WorksheetsRoaring 20s
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins
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.
“Dreams”
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow
-Langston Hughes
This poem written during the Harlem Renaissance, was most likely meant to encourage African Americans to
Flee from slavery
Accept racial segregation
Never give up hope and look to the future
Deal with the Great Depression
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
Nativism influenced the outcome of which 1920s court case?
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Sacco and Vanzetti
Plessy v. Ferguson
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 is mass media?
Illegal bars and clubs
Jazz musicians
Communication that reaches many people
Powerful gangsters
What are speakeasies?
Illegal bars and clubs
Jazz musicians
Communication that reaches many people
Powerful gangsters
What movement during the 1920s caused many Americans to fear immigrants because they thought they could be communists?
Red Scare
Americanization Movement
Social Gospel Movement
Social Darwinism
Which words are related to the abolition of alcohol during the 1920s?
Temperance
Prohibition
18th Amendment
All of the above
What belief system encouraged immigration quotas and the rise of the KKK during the 1920s?
Social Gospel
Civil Rights Movement
Nativism
NAACP
During what event did many African Americans leave the south and move to the north in search of economic opportunities in industrialized cities?
Great Migration
Dust Bowl
Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration
Social Darwinism
What scandal during the 1920s led to public disappointments over revelations of corrupt government?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Watergate Scandal
Clinton Impeachment
All of the above
Although the assembly line helped make production more efficient, what was one negative effect?
It led to overproduction which resulted in laying off some workers.
It led to a decrease in supply of goods.
It caused Americans to do more of the work by hand.
It led to the government placing tariffs on imported goods.
Why was Prohibition seen as a failure?
Speakeasies were established to replace bars.
It led to an increase in organized crime.
Mobsters made it unsafe in the cities.
All of the above
Period of economic prosperity after WWI?
The Roaring 20s
The Wild Years
The Roaring 30s
The Wild 40s
Which music became popular during the 20s?
Blue Grass
Jazz
Rock 'n Roll
Classical
Who was Langston Hughes?
First man to fly across the Atlantic
Introduced mass production of automobiles
Legendary jazz musician
Black writer during Harlem Renaissance
Why did the economy experience a "boom" after WWI?
African Americans were moving back to the farms to grow cotton and soybeans
Consumers were preparing for a war and needed to bring extra supplies
New technologies and consumer goods were being developed and people wanted to buy them
Foreign trade grew after WWI
Which group of Americans did not have a good economic time in the 1920's?
Doctors, lawyers, accountants
African Americans, Asian Americans, sharecroppers
Sharecroppers, farmers, underpaid factory workers
Teachers, ministers, farmhands
Which one of these events happened during the 1920's?
The Spanish-American War
The bombing of the USS Maine
Prohibition made playing cards in public illegal
Women won the right to vote
The Harlem Renaissance was an EFFECT of the Great Migration?
True
False
What was the cause of African Americans migrating into the cities?
African Americans were excepted
People moved back to farms to sharecrop
Lack of economic opportunities in the rural South
Many cities became poor and people became homeless
Why were the 1920's sometimes called the "Roaring Twenties"?
People were roaring in the streets
Foreign trade grew after World War I
The leadership of the United States decreased
The United States grew socially and economically
What new technology became widespread in homes by the end of the 1920's and brought news, entertainment, and advertisements to the family home?
refrigerators
telephones
radios
electric fans
What was a immediate effect of the radio?
help with finances
mobility for the working class
improved access to information
helped women get away from traditional roles
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
16
18
19
21
What kind of people were targeted during the Red Scare?
anarchists and socialists
socialist candidates
people with freedom of speech who talk bad about the government
What caused the United States to enter into WWI?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Titanic.
The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand..
The Great Depression
What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles?
The French could not supply weapons to other countries
Spain had to pay money to the allies for the cost of the war
. The treaty was between Spain and the United States
Germany was held accountable for WWI and did not have a say in the terms of the treaty
How did the contributions of Louis Armstrong impact the Harlem Renaissance?
His talent as a jazz musician quickly spread the popularity of jazz music.
His speeches convinced many Americans to become sympathetic toward civil rights issues.
His literary awards became unprecedented throughout the country.
His paintings tactfully communicated the plight of African Americans.
What Harlem Renaissance poet wrote "I, Too Sing America"?
Langston Hughes
Ma Rainey
Zora Neale Hurston
James Weldon Johnson
Which sport made major gains in national popularity during the 1920s?
basketball
hockey
baseball
soccer
What was Babe Ruth's most lasting impact on baseball in the United States?
He transformed it from an amateur sport to a professional sport
He attracted many new fans with his entertaining style of play.
He successfully lobbied to make baseball an Olympic sport.
He traveled internationally to boost the sport's popularity overseas.
During the 1920s, the accomplishments of Charles Lindbergh helped stir US interest in
wilderness exploration
radio broadcasting.
foreign policy.
air travel
Major Events of WW1
1. US citizens are attacked by German forces.
2. The United States formally enters World War I as an associated power.
3. The United States begins shipping aid to the Entente Powers.
What is the correct chronological order of these events, beginning with the earliest?
3,2,1
1,3,2
2,1,3
3,1,2
