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Roaring Twenties

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A political activist who emphasized racial pride and black nationalism. Formed the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Langston Hughes

2.

_________of 1921, 1924, and 1929 were designed to keep out immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe

a)

Immigration Acts

b)

Migration Acts

c)

Alien Acts

d)

Citizenship Acts

3.

He became the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

a)

Glenn Curtiss

b)

Charles Lindbergh

c)

Orville Wright

d)

Wilbur Wright

4.

About two million African-Americans move out of the south to the Northeast and Midwestern United States in search of better opportunities.

a)

Sun Belt Migration

b)

African American Movement

c)

Mediocre Migration

d)

Great Migration

5.

Group of writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis who rejected the idea of material wealth in favor of spirituality.

a)

Lost Generation

b)

Beat Generation

c)

Millennial Generation

d)

Generation X

6.

He was an engineer and entrepreneur who introduced the assembly line production of automobiles

a)

Glenn Curtis

b)

Edsel Ford

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Jack Chevrolet

7.

This prohibited the sale, manufacture and distribution of alcohol.

a)

17th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

8.

Elected President in 1920 an enacted highest tariff in history, lowered taxes and restricted immigration.

a)

Warren G. Harding

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

9.

Early aviation pioneer known for his design of the first seaplane giving birth to the US Naval Aviation.

a)

Glenn Curtiss

b)

Howard Hughes

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Orville Wright

10.

Famous defense attorney; defending John T. Scopes in the “Monkey Trial”.

a)

William Jennings Bryan

b)

Clarence Darrow

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Calvin Coolidge

11.

In addition to fighting for women’s rights, prison reform, and an 8 hour workday she was the most outspoken voice in the temperance movement.

a)

Jeannette Rankin

b)

Carrie Nation

c)

Frances Willard

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

12.

Government officials convicted of accepting bribes for leasing federal land to oil companies.

a)

Watergate

b)

Teapot Dome

c)

Iran Contra

d)

Pentagon Papers

13.

Guaranteed women the right to vote.

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

14.

The practice of purchasing of any item in the hope of selling it later at a higher price.

a)

speculation

b)

buying on margin

c)

stock manipulation

d)

derivatives

15.

Pseudo-scientific belief that the human race could be improved by breeding.

a)

Darwinism

b)

Eugenics

c)

Social Gospel

d)

Great Awakening

16.

The style many women adopted of shorter dresses shorter hair rejecting the more tradition fashion and lifestyle.

a)

Women's Liberation

b)

Flapper

c)

Bird

d)

Suffrage

17.

Campaign slogan placing emphasis on peacetime production and prosperity at home.

a)

Morning in America

b)

Fair Deal

c)

Square Deal

d)

Return to Normalcy

18.

Pro-business President known for saying “the chief business of America is business.”

a)

Warren G. Harding

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Woodrow Wilson

19.

Hoover’s belief that America’s greatness was made possible by the ideas of equal opportunity, free education, and a will to succeed.

a)

Shoelace Theory

b)

Make America Great Again

c)

America First

d)

Rugged Individualism

20.

Wave of panic and hysteria in America caused by a fear of Communism and anarchy.

a)

Red Scare

b)

Communist Witch Hunts

c)

Consumerism

d)

Socialism

21.

Courtroom battle over the teaching of modern scientific theories and the traditional religious beliefs.

a)

Shenck v. US

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Scopes "Monkey" Trial

22.

Hostile group that was anti-immigrant, anti-catholic, anti-Jewish, anti-African American.

a)

Nativists

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

White Liners

d)

Make America Great Again

23.

Was referred to as the “Grand Experiment.”

a)

Prohibition

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Suffrage for Women

d)

U.S. Constitution

24.

An area in New York city where song writing and musical ideas mixed together to form popular American music.

a)

Brooklyn

b)

Nashville

c)

Tin Pan Alley

d)

Wall Street

25.

Post WWI time period known for isolationism and economic prosperity.

a)

Great Depression

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Prohibition

d)

Roaring Twenties

26.

Famous African-American poet known for expressing pride in his heritage and attacking racism.

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

27.

President seen as the villain at the start of the depression, blamed for continuing pro-business policies and not doing enough to remedy the economic downturn.

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Warren G. Harding

28.

New optimism and growth of African-American culture.

a)

Beat Generation

b)

Hip-Hop

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Harlem Shake

29.

The fear of radical takeover that resulted in the arrests of 4,000 suspects and deportation of 600 others directed by the Attorney General.

a)

Red Scare

b)

Palmer Raids

c)

Communist Manifesto

d)

Port Huron Statement