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WorksheetsRoaring 20s and Great Depression
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 25mins
Belief that no immigrants should be allowed into the country is called
nativism
racism
Prohibition
welfare
First popular automobile made by Henry Ford that was affordable and known as "Tin Lizzie"
Model T
Bonus Army
Model Z
Ford Escape
A period of time of great economic growth and widespread well being for America after World War I
Roaring Twenties
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Dust Bowl
Name given to movement of African Americans from the South to the North in order to get better jobs and find a better way of life
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
New Deal
Bonus Army
A movement of artistic and intellectual development of African Americans in New York City during the 1920s
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
Depression
installment plan
A ban on alcohol in America during the 1920s that created organized crime
Prohibition
Depression
Escapism
Black Tuesday
A market where companies exchange shares
stock exchange
Public Works
installment plan
shanty towns
October 29, 1929 - the stock market crashed to near zero, sending many people to bankruptcy in a single day
Black Tuesday
Depression
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Prohibition
A period of great economic turmoil where many people have no money or no jobs
Depression
escapism
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Great Migration
Which amendment ended prohibition?
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
21st Amendment
13th Amendment
The Women's Suffrage Movement:
Made selling and making alcohol illegal
Made women’s voting legal by passing the 19th amendment
Made alcohol legal
Gave African American men the right to vote
Why were the 1920s called the “Roaring ‘20s”?
because times were hard, and life was awful for most people
because it was the sound that Model T cars made
because it was another name for jazz music
because times were good, and life improved for most people
_________ allowed people to share their culture with each other in the 1920s, resulting in a new, common American culture.
Television and Newspapers
Radio and Movies
Telephone and Music
Telegraph and Art
The KKK targeted which groups of people during this time period? (Select all)
Catholics
Jewish People
African Americans
Chinese Immigrants
Which is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Too many people bought things on credit
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Overproduction of goods and crops (making more than people want to buy)
World War 1
President during the start of the 1920s. "Return to Normalcy"
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Howard Taft
Herbert Hoover
A ban on the sale of alcohol in the 1920s
Teapot Dome
Red Scare
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Prohibition
What decade saw installment plans, prohibition, and the flappers?
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
What was one unintended consequence of Prohibition?
Alcoholism decreased
The rise of organized crime
The Great Migration
Teapot Dome scandal
The rise of Jazz music contributed to what movement?
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
Prohibition
Nativism
Can you recall what the 18th amendment is
Made it illegal to make or sell alcohol
Gave women the right to vote
Led to a decrease in crime
Gave African Americans the right to vote
The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of African American artists who
Worked in the South
Calling for segregation
Urged African Americans to leave the country
Exploring their heritage and encouraging African Americans to be prideful of black culture.
Henry Ford produced a more affordable car primarily because his company….
Paid workers lower wages than his competitors.
Used foreign-made parts.
Developed a faster and less expensive method of production called the assembly line.
Offered a variety of options to buyers
During the 1920s, controversies concerning national Prohibition and the behavior of “flappers” were all signs of disagreement over…
The return to normalcy
Changing culture and lifestyles
Causes of the Great Depression
The benefits of new technology
The Great Migration of African Americans to the North during the 1920s was mainly the result of…
Political corruption
Nativism
Racism and discrimination of African Americans in the South
Success of military desegregation
The __________________________ ended prohibition and was passed in 1933.
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
Young women in the 1920s who declared their independence from traditional values were known as __________________________.
Fads
Actresses
Flappers
Beyonce
Smugglers who brought alcohol into the United States when it was illegal were called?
Flappers
Bootleggers
Anarchists
Communists
Nativists believed that native-born Americans
Should not drink alcohol
Are superior to immigrants and foreigners
Should have better working conditions
Are a lost generation
Which of the following is the main idea of the cartoon below?
Alcohol should only be banned because it is expensive
Alcohol causes Americans to become poor and make bad decisions
Only Christian Americans should stop drinking alcohol
Alcohol hurts the economy because Americans do not go to work
One of the ways that Americans purchased goods during the 1920s was through the use of…
Credit cards and installment buying
Assembly line
Debt
Recession
What are speakeasies?
Illegal bars and clubs
Jazz musicians
Communication that reaches many people
Powerful gangsters
