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WorksheetsRoaring 20s
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 24mins
Can you recall what the 18th amendment is
Made it illegal to make or sell alcohol
Gave women the right to vote
Led to a decrease in crime
Gave African Americans the right to vote
The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of African American artists who
Worked in the South
Calling for segregation
Urged African Americans to leave the country
Exploring their heritage and encouraging African Americans to be prideful of black culture.
A “return to normalcy” after World War I meant….
Increased US involvement in Europe
No longer selling alcohol in the United States
Going back to life as it had been before the war
Limiting immigration
Which statement is an opinion about the US in the 1920s?
The US became a more urban society
Industrial working conditions and wages improved
Women increased their presence in the workforce
The 1920s were the wildest times of the 1900s
“Dreams”
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow
-Langston Hughes
This poem written during the Harlem Renaissance, was most likely meant to encourage African Americans to
Flee from slavery
Accept racial segregation
Never give up hope and look to the future
Deal with the Great Depression
Henry Ford produced a more affordable car primarily because his company….
Paid workers lower wages than his competitors.
Used foreign-made parts.
Developed a faster and less expensive method of production called the assembly line.
Offered a variety of options to buyers
During the 1920s, controversies concerning national Prohibition and the behavior of “flappers” were all signs of disagreement over…
The return to normalcy
Changing culture and lifestyles
Causes of the Great Depression
The benefits of new technology
The Great Migration of African Americans to the North during the 1920s was mainly the result of…
Political corruption
Nativism
Racism and discrimination of African Americans in the South
Success of military desegregation
What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance?
Prohibition ended for African Americans
African-American cultural pride flourished in the cities
The formation of multiracial corporations
Unemployment
The ____________________________ banned alcohol.
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
The __________________________ ended prohibition and was passed in 1933.
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
Young women in the 1920s who declared their independence from traditional values were known as __________________________.
Fads
Actresses
Flappers
Beyonce
Smugglers who brought alcohol into the United States when it was illegal were called?
Flappers
Bootleggers
Anarchists
Communists
A period of time when people were banned from drinking alcohol became known as
Great Depression
World War I
Prohibition
Progressive Era
Nativists believed that native-born Americans
Should not drink alcohol
Are superior to immigrants and foreigners
Should have better working conditions
Are a lost generation
Nativism influenced the outcome of which 1920s court case?
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Sacco and Vanzetti
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which of the following is the main idea of the cartoon below?
Alcohol should only be banned because it is expensive
Alcohol causes Americans to become poor and make bad decisions
Only Christian Americans should stop drinking alcohol
Alcohol hurts the economy because Americans do not go to work
One of the ways that Americans purchased goods during the 1920s was through the use of…
Credit cards and installment buying
Assembly line
Debt
Recession
What is mass media?
Illegal bars and clubs
Jazz musicians
Communication that reaches many people
Powerful gangsters
What are speakeasies?
Illegal bars and clubs
Jazz musicians
Communication that reaches many people
Powerful gangsters
Define Communism:
an economic system in which wealth and property are owned by the community as whole (government)
an economic system in which wealth and property are owned by individuals
A political system in which every citizen has a voice (vote)
Can you identify the two Italian immigrants held anti-government beliefs and supporters of communism were accused of killing two men during a robbery in Massachusetts.
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzettil.
Nikola Tesla
Anthony Ferrari
Read the description below and name the act that is being described...
"any immigrant who is found to have ties with or a member of the communist party could be immediately deported”
Communist Removal Act (CRA)
Alien Act
Nativist Initiative
Deportation Act
Read the description below and identify the period of time being described...
a period when the USA government feared communism and aggressively targeted individuals who were reported as believers in communism
The Red Scare
Sacco & Vanzetti
Deportation
Communist Removal Initiative (CRI)
What was the significance of the Sacco and Vanzetti court case?
it exemplifies the impact the Red Scare had on American society.
It led to social justice reforms
It established the 20th Amendment
It established the Alien Act and quota syste
Check all that apply:
Can you identify luxury items and new inventions of the 1920s
Credit Cards
TV and Radios
Refrigerators
House Phone
Check all that apply:
Can you identify the various forms of mass media?
Radios
TV
Newspapers
Internet
Which of the following amendments gave women the right to vote
18th
19th
20th
21st
Can you recall the name of the new music rooted in African American culture that was created during the 1920s
Hip-Hop
Jazz
R&B
Pop
Define Isolationism
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs of other countries
A policy of getting involved in the affairs of other countries
Isolating the United States from Communism
