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Roaring Twenties

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

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.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

a)

19th Amend

b)

18th Amed

c)

21st Amend

d)

1st Amed

8.

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

9.

This increased because of the radio, advertisements, and use of credit.

a)

consumerism

b)

national debt

c)

immigration

d)

education

10.
Who invented the assembly line and made production more efficient?
a)
FDR
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Henry Ford
11.
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
12.
What was first mass-manufactured in the 1920’s and changed society?
a)
Guns
b)
Radios
c)
Automobiles
d)
Television
13.
What was the name of the migration of African-Americans to the North called?
a)
Great Migration
b)
Racial Riots
c)
Back to Africa
14.
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
15.
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
16.
What music was created by the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Swing
b)
Blues
c)
Jazz
d)
Reggae 
17.

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

18.

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

19.

What change in the 1920s caused cities to expand outward?

a)

more automobiles

b)

more immigrants

c)

more skyscrapers

d)

taller skyscrapers

20.

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

a)

automobiles

b)

television

c)

newspapers

d)

radio

21.

What form of music became popular in the 1920s?

a)

hip hop

b)

rock and roll

c)

country

d)

jazz

22.

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

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Billie Holiday

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Bessie Smith

23.

What was the movement of people to cities called?

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

e)

renaissance

24.

A time of much interest and activity in the arts

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

e)

renaissance

25.

Making monthly payments until the full price has been paid

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

e)

renaissance

26.

Products made for personal use

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

e)

renaissance

27.

Production by machines

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

e)

renaissance

28.
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.
29.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars 
d)
hidden spots
30.
What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?
a)
It stopped speakeasies
b)
It ended Prohibition
c)
It arrested bootleggers
31.
What is jazz?
a)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1920s.
b)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1930s
c)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1940s
d)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1950s
32.
Who was one of the best known jazz composers of the 1920s?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Bessie Smith
c)
Duke Ellington
33.
Who was one of the best known jazz musicians of the 1920s?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Bessie Smith
34.
Who was a popular blues singer of the 1920s?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Bessie Smith
35.
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
36.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan 
37.
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
38.
Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
39.
Who was one of the most famous baseball players during the 1920s?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Gertrude Ederle
c)
Amelia Earhart
40.
Who became the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Amelia Earhart
41.
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
42.
Movies without sound were called _______.
a)
Talkies
b)
Motion pictures
c)
Silent movies
d)
Features
43.
Movies with sound were called ______.
a)
features
b)
talkies
c)
pictures
d)
films
44.
______ 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
45.
Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Bessie Smith
46.
What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous book?
a)
The Jazz Age
b)
Prohibition
c)
The Great Gatsby
47.

Which weekly live radio broadcast began in Nashville in 1925?

a)

The Grand Ole Opry

b)

Carter Family Live

c)

Bristol Sessions

d)

Stax Showcase

48.

Which famous African American musician played, wrote, and sang the blues and was known as the Father of the Blues?

a)

BB King

b)

Elvis Presley

c)

WC Handy

d)

Johnny Cash

49.

Which recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, is known as the birthplace of Rock - N - Roll?

a)

Stax Records

b)

Grand Ole Opry

c)

Sun Studios

d)

Bristol Sessions

50.

Fill in the blank: The U.S. went through an ___________________ during the 1920's. It was a time of prosperity.

a)

economic bust

b)

economic boom

c)

consumer slump

d)

recession

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