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The Roaring 20s

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A nickname for the 1920s in the United States.

a)

The Dancing Age

b)

The Roaring 20s

c)

The Music Poll

d)

The Chicago Dancers

2.

Women were newly empowered by gaining the right to vote in _______

a)

2020

b)

2999

c)

1810

d)

1919

3.

The United States had been on the winning side of the war and had emerged from WWI as a major world power.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

In the 1920s, for the first time, working class families could buy a car with _______________

a)

No money down

b)

Food Stamps

c)

Credit

d)

Gold Coins

5.

Sometimes the Roaring Twenties is also called the " The Last Dance."

a)

True

b)

False

6.

New dances during the Jazz Age included the ______

a)

Electric slide, Moon Walk, Butterfly

b)

Charleston, Shimmy, Black Bottom

c)

Horse Shoe, 2-Step, Salsa

d)

Tango, Cake walk, Cha-Cha

7.

Musicians such as ______ define the future of jazz in the United States and abroad

a)

King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Kid Ory

b)

Snoop Dog, Elvis Presley, Kenny G

c)

Van Halen, Dolly Parton, Celine Deon

8.

People throughout the United States listened to the same radio shows, watched the same movies, and bought the same products during the roaring 20s.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The __________ is where investors get together to buy and sell stocks.

a)

Walmart Stores

b)

Restaurants

c)

Stock Market

d)

White House

10.

__________________ are shares of ownership in a public company/business

a)

Consumers

b)

Stocks

c)

Inventors

d)

Research

11.

On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed during the roaring 20s..

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The day the stock market crashed is known as _____________

a)

Cyber Monday

b)

Green Day

c)

Black Friday

d)

Black Tuesday