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Roaring 20s

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Can you recall what the 18th amendment is

a)

Made it illegal to make or sell alcohol

b)

Gave women the right to vote

c)

Led to a decrease in crime

d)

Gave African Americans the right to vote

2.

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of African American artists who

a)

Worked in the South

b)

Calling for segregation

c)

Urged African Americans to leave the country

d)

Exploring their heritage and encouraging African Americans to be prideful of black culture.

3.

A “return to normalcy” after World War I meant….

a)

Increased US involvement in Europe

b)

No longer selling alcohol in the United States

c)

Going back to life as it had been before the war

d)

Limiting immigration

4.

Which statement is an opinion about the US in the 1920s?

a)

The US became a more urban society

b)

Industrial working conditions and wages improved

c)

Women increased their presence in the workforce

d)

The 1920s were the wildest times of the 1900s

5.

“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

a)

Flee from slavery

b)

Accept racial segregation

c)

Never give up hope and look to the future

d)

Deal with the Great Depression

6.

Henry Ford produced a more affordable car primarily because his company….

a)

Paid workers lower wages than his competitors.

b)

Used foreign-made parts.

c)

Developed a faster and less expensive method of production called the assembly line.

d)

Offered a variety of options to buyers

7.

During the 1920s, controversies concerning national Prohibition and the behavior of “flappers” were all signs of disagreement over…

a)

The return to normalcy

b)

Changing culture and lifestyles

c)

Causes of the Great Depression

d)

The benefits of new technology

8.

The Great Migration of African Americans to the North during the 1920s was mainly the result of…

a)

Political corruption

b)

Nativism

c)

Racism and discrimination of African Americans in the South

d)

Success of military desegregation

9.

What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Prohibition ended for African Americans

b)

African-American cultural pride flourished in the cities

c)

The formation of multiracial corporations

d)

Unemployment

10.

The ____________________________ banned alcohol.

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

11.

The __________________________ ended prohibition and was passed in 1933.

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

12.

Young women in the 1920s who declared their independence from traditional values were known as __________________________.

a)

Fads

b)

Actresses

c)

Flappers

d)

Beyonce

13.

Smugglers who brought alcohol into the United States when it was illegal were called?

a)

Flappers

b)

Bootleggers

c)

Anarchists

d)

Communists

14.

A period of time when people were banned from drinking alcohol became known as

a)

Great Depression

b)

World War I

c)

Prohibition

d)

Progressive Era

15.

Nativists believed that native-born Americans

a)

Should not drink alcohol

b)

Are superior to immigrants and foreigners

c)

Should have better working conditions

d)

Are a lost generation

16.

Nativism influenced the outcome of which 1920s court case?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Sacco and Vanzetti

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

17.

Which of the following is the main idea of the cartoon below?

a)

Alcohol should only be banned because it is expensive

b)

Alcohol causes Americans to become poor and make bad decisions

c)

Only Christian Americans should stop drinking alcohol

d)

Alcohol hurts the economy because Americans do not go to work

18.

One of the ways that Americans purchased goods during the 1920s was through the use of…

a)

Credit cards and installment buying

b)

Assembly line

c)

Debt

d)

Recession

19.

What is mass media?

a)

Illegal bars and clubs

b)

Jazz musicians

c)

Communication that reaches many people

d)

Powerful gangsters

20.

What are speakeasies?

a)

Illegal bars and clubs

b)

Jazz musicians

c)

Communication that reaches many people

d)

Powerful gangsters

21.

Define Communism:

a)

an economic system in which wealth and property are owned by the community as whole (government)

b)

an economic system in which wealth and property are owned by individuals

c)

A political system in which every citizen has a voice (vote)

22.

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.

a)

Nicola Sacco

b)

Bartolomeo Vanzettil.

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

Anthony Ferrari

23.

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”

a)

Communist Removal Act (CRA)

b)

Alien Act

c)

Nativist Initiative

d)

Deportation Act

24.

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

a)

The Red Scare

b)

Sacco & Vanzetti

c)

Deportation

d)

Communist Removal Initiative (CRI)

25.

What was the significance of the Sacco and Vanzetti court case?

a)

 it exemplifies the impact the Red Scare had on American society.    

b)

It led to social justice reforms

c)

It established the 20th Amendment

d)

It established the Alien Act and quota syste

26.

Check all that apply:

Can you identify luxury items and new inventions of the 1920s

a)

Credit Cards

b)

TV and Radios

c)

Refrigerators

d)

House Phone

27.

Check all that apply:

Can you identify the various forms of mass media?

a)

Radios

b)

TV

c)

Newspapers

d)

Internet

28.

Which of the following amendments gave women the right to vote

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

29.

Can you recall the name of the new music rooted in African American culture that was created during the 1920s

a)

Hip-Hop

b)

Jazz

c)

R&B

d)

Pop

30.

Define Isolationism

a)

A policy of remaining apart from the affairs of other countries

b)

A policy of getting involved in the affairs of other countries

c)

Isolating the United States from Communism