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fall2021 TEST U2 1920s

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?
a)
A decline in immigration rates
b)
A growing fear of communism
c)
The expansion of the consumer economy
d)
The rise of organized crime
2.
Which amendment started Prohibition?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
21st
3.

What group was reborn during the 1920s, targeting communists, immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African-Americans?

a)

Nativist

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Know Nothings

d)

Anti-Saloon League

4.
Who was the political leader that founded potent philosophies of black self-determination and unity among black communities?
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Rosa Parks
5.
What's Prohibition?
a)
banning of consuming and selling of alcohol
b)
20th Amendment
c)
Increase in women's voting rights
d)
segregation in the automotive industry
6.

What was the economy like during the decade of the 1920's?

a)

The 1920s saw increased consumer borrowing to buy luxury goods and stock market speculation

b)

The 1920s saw a decrease in consumer borrowing

c)

The 1920s saw a large increase in homelessness

d)

The 1920s saw the start of an economic depression

7.
Flappers in the 1920s represented 
a)
the traditional roles of women.
b)
new roles and attitudes for women.
c)
support for Prohibition.
d)
rural fundamentalism.
8.
The Scopes Trial deals with evolution vs. creationism.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Buying things using installment plans allowed people to buy things that they could not really afford.
a)
True
b)
False
10.

The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s was

a)

to take away the right to vote from Americans who were either Catholic or Jewish.

b)

to preserve the way of life for White Protestants and their dominant role in society

c)

to lynch as many African-Americans as they could

d)

to fight against woman's rights

11.

What group saw a spike in popularity in the 1920's in large part because African Americans were not their only target but branched out to discriminate against communists, immigrants, Catholics and Jews?

a)

Democrats

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Republicans

d)

Anti-Saloon League

12.
What type of music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Jazz
b)
Hip Hop
c)
Country
d)
Rock
13.

Which of the following best describes the Great Migration?

a)

Birds heading South to escape the cold

b)

African Americans heading North for better opportunities

c)

Farmers selling goods and services

d)

Increase in transportation technologies

14.

Which of the following best explains what happened during the Era of Prohibition?

a)

manufacture, transporting and selling alcoholic beverages was outlawed

b)

20th Amendment was passed

c)

women were granted the right to vote

d)

segregation in public schools was prohibited

15.

What was a 'speakeasy'?

a)

illegal secret club where people bought and drank alcohol

b)

women's suffrage group

c)

poetry contest

d)

training for public speaking

16.

What did people commonly known as 'bootleggers do'?

a)

transported/smuggled alcohol

b)

men and women who wanted equal rights

c)

Italian shoe makers

d)

supporters of the 21st Amendment

17.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Sharp rise in art, writing, and music by African Americans whose themes centered around pride in culture and history of their community

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald's new books

d)

Underground Speakeasies

18.

Defendant's criticism of the draft was not protected by the First Amendment, because it was intended to result in a crime and created a clear and present danger to the enlistment and recruiting service of the U.S. armed forces during WWI. This was the verdict of WHICH court case?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Schenck v. U.S.

c)

Korematsu v. U.S.

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

19.
The government of what country was overthrown in 1917 and turned into a Communist country?
a)
Russia
b)
Austria-Hungary
c)
Germany
d)
England
20.
Henry Ford is credited with mastering 
a)
Modern day filming.
b)
Use of the Assembly Line.
c)
Flying aeroplanes.
d)
Radio Broadcasting.
21.

Infamous mob boss in Chicago during the age of Prohibition who was arrested for tax fraud.

a)

Al Capone

b)

Bugsy Siegal

c)

Frank Costello

d)

Lucky Luciano

22.
In the 1920's many Americans purchased _________ to listen to news, sports, and entertainment shows. 
a)
Radios
b)
TVS
c)
Netflix 
d)
Cable
23.
Movies became very popular in the 1920's. The first movies had no sound and were called...
a)
Silent Movies
b)
Talkies
c)
Blockbusters
d)
Hollywood Films 
24.

The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of religion versus ______.

a)

school

b)

Evolution

c)

life

d)

Christianity

25.
Prohibition was implemented by passage of the
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
26.

Where would this motto have been seen? “Men, their rights and nothing more; Women, their rights and nothing less.”

a)

Women's Suffrage newspaper

b)

Marcus Garvey concerts

c)

engraved on the door of a speakeasy

d)

signs carried by the new KKK marching in Washington, D.C.

27.

In 1875, a woman sued because she wasn't allowed to vote. What was the verdict of the Supreme Court?

a)

The court ruled the constitution gave women the right to vote and no state could deny a woman the right to vote

b)

The court ruled the constitution does not protect a women's right to vote.

28.

Which of the following were methods suffragists used in the fight for women's suffrage? (there is more than one answer)

a)

picketing

b)

hunger strike

c)

marches

d)

media (speech, newspaper, buttons, banners)

29.

For most of world history, what event killed women, or endangered their lives, took away all their freedom for most of their lives?

a)

seeking an education

b)

living as a nun

c)

being a soldier during wartime

d)

childbirth

30.

How did Margaret Sanger risk going to prison in order to make life better for women?

a)

she led marches for women's right to vote

b)

she provided sex education and knowledge of birth control to women

c)

she owned a store that made dresses for flappers

d)

she sold makeup and cigarettes to young flappers