WorksheetsThe roaring 20's
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Why credits and loans caused that the banks earned so much money in the 20's?
Because it generates that people buy a lot of things with the money they don't have and needed to ask for help to the banks.
Because it consist of banks lending money to people, who later have to pay it back at a higher price, which led to an economic win.
Because in the 20's people didn't have any money so they needed to asked banks for help which generated a monetary win.
Because loans and credits later on remunerate people, so everyone used banks services.
What were the main characteristics of the flappers?
Were a generation of young western women, that wore long dresses, stayed at home and were depended of men.
Were a generation of young western women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, drink, smoked and treat sex as a casual manner.
Were a generation of young western women that help with the boom of arts, theatre and opera.
Were a generation of young western women that were present in the Great War and disappeared at the beginnings of the 20's
What were the new inventions and technologies of the 20's
Automobiles
Radio
Chemical weapons
Washing machines
What was the 19th amendment
Was the US constitution that allowed women the right to vote.
Was the US constitution that prohibit the transportation, sell and production of alcohol.
Was the US constitution that gave women the same rights as man.
Was the US constitution that allowed the birth control pills distribution,
What were the 18th amendment consequences?
People stopped drinking and respect the constitution.
People started protesting and fighting for the permission for the consumption of alcohol.
There were no consequences, it was like nothing had happened.
Abusive drinking, violence, corruption, disrespect towards the law, monopoly of mafia began, bootlegging and speakeasies appeared.
The 18th amendment prohibit the consumption of alcohol?
True, it prohibit that people consume alcohol.
False, its only forbidden the sell, production or transportation of alcohol.
Who was the most important character in the American mafia?
John Dillinger
Bugsy Siegel
Al Capone
Lucky Luciano
What was the Harlem renaissance?
Was an intellectual, social and artistic explosion of the Afroamerican people culture centered in Harlem, Manhattan.
Was the period of time when black communities started mobilizing from South to North.
Was the explosion of economics in New York city.
Was a period of time of a lot of prejudice and criticism for the Afroamerican people.
What was the purpose or intention of the Ku Kux Klan?
The Ku Kux Klan wanted to end up with the jews and catholics.
The ku Kux Klan intention was to recovered the lost white supremacy.
The Ku Kux Klan wanted to expressed hate to all Americans.
The Ku Kux Klan was looking for a returned of a "clean" America.
What improved women living conditions in the 20's ?
The success of banks
The arrival of the automobiles
The arrival of new technologies like the washing and vacuum machines, which helped with domestic works.
What was the great migration?
was a period of time when Afroamerican people started mobilizing from south states to the north cities of the US .
Was the explosion of intellectual, social, and artistic things of the Afroamerican people.
Was a period of time where many people from all over the world mobilized to the United States.
Was a period of time where people of the US mobilized to other countries in Europe.
Who was Charles Chaplin?
He was the man that created the television.
Was an important movie studio.
Was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer that became famous for his silent films.
He was a famous jazz musician.
What was an important event related with television in the 20's?
televisions became the most sell product in the 20's.
women started acting like the characters of the movies.
Every people wanted to be or have the celebrities life-styles.
The worlds first color transmission happened.
How was jazz created?
Jazz was born out of the evolved through the African American experience in the US.
The people that returned from the Great War brought the European sounds and mix them and as result jazz was created.
Jazz was created in the renaissance because people wanted to explore different artistic characteristics.
Jazz evolved from slaves spiritual songs, they put it all the together and as a result they created this new sound.
Why the shimmy was banned in the 20's?
Because it was a very basic dance so people believe it was boring
Because people thought the dance was dirty and showed an outrageous behavior.
Because people used it to criticzed other people
Who were important musicians in the jazz age?
Joe King
Ray Charles
Louis Armstrong
Frank Sinatra
Why women rebelled in the 20's?
Because they were bored of the life they had.
Because they started seeing and copying how female characters of the movies act.
Because in the the Great War women took men jobs and responsibilities which makes them realized that they were capable and independent.
Because they wanted to disturb their husbands and government.
What is the free market?
Is when the consumers decide the prices of products and decide who and what business do well.
Is when consumers basically control the economy.
Is when all in the market is free for consumers.
Is when you are allowed to holds someones money.
What was the American mafia?
Was a group of people that were the opposition of the government.
Was a highly organized American criminal society that emerged in New York city, New Orleans and Chicago.
Was a group of very famous actors that play bad boys roles in movies.
Was a movie about drug and alcohol dealers created in the 20's
What were the roaring 20's?
Was the period of time in which the manufacturing of goods moved from small shops and homes to large factories.
Wast an intellectual movement that emphasizes ideas concerning to God, reason, nature and humanity.
Was a period of time in which arts, culture and economy rebirth.
Was a period of economic growth and widespread prosperity, was an era of mass consumerism, parties, jazz, flappers, and explosion in arts and culture.
