decisions in order to create an equal society.
c)
that governments should make decisions about the economy but not about social issues.
d)
None of the above.
142.
What tactic did the Anarchist group in the United States use to send a message about their criticisms of the United States in 1919 & 1920?
a)
They held peaceful protest rallies.
b)
They organized workers strikes to convince business owners to treat their workers better.
c)
They engaged in terrorist bombing attacks throughout the country aimed at wealthy Americans.
d)
They got members of their group elected to public office in order to pass laws to help their cause.
143.
What did the Eighteenth Amendment state?
a)
This amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
b)
This amendment outlawed the advertisment of alcohol.
c)
This amendment changed the age a person had to be to buy alcohol.
144.
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)
Criminals who brought alcohol made in other countries into the U.S.
145.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars
d)
hidden spots
146.
What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?
a)
It stopped speakeasies
b)
It ended Prohibition
c)
It arrested bootleggers
147.
What is jazz?
a)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1920s.
b)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1930s
c)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1940s
d)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1950s
148.
Who was one of the best known jazz composers of the 1920s?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Bessie Smith
c)
Duke Ellington
149.
Who was a popular blues singer of the 1920s?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Bessie Smith
150.
What were the Charleston, Lindy Hop, and the Jitterbug?
a)
Popular people during the 1920s
b)
Popular places during the 1920s
c)
Popular dances during the 1920s
d)
Popular foods during the 1920s
151.
Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
152.
Which painter created several series, or groups, of paintings that showed African American life and history?
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Jacob Lawrence
c)
Zora Neale Hurston
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