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The Roaring 20's (2019)

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another name for the 1920's

a)

The Jazz Age

b)

The Golden Age

c)

The Industrial Age

d)

The Space Age

2.

considered the most important and influential musician in the history of jazz

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Rube Foster

3.

the best known poet of the Harlem Renaissance

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Rube Foster

4.

F. Scott Fitzgerald coined the Phrase

a)

The Lost 20's

b)

The Great 20's

c)

The Golden Age

d)

The Jazz Age

5.

F. Scott Fitzgerald novel that focused on the negative side of the 20’

a)

The Great Babe Ruth

b)

The Great Gatsby

c)

The Road not taken

d)

A farewell to Arms

6.

Trial that was a national sensation at the center of teaching Evolution in Schools

a)

Scopes-Monkey Trial

b)

The Sacco & Vanzetti Trial

c)

The Lindbergh Trial

d)

The Black Widow Trial

7.

Americans could now share the experience of the hearing the news or the voice of the President at the same time, which brought Americans together was a result of the

a)

Radio

b)

Tv

c)

Newspapers

d)

Talkies

8.

How did the american family change during the 1920’s?

a)

The American Family got smaller

b)

The American Family got bigger

c)

The American Family stayed the same

9.

Amendment that repeals Prohibition

a)

21

b)

18

c)

16

d)

15

10.

a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture

a)

speakeasies

b)

Flapper

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

11.

The movement of thousands of African Americans from the south to the north in search of jobs

a)

speakeasies

b)

Flapper

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

12.

young women who abandoned the traditional Victorian-era values

a)

speakeasies

b)

Flapper

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

13.

illegal bars and clubs that serve alcohol and were hidden from view and could be entered only by saying a password

a)

speakeasies

b)

Flapper

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

14.

For the first time in history during the 1920's, more Americans lived in rural areas than cities

a)

true

b)

false

15.

The Amendment that made it illegal to make, sell or transport liquor

a)

18th

b)

21st

c)

27th

d)

13th

16.

The 18th Amendment launched a era known as

a)

Prohibition

b)

Gilded Age

c)

The roaring 20's

d)

The lost generation

17.

Reformers had long believed that alcohol led to

a)

Crime

b)

Child & wife Abuse

c)

accidents

d)

All the answers are correct

18.

Supporters of Prohibition were largely from the

a)

rural south

b)

west

c)

Northeast

d)

Europe

19.

women’s organization helped push the 18th Amendment through?

a)

Women’s Christian Temperance Union(WTCU)

b)

Universal Negro Improvement Association..... UNIA

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP

d)

International Garment Workers Unions IWGU

20.

Prohibition not working because

Many Americans did not believe drinking was a sin & immigrant groups were not willing to give up drinking

a)

True

b)

False

21.

People who smuggled liquor from Canada were known as

a)

bootleggers

b)

Flappers

c)

Migrants

d)

Mobsters

22.

Notorious and famous Bootlegger from Chicago

a)

Al Capone

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Louis Armstrong

23.

Prohibition contributed to the growth of ________ ________ in every major city.

a)

organize crime

b)

Jazz Clubs

c)

Labor Unions

d)

Anti-Federalist

24.

Prohibition was difficult to enforce because

a)

the government failed to budget enough money to enforce

b)

not enough agents were hired to enforce it

c)

not many people were breaking the law

d)

the government wasn't interested in enforcing the law

25.

How did attitudes about marriage change during the 1920

a)

Marriage became based more on romantic love

b)

Viewed marriage as an equal partnership

c)

marriage became more about business relationships

d)

marriage did not change at all

26.

Amendment that granted women suffrage

a)

21st

b)

13th

c)

19th

d)

22nd

27.

school enrollments during the 1920’s

a)

rose from 1 to over 4 million

b)

declined from 4 to 1 million

c)

stayed about the same

d)

so a slight increase

28.

the main source of entertainment during the 1920’s

a)

radio

b)

Tv

c)

talkies

d)

Jazz Clubs

29.

first woman to swim the English Channel

a)

Gertrude Ederle

b)

Helen Wills

c)

Andrew “Rube” Foster

d)

Babe Ruth:

e)

Charles A. Lindbergh

30.

Dominated Women’s Tennis in the 20’s

a)

Gertrude Ederle

b)

Helen Wills

c)

Andrew “Rube” Foster

d)

Babe Ruth:

e)

Charles A. Lindbergh

31.

The father of Black Baseball, founder of the Negro National league

a)

Gertrude Ederle

b)

Helen Wills

c)

Andrew “Rube” Foster

d)

Babe Ruth:

e)

Charles A. Lindbergh

32.

Baseball Hero, 60 home runs in 1927 captivated America

a)

Gertrude Ederle

b)

Helen Wills

c)

Andrew “Rube” Foster

d)

Babe Ruth:

e)

Charles A. Lindbergh

33.

America’s most beloved hero of the 20’s

a)

Gertrude Ederle

b)

Helen Wills

c)

Andrew “Rube” Foster

d)

Babe Ruth:

e)

Charles A. Lindbergh

34.

The first major movie with sound

a)

The Jazz Singer

b)

Steamboat Willie

c)

Babbitt

d)

A call to Arms

35.

the first animated film with sound, was released in 1928.

a)

The Jazz Singer

b)

Steamboat Willie

c)

Babbitt

d)

A call to Arms

36.

the first American to win a Nobel Prize in literature

a)

Sinclair Lewis-

b)

Ernest Hemingway:

c)

Paul Roberson

d)

Duke Ellington

e)

W.E.B. Dubois

37.

Sinclair Lewis novel that ridiculed Americans for their conformity and materialism.

a)

The Jazz Singer

b)

Steamboat Willie

c)

Babbitt

d)

A call to Arms

38.

best known author of the time,His novel, A farewell to Arms, criticized the glorification of war

a)

Sinclair Lewis-

b)

Ernest Hemingway:

c)

Paul Roberson

d)

Duke Ellington

e)

W.E.B. Dubois

39.

son of a slave, became a major dramatic actor, starred in an adaption of Othello

a)

Sinclair Lewis-

b)

Ernest Hemingway:

c)

Paul Roberson

d)

Duke Ellington

e)

W.E.B. Dubois

40.

Considered one of the world's most renowned composers

a)

Sinclair Lewis-

b)

Ernest Hemingway:

c)

Paul Roberson

d)

Duke Ellington

e)

W.E.B. Dubois

41.

Founder of the NAACP-

a)

Sinclair Lewis-

b)

Ernest Hemingway:

c)

Paul Roberson

d)

Duke Ellington

e)

W.E.B. Dubois

42.

Founder of the UNIA

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Zora Neale Hurston

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Ernest Hemingway

43.

blues singer, was perhaps the most outstanding vocalist of the decade

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Zora Neale Hurston

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Ernest Hemingway

44.

African American writer often wrote about the lives of poor, unschooled Southern blacks

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Zora Neale Hurston

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Ernest Hemingway

45.

The NAACP (what does it stand for)

a)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b)

Universal Negro Improvement Association

c)

National Association for the Advancement of function Workers

d)

National Urban League

46.

UNIA stands for

a)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b)

Universal Negro Improvement Association

c)

National Association for the Advancement of function Workers

d)

United Nation in Asia

47.

The UNIA urged African Americans to

a)

return to Africa and build a mighty nation

b)

protest racial violence

c)

migrate to Harlem

d)

migrate to Europe

48.

The NAACP urged Africans Americans to

a)

return to Africa and build a mighty nation

b)

protest racial violence

c)

migrate to Harlem

d)

migrate to Europe

49.

a person who smuggled alcoholic beverages into the United States during Prohibition

a)

-Bootlegger

b)

Prohibition

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

double standard

50.

The period from 1920–1933 during which the Eighteenth Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcohol was in force in the United States

a)

-Bootlegger

b)

Prohibition

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

double standard

51.

a flowering of African-American artistic creativity during the 1920s, centered in the Harlem community of New York City-

a)

-Bootlegger

b)

Prohibition

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

double standard

52.

-a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women--

a)

-Bootlegger

b)

Prohibition

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

double standard

53.

one of the free-thinking young women who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the 1920s

a)

-Bootlegger

b)

Prohibition

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

double standard

e)

Flapper

54.

a Protestant religious movement grounded in the belief that all the stories and details in the Bible are literally true

a)

Fundamentalism

b)

Prohibition

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

double standard

e)

Flapper

55.

a place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during Prohibition

a)

Fundamentalism

b)

Speakeasy

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

double standard

e)

Flapper

56.

The 1920s saw important development in what three areas

a)

Art, Literature, music

b)

Unions, Factories, Art

c)

Race Relations, Literature, unions

d)

television. Art, literature

57.

Economic prosperity, new ideas, changing values. personal freedoms characterized the 1920's

a)

True

b)

False

58.

social changes that women experienced in the 20’s

a)

young women became more assertive

b)

some women began smoking cigarette

c)

public drinking

d)

there were no changes

59.

These new movies known as "________"doubled movie attendance.

a)

Talkies

b)

Time

c)

Reader's Digest

d)

Willies

60.

example of a mass circulation magazine or newspaper that was popular during the 1920’s

a)

Talkies

b)

Time

c)

Reader's Digest

d)

Willies

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