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The Roaring 20s

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A motion picture with sound.

a)

Talkie

b)

Soundie

c)

Singie

d)

Hearie

2.

Name given to the 1920s due to the popularity of jazz music.

a)

Prohibition Age

b)

Guilded Age

c)

Jazz Age

d)

Blues Age

3.

Period of African American artistic accomplishment in New York City.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Jazz Renaissance

d)

Expatriates Renaissance

4.

Poet and writer who wrote about African American life.

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Ernest Hemingway

d)

Georgia O'Keeffe

5.

Writers in the 1920s who criticized American society.

a)

Unknown Generation

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Lost Generation

d)

Jazz Generation

6.

People who live outside their home country.

a)

Expatriates

b)

Patriates

c)

Expeditionaries

d)

World Travelers

7.

Innovative artist famous for her detailed drawings of flowers.

a)

Georgia O'Keeffe

b)

Pablo Picasso

c)

Chales Lindbergh

d)

Langston Hughes

8.

Young women in the 1920s who challenged traditional women's roles.

a)

Fundamentalist

b)

Flappers

c)

Prohibitionists

d)

Expatriates

9.

Period of fear of Communists and radicals in the United States.

a)

Great Migration

b)

Red Scare

c)

Cuban Missle Crisis

d)

Teapot Dome

10.

The constitutional amendment that repealed prohibition.

a)

18th

b)

20th

c)

21st

d)

1st

11.

Religious belief in a word-for-word interpretation of the Bible.

a)

Liberalism

b)

Fundamentalism

c)

Orthodoxy

d)

Protestantism

12.

The major trial that centered around a teacher teaching evolution in school.

a)

Scopes Trial

b)

Sacco & Vanzetti Trial

c)

Fundamentalism Trial

d)

Capone Trial

13.

The movement of African Americans to northern cities.

a)

Great Depression

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Expatiates

d)

Great Migration

14.

Black leader who encouraged black people to express pride in their culture.

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

15.

Republican president from Ohio elected in 1920.

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Warren G. Harding

16.

Man who became president when Warren G. Harding died; reelected to office in 1924.

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Warren G. Harding

17.

President elected in 1928 with promises for more prosperity.

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Warren G. Harding

18.

Government scandal that centered around the acceptance of bribes by Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall in exchange for control of government oil reserves.

a)

Watergate Scandal

b)

Iran-Contra Affair

c)

The Eaton Affair

d)

Teapot Dome Scandal

19.

An unenforceable agreement among 62 nations to outlaw war.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

c)

Post-Fruit Loops Pact

d)

Treaty of Versailles

20.

A low-cost automobile invented by Ford.

a)

Model T

b)

Mustang

c)

Model A

d)

Model U

21.

Production system that moves parts between groups of workers.

a)

Mechanization

b)

Assembly Line

c)

Computerization

d)

Feudal System

22.

Who was at the center of the Teapot Dome scandal for accepting bribes from private oil companies?

a)

Warren G. Harding

b)

John Scopes

c)

Albert Fall

d)

Calvin Coolidge

23.

How did Calvin Coolidge's policies differ from Warren G. Harding's?

a)

He was more pro-war

b)

He was more probusiness

c)

He was anti-prohibition

d)

He was more pro-immigration

24.

What made the Model T important was NOT that is was a car -- but that it was a car that was what?

a)

Affordable

b)

Reliable

c)

Luxurious

d)

Plain

25.

With the wide use of electricity and new home appliances, many Americans were given what?

a)

Time

b)

Bread

c)

Land

d)

Education

26.

Herbert Hoover ran for president promising to continue what?

a)

Expansion

b)

Prosperity

c)

Lawlessness

d)

Normalcy

27.

Who were the Italian anarchist convicted of murdering two people?

a)

Sacco & Vanzetti

b)

Manzetti & Primo

c)

Corleone & Hoffa

d)

Dominos & Papa John

28.

Act that limited total number of immigrants allowed into the country.

a)

Emergency Quota Act

b)

Prohibition Act

c)

National Origins Act

d)

Appropriations Act

29.

Act that banned immigration from East Asia entirely.

a)

Emergency Quota Act

b)

Prohibition Act

c)

National Origins Act

d)

Appropriations Act

30.

The constitutional amendment that made the creation, distribution and manufacturing of alcohol illegal.

a)

18th

b)

20th

c)

21st

d)

1st

31.

Time period where the creation, distribution and manufacturing of alcohol illegal.

a)

Prohibition

b)

Guilded Age

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Post-War Era

32.

Organization that helped Hispanic Americans organize to fight prejudice and promote civil rights

a)

League of United Latin American Citizens

b)

Indian Citizenship Act

c)

NAACP

d)

NCAA

33.

Act that allowed Native Americans to become US citizens.

a)

League of United Latin American Citizens

b)

Indian Citizenship Act

c)

NAACP

d)

NCAA

34.

What invention gave Americans a widespread common national exerpience

a)

Automobile

b)

Radio

c)

The Wheel

d)

Electricity

35.

What was the first talking movie?

a)

Wings

b)

The Jazz Singer

c)

Broadway Melody 1928

d)

Separation

36.

Man who completed the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean traveling from New York to Paris.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Charles Lindbergh

c)

The Red Baron

d)

Neil Armstrong

37.

The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Charles Lindbergh

c)

The Red Baron

d)

Neil Armstrong

38.

What style of music dominated the 1920s

a)

Jazz

b)

Grunge

c)

Disco

d)

Rock

39.

Who was the most famous Jazz artist of the age?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Kirk Cobain

c)

Ella Fitzgerald

d)

Neil Armstrong

40.

Style of music that began in the Mississippi delta as an expression of suffering of African-Americans during slavery.

a)

Jazz

b)

Blues

c)

Disco

d)

Rock

41.

Member of the Lost Generation of writers who was a volunteer ambulance worker during WWI, he used this experience in his writing which was direct and expressed the un-pretty things of American society.

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Ernest Hemingway

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Zora Neale Hurston

42.

Member of the Lost Generation of writers who wrote the most famous novel of the Jazz Age, which focused on the loss of morality and fun times of the Jazz Age.

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Ernest Hemingway

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Zora Neale Hurston

43.

The most famous novel of the Jazz Age, which focused on the loss of morality and fun times of the Jazz Age.

a)

The Great Gatsby

b)

For Whom the Bells Tolled

c)

Mrs. Dalloway

d)

The Age of Innocence

44.

Georgia O'Keeffe is most know for painting what?

a)

Landscapes

b)

Architecture

c)

People

d)

Flowers

45.

What architecture style is most associated with the 1920s?

a)

Gothic

b)

Mid-Century Modern

c)

Postmodern

d)

Art Deco

46.

What were types of radio broadcasts in the 1920s (check all that apply)?

a)

Bedtime Stories

b)

Sports Broadcasts

c)

Political Speeches

d)

Cooking Shows

47.

Why did people support prohibition (check all that apply)?

a)

Thought it would strengthen families -- cut down on abuse.

b)

Thought it would reduce crime.

c)

Thought it would cause people to buy other items other than alcohol.

d)

Thought is would make people want to pursue different jobs.

48.

Why were people afraid of immigrants in the 1920s (check all that apply)?

a)

Americans were afraid they would bring Communism.

b)

Americans were afraid they would take their jobs.

c)

Americans were afraid they would change American culture.

d)

Americans were afraid of foreign food.

49.

Warren G. Harding ran for president on what promise?

a)

Return to normalcy

b)

Tax the rich

c)

Bring back jobs

d)

No new taxes

50.

What things did the affordable automobile add to American life (check all that apply)?

a)

The suburbs

b)

Gas stations

c)

Added freedom

d)

Dance Crazes

51.

Babe Ruth was a 1920s star in what occupation?

a)

Movies

b)

Aviation

c)

Horse Racing

d)

Baseball