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WorksheetsRoaring 20's and WWI
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 2hrs 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
During the 1920s people lives changed because they began listening to the what?
a)
mass media
b)
movies
c)
radio
d)
music
2.
The cartoon shows a growing reluctance towards _________________in the 1920s
a)
education
b)
immigration
c)
buying on credit
d)
eating stew
3.
This man was a political leader in the Black community during the Harlem Renaissance who wanted Black Americans to be proud of themselves, see the beauty of themselves, and stay separate from White people.
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Duke Ellington
d)
Langston Hughes
4.
The Harlem Renaissance was focused on the writing and music related to
a)
African Americans
b)
Communists
c)
Anarchists
d)
Immigrants
5.
What were the most popular types of music in the 1920’s.
a)
Rap
b)
Classical
c)
Jazz and Blues
d)
Country
6.
The works of Harlem Renaissance artists such as Langston Hughes focused on issues related to—
a)
discrimination suffered by women
b)
class conflict caused by economic prosperity
c)
shifting demographics in New England states
d)
racial pride in the African American community
7.
Which aspect of American culture in the 1920’s became popular in many other societies around the world?
a)
Jazz music
b)
Movie theaters
c)
Art-deco architecture
d)
Flapper clothing styles
8.
Ford’s production of the Model T’s in the early 20th century demonstrated the economic relationship between specialization and -
a)
reduced labor demand
b)
greater efficiencies in production
c)
higher production costs
d)
decreased union organization
9.
Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Al Capone
10.
What is he most famous for?
a)
Jazz music
b)
rap music
c)
regular music
d)
gospel music
11.
What was the Lusitania?
a)
A British dance that the military would perform before soldiers were sent out to sea
b)
A plan to help Americans survive after the Great Depression
c)
A British ship sunk by German U- Boats
d)
A program to preserve land and historical sites
12.
How did women's lives change in the 1920's?
a)
Women went to college to better themselves
b)
This was the time when 3/4 of all cowboys were women
c)
More women stayed home while men went out to work
d)
Women did the same jobs as men and were eventually given the right to vote (19th Amendment)
13.
What is an assembly line?
a)
A system where each worker in a line is given one small job to do.
b)
A system where each worker does several tasks at one time
c)
A system where each worker does all parts of the job
d)
A line that divides up the work
14.
What country did the Treaty of Versailles blame for WW1?
a)
Germany
b)
America
c)
Cuba
d)
Italy
15.
Who was Babe Ruth?
a)
famous basketball player (dunk shot king)
b)
famous baseball player (homerun king)
c)
famous saxaphone player
d)
Vice-President
16.
Who was Charles Linderberg?
a)
invented the airplane
b)
olympic gold medalist
c)
first person to fly over Atlantic Ocean
d)
first person to fly over the Pacific Ocean
17.
Who was Jesse Owens?
a)
African American Olympic skater in the 1936 Olympics
b)
African American Olympic runner in the 1936 Olympics
c)
African American Poet
18.
How did George Washington Carver help southern farmers?
a)
he taught them about sharecropping
b)
he helped them buy and sell farm land
c)
he taught them to grow crops like peanuts and sweet potatoes
d)
he taught them how to use modern technology to farm
19.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
a)
author of "Gone with the Wind"
b)
famous baseball player
c)
most popular jazz artist of the 1920's
d)
famous writer during the Harlem Renaissance
20.
The famous African American writer during the Harlem Renaissance was
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Margaret Mitchell
21.
Why was America concerned about their ships during WW1?
a)
Germany said they were going to use submarine warfare and sink ships
b)
The Italians warned they were going to bomb American ships.
c)
They were afraid they would get stuck in the Panama Canal
d)
America did not have many ships so they did not want to lose the ones they had
22.
The African American athlete who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics was
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Jesse Owens
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Babe Ruth
23.
Who made the assembly line more efficient?
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
FDR
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Charles Lindbergh
24.
In 1918, both sides (the ALLIED powers and the CENTRAL powers) signed an agreement to end the fighting. This agreement was called the
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Zimmerman Note
c)
Lusitania
25.
When the US joined the war, they joined on the side of the
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
26.
The _______ _____ included Great Britain, Russia, France, Italy, Japan, Serbia, and Belgium. However, by the end of the war more than 28 nations had joined to support the Allied Powers.
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
27.
The ________ ________included Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey (The Ottoman Empire)
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
28.
The United States was under President ________ ________at the time of World War I.
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Charles Lindbergh
29.
WWI started between what two countries?
a)
US and Great Britain
b)
Russia and France
c)
Austria-Hungry and Serbia
d)
Germany and Great Britain
30.
When this man (of Austria-Hungry) and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian (another country in Europe) nationalist, Austria-Hungary joined an alliance with Germany to declare war on Serbia.
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Charles Lindbergh
31.
The desire to expand one’s country by taking over colonies or smaller countries.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Militarism
d)
Isolationism
32.
The collection of weapons in order to prepare for war or armed conflict.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Militarism
d)
Isolationism
33.
The belief that countries should not get involved in others problems; they should remain neutral.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Militarism
d)
Isolationism
34.
Many countries tried to seek out or becoming friends with another nation to protect themselves from being taken over.
a)
Alliances
b)
Lusitania
c)
Trench Warfare
35.
Who was a famous baseball player who played for the Yankees?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Babe Ruth
36.
Who came up with the idea to mass produce cars to make them affordable for more people?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Babe Ruth
37.
Who has a famous Harlem Renaissance writer?
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Babe Ruth
38.
In which city was jazz most popular?
a)
Atlanta
b)
New Orleans
c)
New York
39.
What was the United States attitude towards the war at the beginning?
a)
Join
b)
Stay Neutral
40.
What year did WWI begin?
a)
1914
b)
1916
c)
1917
d)
1918
41.
Where is Harlem located?
a)
Atlanta
b)
New Orleans
c)
New York
42.
What year did the United States enter WWI?
a)
1914
b)
1916
c)
1917
d)
1918
43.
What year did WWI end?
a)
1914
b)
1916
c)
1917
d)
1918
44.
Which word rhymes with all three?
butterfly
shy
multiply
butterfly
shy
multiply
a)
bite
b)
eye
c)
ugly
d)
many
45.
Which word does not rhyme with the following three?
kite
light
rewrite
kite
light
rewrite
a)
stoplight
b)
meteorite
c)
satellite
d)
sigh
46.
What is the most logical line to complete the poem?
Mary had a little poodle
All day long she ate a __________
Mary had a little poodle
All day long she ate a __________
a)
noodle
b)
lamb
c)
no clue
d)
llama
47.
Which word does not rhyme with the following three?
kite
light
rewrite
kite
light
rewrite
a)
stoplight
b)
meteorite
c)
satellite
d)
sigh
48.
Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the chunks...
a)
stanzas
b)
sections
c)
staza
d)
stan
49.
What is the rhyme scheme in stanza 4?
a)
AA
b)
BB
c)
CC
d)
DD
50.
What is the next part of the rhyme scheme?
a)
DD
b)
EE
c)
FF
d)
AA
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