NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsThe Roaring Twenties
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
During the 1920's people lives changed because they began listening to the what?
a)
mass media
b)
movies
c)
radio
d)
music
2.
In the 1920`s what was the most popular music which influenced African American music even today?
a)
blues
b)
pop
c)
jazz
d)
hip hop
3.
What was the time of great achievement, when artist in Harlem used writing, music, and painting to share their ideas and feelings about life ?
a)
great migration
b)
the eighteenth amendment
c)
st. loui blues
d)
Harlem Renaissance
4.
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
5.
Henry Ford’s main contribution to the US industry was the idea of the assembly line and __________.
a)
automobile
b)
mass production with interchangeable parts
c)
sports car
d)
transportation
6.
Who was the first pilot to fly a trans-Atlantic flight?
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Charles Lindeburgh
d)
Herbert Hoover
7.
Which event is credited with starting the Great Depression
a)
The election of Herbert Hoover as president
b)
The increased spending of the U.S. government
c)
the Great Crash of 1929
d)
The U.S. involvement in World War II
8.
Prohibition led to all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
a rise in organized crime
b)
the growth of speakeasies
c)
more profits for bootleggers
d)
a decrease in the amount of alcohol sold in stores
9.
_________________ became the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927
a)
Glenn Curtis
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Orville Wright
d)
Wilbur Wright
10.
An inventor and business leader from Detroit who pioneered the moving assembly line
a)
Henry Ford
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Leland Stanford
11.
Young women known as ______________________ openly challenged traditional ideas of how women were supposed to behave.
a)
flappers
b)
actors
c)
senators
d)
singers
12.
In 1933 the government passed the __________________________, which ended prohibition.
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
21st
13.
The _________________________ was a movement in which large numbers of African Americans began leaving the South to take jobs in northern factories.
a)
Great Migration
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Red Scare
d)
fundamentalism
14.
The Jazz Singer was the first _______________________, or motion picture with sound,
a)
broadcast
b)
talkie
c)
podcast
d)
film
15.
An explosion in the popularity of jazz music gave the decade the nickname of ______________________.
a)
Rock and Roll.
b)
The Jazz Age.
c)
The Bop era.
d)
The Swing Era.
16.
_____________________________ was a trumpet player known for his method of stepping out from the band to perform a solo
a)
Al Jolson
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Duke Ellington
d)
Ella Fitzgerald
17.
The period of African American artistic accomplishment in the 1920s was known as the
a)
Harlem Renaissance
b)
Lost Generation
c)
Jazz Age
d)
Roaring Twenties
18.
______________________________ was a famous writer who produced poems, plays, and novels about African American life.
a)
Ernest Hemingway
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
d)
Zora Neale Hurston
19.
Which constitutional amendment guaranteed women in all states the right to vote?
a)
Twentieth Amendment
b)
Nineteenth Amendment
c)
Eighteenth Amendment
d)
twenty-first Amendment
20.
Which amendment established Prohibition?
a)
Nineteenth Amendment
b)
Eighteenth Amendment
c)
Seventeenth Amendment
d)
Twentieth Amendment
21.
Who was the baseball player whose record of 60 home runs in 1927 would stand for 34 years?
a)
Gertrude Ederle
b)
Jack Dempsey
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Bobby Jones
22.
How was Henry Ford able to make his Model Ts affordable for most Americans?
a)
He received government subsidies that kept production costs down
b)
He invented an assembly line that enabled him to produce cars quickly and cheaply.
c)
He instituted a 12-hour workday, thereby increasing the number of cars made.
d)
He rewarded hard workers with car vouchers, thereby boosting morale and productivity.
23.
The 1920s were referred to the the Roaring 20s because
a)
of a booming economy and exciting forms of entertainment
b)
explosion in the popularity of the jazz music
c)
Southern influence
d)
reference to the Great Gatsby
24.
A period of time in the 1920's with new cultural developments including things such as dance halls, fun music call Jazz, sports and new inventions
a)
Jazz Age
b)
Harlem Age
c)
Roaring 80's
d)
Flapper Age
25.
women in the Jazz Age that wore short skirts, short hair, and lots of make up
a)
The 80's
b)
Flappers
c)
Flip Floppers
d)
The 90's
26.
A very talented baseball player for the New York Yankees
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Mickey Mantle
c)
Ty Cobb
d)
Babe Ruth
27.
He helped make baseball the most popular sport of the 1920's
a)
Baby Ruth
b)
Ty Cobb
c)
Micky Mantle
d)
Babe Ruth
28.
How did people "watch" baseball games in the 1920's if they were not at the game
a)
On their television
b)
listened to it on the radio
c)
watched it on the internet
d)
watched if from their cars
Reset
