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WorksheetsThe Boom
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the ban of alcoholic beverages in the United States called?
a)
Emancipation
b)
Abolition
c)
Prohibition
d)
Temperance
2.
A woman dressed in this fashion during the 1920s was known by what term?
a)
bootlegger
b)
flapper
c)
suffragette
d)
hoofer
3.
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
4.
What was the name of this popular automobile that was mass produced and affordable, thanks to the assembly line?
a)
Oldsmobile
b)
Chrysler 500
c)
Model F
d)
Model T
5.
This item was one every family wanted in their household during the 1920s?
a)
radio
b)
electric razor
c)
wood stove
d)
television
6.
Which amendment outlawed alcoholic beverages in the United States?
a)
18th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
21st Amendment
d)
25th Amendment
7.
Which famous baseball star of the 1920s had the nickname "The Great Bambino"?
a)
Lou Gehrig
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Ty Cobb
8.
During prohibition, underground clubs that sold alcohol were known by what term?
a)
bootleggers
b)
speakeasies
c)
struggle buggy
d)
torpedo
9.
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
10.
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
11.
Which of the following were 1920s slang terms for engagement and wedding rings.
a)
handcuffs and manacles
b)
bling and baubles
c)
icy mitts
d)
sparklers and frippery
12.
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.
13.
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.
14.
What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?
a)
It stopped speakeasies
b)
It ended Prohibition
c)
It arrested bootleggers
15.
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
16.
What was Prohibition?
a)
A complete ban on the sale of food
b)
A complete ban on the sale of clothes
c)
A complete ban on the sale of alcohol
d)
A complete ban on the sale of cars
17.
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
18.
What did the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald nickname the decade of the 1920s?
a)
The Fun Age
b)
The Jazz Age
c)
The Blues Age
d)
The Dancing Age
19.
What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous book?
a)
The Jazz Age
b)
Prohibition
c)
The Great Gatsby
20.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan
21.
Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
22.
Who was one of the most famous baseball players during the 1920s?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Gertrude Ederle
c)
Amelia Earhart
23.
Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Charles Lindbergh
24.
What innovation did Henry Ford use to boost the automotive industry?
a)
Interchangeable Parts
b)
The Assembly Line
c)
The Seaplane
d)
Washing Machine
25.
What were the most popular types of music in the 1920’s.
a)
Rap
b)
Classical
c)
Jazz and Blues
d)
Country
26.
During the 1920s people's lives changed because they began listening to the what?
a)
mass media
b)
movies
c)
radio
d)
music
27.
Which term BEST describes the 1920's?
a)
Decline
b)
Stagnation
c)
Prosperity
d)
Uneasiness
28.
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
29.
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
30.
Al Capone gave this city a reputation of Corruption and Criminality.
a)
New York
b)
Boston
c)
St. Louis
d)
Chicago
31.
This was the name for people who illegally sold and distributed alcohol.
a)
Rumrunners
b)
Distillers
c)
Bootleggers
d)
Muckrakers
32.
Music created in Harlem Renaissance
a)
Jazz
b)
Rock
c)
Hip Hop
d)
Swing
33.
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.
34.
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
35.
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
36.
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.
37.
What were three fads that were popular in the 1920s?
a)
a. dance marathons b. TV c. Mah-jongg
b)
a. Flagpole sitting b. Dance marathons c. TV
c)
a. Flagpole sitting b. Dance marathons c. Mah-jongg
38.
What TWO ways jazz spread from New Orleans to other parts of the country?
a)
a. Great Migration and Television
b)
a. Television and Radio
c)
a. Great Migration and Radio
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