WorksheetsFlashback Friday #4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What caused an increase in crime in the 1920s?
Prohibition because of The 18th Amendment
The 19th Amendment and women voting
The 21st Amendment and the end of Prohibition
The Flappers showing off their knees
What did Americans think should happen to immigrants and communists during the Red Scare of the 1920's?
They thought that they should be deported
They thought that they should be executed
They thought that they should be given citizenship
They thought that they should be assimilated into America
What was done in America in 1920 to stop the spread of communism?
Palmer Raids
Homestead Act
World War I
The Cold War
What were women of the 1920s who went against the traditional way of dressing and acting called?
Rebels
Suffragists
Flappers
Conservatives
Who founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to fight for equality of all citizens?
Booker T. Washington
Susan B. Anthony
Martin Luther King
W.E.B. Du Bois
What led to citizens having more rights and being more involved in the political process during the Progressive Era? (3 answers)
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
18th Amendment
When alcohol was made illegal in America, what opened up to serve drinks secretly?
Speakeasies
Bootlegs
Pirates
Speaksoftlies
How did the Selective Service Act effect America during World War I?
Made it illegal to talk negatively about the war
Greatly increased the number of soldiers
Got rid of all Communists
What did the use of machine guns during World War I lead to?
A quick end to the war
trenches and a stalemate
The US getting involved in World War I
What invention eventually helped lead to the end of the stalemate and trench warfare during World War I since this could lead troops through no-mans-land?
The airplane
The machine gun
The poisonous gas
The tank
How did poisonous gas effect soldiers in trenches during World War I?
Forced men out of trenches and often killed them instantly
They wore gas masks so they did not care
Who was the leader of American troops in World War I who trained the new soldiers so that they would be successful?
Teddy Roosevelt
Alvin York
John J. Pershing
Alfred T. Mahan
What document did American journalists publish that showed an alliance between Mexico and Germany?
The Mexican Herald
The Trumpian Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram
What did the attacking of US ships by Germany in Europe cause the US to enter?
World War I
The Spanish American War
World War II
The War on Terror
What amendment was passed that gave women greater ability to change the government and advanced gender equality?
The 19th Amendment
The 21st Amendment
The 18th Amendment
the 15th Amendment
During which movement by African Americans did Jazz become a popular form of music?
Civil Rights Movement
The Reconstruction Period
The Harlem Renaissance
What was the policy of President Harding that people liked because it meant that the government would focus on the economy at home?
The New Deal
Speak Softly but Carry a Big Stick
Return to Normalcy
The Business of America is Business
Who were the two lawyers involved in the Scopes Trial that was between the Bible (traditionalism) and science (modernism)?
Clarence Darrow
Alvin York
William Jennings Bryan
Teddy Roosevelt
Which law did america pass in hopes of assimilating Native Americans?
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Espionage Act
The American Indian Citizenship Act
The Dawes Act
What were some of the reasons that meatpacking became a major industry?
The cattle drives and eventual adoption of barbed wire
Upton Sinclair and his book the Jungle
The increased immigration in the cities of the northeast US
