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Roaring Twenties and Review

Total questions: 117

Worksheet time: 2hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these does NOT represent the 1920s?

a)

a time of war & chaos

b)

a decade of cultural change

c)

increased freedom and dancing

d)

increased wealth

2.

Which of these helped create popular culture throughout the United States?

a)

the radio

b)

prohibition

c)

women's suffrage

d)

the KKK

3.

How did Prohibition contribute to the growth of organized crime?

a)

by making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of illegal activity

b)

by forcing police to enforce anti liquor laws

c)

by forcing farmers to grow grain for the production of alcohol

d)

by strengthening respect for the law

4.

Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that

a)

supported the growth of business

b)

encouraged activism

c)

brought about social reform

d)

discouraged laissez faire

5.

At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between

a)

religion and science

b)

biology and science

c)

evolution and science

d)

education and science

6.

How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?

a)

with the use of the assembly line

b)

changing locations

c)

importing all raw materials

d)

increasing the wages of his workers

7.

Which of these limited immigration during the 1920s?

a)

National Origins Act

b)

KKK

c)

Scientific Management

d)

The Great Migration

8.

The demand for automobiles in the 1920s

a)

stimulated growth in many other industries

b)

led to a nationwide recession

c)

closed down the steel industry

d)

brought about the collapse of the suburbs

9.

The literature of the Harlem Renaissance

a)

explored the pains and joys of being black in America

b)

explored the origins of jazz

c)

was written by Marcus Garvey

d)

argued for the separation of races

10.

Involved transferring oil reserves from the Interior Department to private companies for profit

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Scopes Trial

c)

Great Migration

d)

Jazz Age

11.

Which of these best describes the "New Woman" of the 1920s?

a)

They wore shorter skirts, bobbed their hair, and went to speakeasies

b)

They stayed home and cooked and cleaned

c)

They rejected the idea of suffrage

d)

They preferred the same fashions as their parents

12.

Which 1920s president is best known for scandals and corruption?

a)

Harding

b)

Coolidge

c)

Hoover

d)

Trump

13.

Change in the constitution which prohibited the making, selling and transportation of alcohol.

a)

18th Amend.

b)

19th Amend.

c)

21st Amend.

d)

1st Amend.

14.

Change in the constitution which gave women the right to vote.

a)

19th Amend

b)

18th Amed

c)

21st Amend

d)

1st Amed

15.

Italians convicted of murder mainly because they were foreigners.

a)

Sacco & Vanzetti

b)

Scopes & Darrow

c)

Bryan & Darrow

d)

Mario & Luigi

16.

A nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom.

a)

roaring twenties

b)

silent twenties

c)

Jazz age

d)

Great Depression

17.

Period in the 1920s when suspected communists and other radicals were arrested due to the fear of the spread of communism.

a)

Red Scare

b)

Teapot Dome Scandal

c)

Scopes Trial

d)

KKK

18.

Disillusioned poets and novelists who wrestled with the meaning of war and life.

a)

Lost Generation

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

flappers

d)

The Great Gatsby

19.

Secret organization that hated African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants.

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Kool Kids Klub

c)

Kit Kat Kandy

d)

Anti-Defamation League

20.

What type of economy did the US have in the 1920s?

a)

laissez faire capitalism

b)

socialsim

c)

communism

d)

command economy

21.
An inventor and business leader from Detroit who pioneered the moving assembly line
a)
Henry Ford
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Leland Stanford
22.
The _________________________ was a movement in which large numbers of African Americans began leaving the South to take jobs in northern factories.
a)
Great Migration
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Red Scare
d)
fundamentalism
23.
women in the Jazz Age that wore short skirts, short hair, and lots of make up
a)
The 80's
b)
Flappers
c)
Flip Floppers
d)
The 90's
24.
In the 1920`s what was the most popular musical form which was influenced by African american music?
a)
blues 
b)
pop
c)
jazz
d)
hip hop 
25.
______ a system in which workers stand in one place and put parts together as the pieces go by on a moving belt.
a)
Mass production
b)
Mass Media
c)
Assembly line
d)
Prohibition
26.
Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
27.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan 
28.
What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920s?
a)
The Roaring 20s
b)
The Best of Times
c)
Harlem Renaissance
29.
Who was one of the most famous baseball players during the 1920s?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Gertrude Ederle
c)
Amelia Earhart
30.
Who became the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Amelia Earhart
31.
Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Bessie Smith
32.
Which amendment in 1920 gave women the right to vote?
a)
17th amendment
b)
29 amendment
c)
19th amendment
d)
3rd amendment
33.
The women's movement asking for the right to vote was called "Women's _________" .
a)
suffrage
b)
right
c)
goal
d)
American duty
34.
This group of writers criticizes the consumer culture in the US during the Roaring Twenties
a)
The Lost Generation
b)
The Lost Boys
c)
The Wandering Generation
d)
The Greatest Generation
35.
The rebirth of black culture took place where?
a)
Detroit
b)
Cleveland
c)
Harlem
d)
Louisville
36.
What invention allowed Americans to be more mobile in their lifestyles?
a)
Airplane
b)
Car
c)
Train
d)
Bus
37.
This term describes buying new products--refrigerators, washing machines, and cars--throughout the 1920s
a)
Consumerism
b)
Productism
c)
Creditism
d)
Nativism
38.
This man was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Amelia Earhart
d)
Mr. Zell
39.
Who was the president that was elected with the slogan "Return to Normalcy"
a)
Warren Harding
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Calvin Coolidge 
40.

Why were more people able to own automobiles, radios, washing machines, and other goods in the 1920s?

a)

because of advertising

b)

because of lower taxes on imports

c)

because of installment buying

d)

because the trucking industry grew

41.

Whose flight from New York to Paris, France, in 1927 persuaded people that air travel could be important?

a)

Orville and Wilbur Wright

b)

Georgia O'Keeffe

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Amelia Earhart

42.

Which group did not benefit from the economic boom of the 1920s?

a)

factory workers

b)

truck drivers

c)

movie theater owners

d)

farmers

43.

Which of the following had the greatest influence on entertainment and the arts during the 1920s?

a)

automobiles

b)

television

c)

newspapers

d)

radio

44.

Which African American became a famous writer during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Billie Holiday

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Bessie Smith

45.

What was the movement of people to cities called?

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

e)

renaissance

46.

Making monthly payments until the full price has been paid

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

e)

renaissance

47.

Production by machines

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

e)

renaissance

48.
Who was targeted for discrimination during the Red Scare?
a)
Immigrants
b)
African Americans
c)
Jews
d)
Migrant Workers
49.
What is the word for anti-immigrant attitudes?
a)
isolationism
b)
Neutrality
c)
Nativism
d)
Federalism
50.
What is a tax on imports?
a)
Payroll Tax
b)
tariff
c)
Trust
d)
Pension
51.
What scandal during Warren Harding led a member of his cabinet to go to jail?
a)
Cabaret Scandal
b)
Speakeasy Scandal
c)
Teapot Dome Scandal
d)
Big Oil Scandal
52.
What was the fear of Communist infiltration of America?
a)
red Scare
b)
Mexican Repatriation
c)
Prohibition
d)
Domino Theory
53.
Who caused African Americans to reexamine their African heritage?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Willard Filmore
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
Francis Willard
54.
What was the awakening of African-American identity, art and culture in NYC called?
a)
Tin Pan Alley
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Back to Africa
d)
Garveyism
55.
What group was most influential in the passage of Prohibition?
a)
Immigrants
b)
Women
c)
Children
d)
Laborers
56.
What did the 18th Amendment do?
a)
Income Tax
b)
Women;s Suffrage
c)
Prohibition.ban alcohol
d)
lowers voting age to 18
57.
What was one major result of Prohibition?
a)
No one drank in USA
b)
Lower immigration rates
c)
Rise in organized crime or mafia
d)
increased taxes for government
58.
What were the secret clubs that sold alcohol called?
a)
Markets
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Speakeasies
d)
Hideaways
59.
What did the 21st Amendment do?
a)
Ended prohibition/18th Amendment
b)
Created the draft
c)
Women's sffrage
d)
Presidents get 2 terms of foffice
60.
What factors led African-Americans to migrate North in the Great Migration?
a)
Racism in the North, Opportunity in Canada
b)
Decrease in immigration
c)
Persecution in the South, Economic opportunity in the North
61.
What did the Eighteenth Amendment state?
a)
This amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
b)
This amendment outlawed the advertisment of alcohol.
c)
This amendment changed the age a person had to be to buy alcohol.
62.
What was a bootlegger?
a)
Criminals who brought clothing made in other countries into the U.S.
b)
Criminals who brought guns made in other countries into the U.S.
c)
Criminals who brought alcohol made in other countries into the U.S.
63.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars 
d)
hidden spots
64.
What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?
a)
It stopped speakeasies
b)
It ended Prohibition
c)
It arrested bootleggers
65.
What were the Charleston, Lindy Hop, and the Jitterbug?
a)
Popular people during the 1920s
b)
Popular places during the 1920s
c)
Popular dances during the 1920s
d)
Popular foods during the 1920s
66.
What did the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald nickname the decade of the 1920s?
a)
The Fun Age
b)
The Jazz Age
c)
The Blues Age
d)
The Dancing Age
67.

Why were people sterilized without their consent during the eugenics movement?

a)

They were "unfit" or members of an "undesirable" group, such as criminals or people who had low IQs

b)

Our population was too big and we were running out of food

c)

As a punishment for infidelity (cheating)

d)

Because too many women were dying during childbirth

68.

What led to increased anti-Chinese feelings & actions?

a)

A surge in acts of terrorism committed by Chinese immigrants

b)

China had recently attacked the US

c)

White Americans just hated Chinese people

d)

Increased competition for jobs

69.

What kind of government did Social Darwinists want?

a)

A government that would intervene and soften the harsh conditions created by capitalism

b)

A government that didn't interfere in the process of evolution--one that let the poor and "unfit" die out

c)

A government that would only offer support for the wealthy

d)

No government at all--they were anarchists

70.

What did scientific racists believe?

a)

That "Negroes" were the superior race

b)

That race was a scientific category & we could rank the races from best to worst

c)

That race-mixing was an overall good thing and should be encouraged

d)

That race was a social construct

71.

What is an example of "positive" eugenics?

a)

Sterilizing criminals so they cannot have more children

b)

Encouraging the most "fit" or "desirable" members of society to have more children

c)

Arresting people who have low IQs

d)

Encouraging the use of birth control among people with low IQs

72.

What kinds of policies did the US enact as a result of the eugenics movement?

a)

Restricting immigration from "undesirable" European countries

b)

Sterilizing members of "undesirable" classes

c)

Restricting welfare & funding for education

d)

All of these

73.

What did supporters of eugenics believe?

a)

Certain behaviors & personality traits were genetic and you could not overcome your DNA

b)

People might have certain genes, but their DNA was not their destiny

74.

Where did the name Tin Pan Alley come from?

a)

the sound of many pianos being played at once sounded like people banging pans

b)

a man whose last name is Tin wrote a song about a pan handler that lived in an alley

c)

it was so easy to make money that people often dropped change in the streets and someone wrote a song about it

d)

there was a parade and a bunch of famous musicians decided to play tin pans

75.

Which answer describes Tin Pan music?

a)

very artistic and complicated

b)

crazy and wild

c)

sentimental and easy to sing

d)

contriversial

76.

How was a song's popularity measured?

a)

how many people requested it on the radio

b)

the amount of sheet music that was sold

c)

the number of iTunes downloads

d)

how many movies it was featured in

77.

What was Vaudeville?

a)

when white people put on black paint to do a show

b)

a movie where a hero needs to save the day

c)

a radio show with 2 hosts

d)

stage shows with a variety of acts rotating nightly

78.

Republican Herbert Hoover beat Democrat Al Smith in the presidential election of 1928. What was/were Smith's liabilities?

a)

Al Smith was a member of the KKK

b)

Al Smith's pro-communism stand made him unpopular

c)

Al Smith was a Catholic who supported Prohibition

d)

All of the above

79.

Which of the following best represents Herbert Hoover's philosophy?

a)

The government should never help people out

b)

The government should help people at the state & local level, not the federal level

c)

There should be a new deal for the American people where the federal government would help people

80.

Author of The Jungle

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Ida B. Wells

81.

Tammany Hall's main man

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

William Tweed

d)

Louis Sullivan

82.

Hull House founder

a)

Frances Willard

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Florence Kelley

d)

Ida B. Wells

83.

Anti-lynching crusader

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Ellen Starr

d)

Florence Kelley

84.

Founding member of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

George Washington Carver

85.

Creator of the Tuskegee Institute

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Clarence Darrow

d)

Richard Wright

86.

Leader of the "Drys"

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Florence Kelley

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Frances Willard

87.

The U.S. women’s suffrage movement had its roots in the abolition movement.

a)

True

b)

False

88.
One of the goals of the women's suffrage movement was to
a)
give women the right to work.
b)
allow women to attend church.
c)
give women the right to vote.
d)
get women out of schools.
89.

What is something that Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman have in common? (more than one answer)

a)

They disagreed with slavery

b)

They felt women should have rights, for example, the right to vote

c)

They felt slavery was okay

d)

They agreed that women should NOT have a voice or vote

90.

Why is the 19th Amendment referred to as the Susan B. Anthony amendment?

**19th amendment gave women the right to vote

a)

She worked hard to get it passed

b)

She signed the amendment

c)

She was elected to office and wrote the amendment

d)

She wrote to her Senator and asked the Senator to name the 19th amendment after her

91.

How did Frederick Douglass help the suffragist movement?

**suffrage-women's right to vote

a)

He encouraged women to form conventions

b)

He convinced Elizabeth Mott’s husband to help her.

c)

He spoke at the Seneca Falls convention in support of the suffragists (women's rights).

d)

He marched in the Women’s Suffrage Parade.

92.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments which was presented at the First Women's Convention in Seneca Falls. Stanton changed the words in this document to say that

a)

" all men are created equal"

b)

"all men and women are created equal"

c)

"all men and women can attend conventions from this day forward"

d)

"all women have the right to vote"

93.

What was the name of President Wilson's plan for peace?

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Sussex Pledge

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Fourteen Points

94.

Which event sparked the beginning of WWI?

a)

the Zimmerman telegram

b)

assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

c)

sinking of the Lusitania

d)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

95.

What was the ruling in Schenck v. US?

a)

separate but equal is okay

b)

free speech can be limited with "clear and present danger"

c)

right to bear arms could be limited for immigrants

d)

Sedition Act was unconstitutional

96.

What country had to admit guilt for WWI according to the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Italy

97.

Which country was encouraged to attack the US in the Zimmerman Telegram?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Mexico

d)

Russia

98.

Which legislation silenced criticism of the war at home?

a)

Committee on Public Information

b)

Espionage and Sedition Acts

c)

The Red Scare

d)

Palmer Raids

99.

What group took power in Russia during WWI and established a communist regime?

a)

Bolsheviks

b)

Serbs

c)

Slovenes

d)

Bosnians

100.

What is a method of citizens loaning money to the government to pay for war?

a)

propaganda

b)

sussex pledge

c)

espionage

d)

war bonds

101.

What was the name of the peace-keeping organization proposed by Wilson?

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

League of Nations

c)

United Nations

d)

Sussex Pledge

102.

What was the name of the area between the trenches that contained barbed wire and land mines?

a)

no man's land

b)

danger zone

c)

ground zero

103.

What is the name for a cease-fire?

a)

armistice

b)

propaganda

c)

treaty

d)

espionage

104.
What is an alliance?
a)
An agreement between nations to defend one another.
b)
An agreement between nations to trade with one another.
c)
When nation's pick teams to fight against.
d)
Groups of countries that finished nationalism.
105.
What is nationalism?
a)
Love for one's country and desire to have that country independent.
b)
When nations want to control all countries.
c)
The battle between countries over unclaimed territories
d)
The process of becoming a nation and world power.
106.
What is isolationism?
a)
The choice to remain neutral on foreign affairs
b)
When countries decide to defend each other.
c)
When countries agree to not fight in wars.
d)
The answer is not present.
107.
What is a U-boat?
a)
A German Battle Ship
b)
An American Passenger Ship
c)
A German Submarine
d)
A French Aircraft
108.
What was the purpose of the League of Nations?
a)
Prevent all future wars.
b)
To establish stronger Alliances
c)
To punish nations that did not follow rules.
d)
To help the United States become a World Power. 
109.
What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to?
a)
Britain’s policy to sink ships in German water, no warning!
b)
German policy to sink ships in British water without warning
c)
The U.S. warning of warfare the central powers could expect.
d)
German decision to focus resources on water around Europe.
110.
A belief that a country should have a strong military and use it to gain power
a)
Imperialism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Militarism
111.
More land, more money, more power
a)
Nationalism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Militarism
112.
Gavrilo Prinicip
a)
Was a German commander in the Battle of the Somme
b)
Was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
c)
Was a Russian spy
d)
Was a Serbian Nationalist who assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
113.
The U.S.'s policy regarding the war in 1914 
a)
Imperialism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Militarism
d)
None of these
114.
1,198 people including 128 Americans were killed by which event?
a)
Invasion of Belgium
b)
Bombing of Sarajevo
c)
The Serbian Revolt
d)
The sinking of the Lusitania
115.
Which of the following are responsible for World War 1?
a)
Imperialism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Alliances
d)
All of these
116.
The United States joined World War 1 in
a)
1914
b)
1915
c)
1916
d)
1917
117.
World War 1 officially began in 
a)
1914
b)
1915
c)
1916
d)
1917

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