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Mr. Lee's Roaring 20s and WWI Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Led an idea that African Americans should move “Back to Africa” to end racial tensions:

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

W.E.B. Dubois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Malcolm X

2.
Scandals like the ________ Scandal led Americans to have distrust in the elected officials of our country.
a)
Oriental Express
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Alaska Pipeline
d)
Teapot Dome
3.
The availability of electricity in the US led to the manufacture and sale of many _____ that could perform many different jobs in the house.
a)
appliances
b)
wire rolls
c)
robots
d)
computers
4.

What was the most popular types of music in the 1920’s?

a)

Rap

b)

Classical

c)

Jazz

d)

Country

5.

The Red Scare in America was a result of the spread of __________ overseas.

a)

disease

b)

Democracy

c)

Communism

d)

immigrants

6.

What coincided with the Great Migration to the North from the South by African Americans, as well as an increase in education?

a)

Socialism.

b)

Evolution.

c)

Native Americans.

d)

Harlem Renaissance.

7.

The most direct result of the 18th Amendment:

a)

People were mostly in support of the amendment.

b)

Organized crime in America increased.

c)

Organized crime in America decreased.

d)

People stopped drinking alcohol.

8.

Who was the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in one flight?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Charles Lindeburgh

d)

Herbert Hoover

9.

The 19th amendment is crucial to U.S. History because:

a)

Prohibited alcohol.

b)

Allowed direct election of Senators.

c)

Guaranteed women the right to vote

d)

Abolished slavery.

10.

The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of which controversial topic of science?

a)

Stem Cell.

b)

Evolution.

c)

Pangaea.

d)

Big Bang Theory.

11.
These hate group gained traction in the 1920’s, even though they had been around since right after the Civil War. They are notorious for hating people who are of different races, or from different countries. What is the name of this hate group?
a)
NAACP
b)
War Hawks
c)
Klu Klux Klan
d)
Nazis
12.
What was the name given to secret bars where people acquired alcohol illegally?
a)
Speakeasies
b)
Top Secret Bars
c)
Secret Saloons
d)
Quiet Places
13.
What was the name given to people who illegally transported and sold alcohol during Prohibition?
a)
Diabolical Drivers
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Rule Breakers
d)
Tricksters
14.

This man is one of the most famous criminals in U.S. History. He was rumored to have made $60 million a year during Prohibition. What was the name of the most famous bootlegger during Prohibition?

a)

Baby Face Nelson

b)

Al Capone

c)

George Harris

d)

James Jones

15.

Many believe this author captured the spirit of the "Roaring Twenties" with his novel Titled The Great Gatsby:

a)

Paul Lawrence Dunbar.

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald.

c)

Ernest Hemingway.

d)

Louis Armstrong.

16.
_______________ were young women who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting.
a)
Expatriates
b)
Jazzers
c)
Flappers
d)
Scats
17.

What was Prohibition?

a)

A complete ban on the sale of food.

b)

A complete ban on the sale of clothes.

c)

A complete ban on the sale of alcohol.

d)

A complete ban on the sale of cars.

18.

Millions of Black Americans migrated North during the early 1900's and into the 1920's. This is known as:

a)

The Big Move.

b)

The Great Migration .

c)

The Harlem Renaissance.

d)

The Great Separation.

19.

Both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge:

a)

Believed in a laissez-faire approach to the economy and government.

b)

Believed government intervention was important to a successful economy.

c)

Were anarchists

d)

Had an administration riddled with scandal.

20.
Who was one of the most famous baseball players during the 1920's?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Gertrude Ederle
c)
Amelia Earhart
d)
Derek Jeter
21.
Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Al Capone
22.

President Harding idea for the US to return to life as it had been before WWI:

a)

Prosperity.

b)

"Return to Normalcy".

c)

Harlem Renaissance.

23.

Which of these events caused the United States to join the fight against Germany in World War I?

a)

A. The sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.

b)

B. The attack on the Eastern Front, the Schlieffen Plan.

c)

C. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

d)

D. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

24.

What German military advancement led to the US involvement in WWI?

a)

A. The airplane.

b)

B. The machine gun (maxim gun).

c)

C. The submarine (U-boat).

d)

D. The tank.

25.

The Treaty of Versailles greatly impacted Germany. Identify all negative outcomes that impacted Germany:

a)

Economic (reparations).

b)

Depression of Germany (money lost value).

c)

Loss of territory.

d)

Military disarmament.

26.

In the 1920's, African Americans still faced discrimination in the South characterized by ________________.

a)

The slave trade.

b)

Jim Crow Laws and lynchings.

c)

Suffrage and lynchings.

d)

Slavery and Prohibition.

27.

The Roaring Twenties were characterized most by the following:

a)

Internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of the atomic bomb.

b)

Bank failures, the New Deal and bread lines.

c)

Installment plans (buying on credit), Prohibition, and flappers.

d)

Progressive movement legislation such as, the end of child labor, the meat inspection act, national conservation, health and safety codes.

28.

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?

a)

The availability of land grants for homesteaders.

b)

Economic opportunities in industrialized cities.

c)

Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas.

d)

The lower cost of living in urban areas.

29.

During the 1920's, what was one result of innovations in U.S. transportation technology?

a)

Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe.

b)

Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people.

c)

Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state.

d)

Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.

30.

1920's innovator that began mass production and the use of assembly line to make automobiles more affordable:

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Nikita Kia

d)

Alvin Acura

31.

America's foreign policy at the onset of WWI:

a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Communism

d)

Isolationism

32.

Dance that was popular during the 1920's:

a)

Savannah

b)

Cincinnati

c)

Charleston

d)

Harlem Shake

33.

Jazz musician who helped the 1920's become known as the "Jazz Age":

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Charlie Parker

c)

James Brown

d)

Marvin Gay

34.
What was signed at the end of WWI?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Treaty of Penance
d)
Treaty of Vengeance
35.

What is Woodrow Wilson most known for?

a)

Being the President who tried to keep the US out of WWI.

b)

Famous African-American poet who lived in Harlem.

c)

British passenger ship sunk by German U-Boat killing Americans.

d)

First person to successfully build and fly an airplane.

36.

What was the spark that led to WWI?

a)

Pearl Harbor.

b)

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

c)

Sinking of the Lusitania.

d)

The Zimmerman Telegram.

37.

Which country was forced to accept blame for WWI?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Austria

d)

Germany

38.

Which of these is a type of fighting primarily used throughout WWI?

a)

Trench Warfare

b)

Atomic Bomb

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

No-Man's Land

39.

What is a devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Alliance

c)

Nationalism

d)

Militarism

40.

What was the Red Scare?

a)

A time when people were afraid of Anarchism, Communism, and Socialism.

b)

A time when Americans feared Democracy.

c)

Fear of Adolf Hitler.

d)

Fear of WWII.

41.

Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because:

a)

They were communists.

b)

They were Italian immigrants and anarchists.

c)

Sacco owned a gun similar to the murder weapon.

d)

They were members of the KKK.

42.

Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lewis Hines

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Upton Sinclair

43.

Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a trust-buster?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

William H. Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

James Garfield

44.

Journalists that exposed the corruption and problems going on in society during the early 1900's:

a)

Suffragists

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Captains of Industry

d)

Robber Barons

45.

In 1906, he wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry:

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Frank Norris

46.

This tragic event was one major factor leading to the need for building codes and government regulation of businesses:

a)

Haymarket Riot

b)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

c)

founding of the Tuskegee Institute

d)

attempted assassination of President Garfield

47.
This word means an agreement between countries to protect one another. 
a)
secede
b)
alliance 
c)
abolish
d)
segregate
48.

Law that requires company to properly label food and medicines:

a)

Medicine Man

b)

Food Amendment

c)

Label Lemons

d)

Pure Food and Drug Act

49.

What is a tenement?

a)

A person who owns the lease to an apartment.

b)

A room or apartment overcrowded with families. Usually poor.

c)

A law or rule that makes something illegal.

d)

A piece of land held by an owner.

50.

What is a Political Machine?

a)

A ballot box

b)

A political group with an authoritative boss who keeps power through corruption

c)

A political group who seek to expose the corruption in politics

d)

A polling machine which counts votes