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Roaring 20's

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of ______.

a)
school
b)
evolution
c)
abstinence
d)
religion
2.

The 18th Amendment of 1919 / 1920 prohibited the __________.

a)

selling of certain drugs and foods

b)

selling, production and transporting of alcohol

c)

exporting of natural resources

d)

importation of German products

3.

 

The 19th Amendment was the federal mandate to ______.

a)

Give African Americans the right to vote

b)

set the voting age to stop at age 65

c)

Moving the legal age of voting to 18

d)

give women the right to vote

4.

The Emergency Quota Act of 1924 had the following negative effect of______.

a)

decreased restrictions on immigration

b)

increased restrictions on immigration

c)

allowing unrestricted immigration

d)

 halting all immigration

5.

The Harlem Renaissance included for African-Americans all the following EXCEPT ______.

a)

literature that reflected their culture

b)

art that showed a new identity of self

c)

sense of economic independence

d)

None of the Above

6.

The years following World War 1 saw a resurgence of __________, the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

a)

Militarism

b)

Nativism

c)

Internationalism

d)

Isolationsim

7.

 

The years following World War I, the United States practiced ______ with its direct relations w/ most international affairs and foreign nations as part of a promise to the American people.

a)

Internationalism

b)

Nativism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Nationalism

8.

What production technique developed by Henry Ford helped make manufacturing more efficient and lowered the cost of consumer goods?

a)

Breadlines

b)

Temperance

c)

Assembly Line

d)

Manufactoring

9.

What is the name of the movement which promoted the growth of African-American culture, spread Jazz music, and inspired the Civil Rights movement?

a)

Black Panthers

b)

Mobs

c)

Great Migration

d)

Harlem Renaissance

10.

What was the name given to the women who challenged traditional attitudes and social norms during the 1920s?

a)

Mobsters

b)

Party Girls

c)

Flappers

d)

Temperance

11.
 What were the most popular types of music in the 1920’s.
a)
Rap
b)
Classical
c)
Jazz and Blues
d)
Country
12.

The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of ______.

a)
school
b)
evolution
c)
abstinence
d)
religion
13.

Dancing and Drinking establishments that were illegal were referred to as?

a)

Speakeasies

b)

Bars

c)

Clubs

d)

Saloons

14.

Which one of the following was NOT an effect of the Scopes Trial upon U.S. society?

a)

the decline of the fundamentalist movement among Americans

b)

Supreme Court reverses Tennessee’s court ruling on Scopes

c)

 the increased number of people attending church-based schools

d)

the power & effect of national media has on public opinion

15.

 

The Dawes Plan of 1924 was America’s foreign policy to ______.

a)

set up bank loans from U.S. banks to help Germany fulfill their war reparations

b)

reestablish the German military as a protection defense force

c)

Set up a Peace Treaty with the Central Powers of WW1

d)

set up military tribunals to assist the Allies of WW I to charge those of war crimes

16.
Trial of a Tennessee public school biology teacher for teaching the theory of evolution.
a)
Scope's Trial
b)
Red Scare
c)
Fundamentalism
d)
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
17.

People that sold transported and sold alcohol illegally were known as

a)

Flappers

b)

Speakeasies

c)

Bootleggers

d)

Fundamentalists

18.
Millions of Black Americans migrated North during the early 1900s and into the 1920s. This is known as: 
a)
The Big Move
b)
The Great Migration 
c)
The Great Agitation 
d)
The Great Separation 
19.

Due to lack of increased wages in the late 1920s, many businesses were resorting to selling household goods to customers on ______, with the promise to pay back with interest.

a)

speculation

b)

I.O.U.s

c)

bank loans

d)

credit

20.

 

______ was the key new technology for mass media advertising due to its popularity and increased numbers in American homes.

a)

Radio

b)

Television

c)

Newspapers

d)

Social Media

21.

Which one of the following was NOT a factor to Henry Ford’s industrial success in the area of automobile production?

a)

Less Worker Rights

b)

Five Day Work Week

c)

assembly line mass production

d)

increased/better pay

22.

The Great Migration was the physical movement of ______ to the urban centers of Chicago and New York primarily for the reason in finding new jobs and a community they could feel part of.

a)

Asian Americans

b)

The Upper Class

c)

European Immigrants

d)

African Americans

23.

Which of the following was the unfortunate result of Prohibition during the 1920s?

a)

Increase in organized Crime

b)

disregard of the law by so many

c)

increase in violent mafia activities

d)

All of the Above

24.

What is F Scott Fitzgerald's novel that showed the 1920's version of the American dream of wealth?

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Roaring 20's

c)

Great Gatsby

d)

Red Scare

25.

The Red Scare refers to...

a)

fear of communists in the US

b)

largest mafia murder in the 20's

c)

fearful loss of blood

d)

changing fashion trends

26.

Albert Fall became the first member of a Presidential Cabinet to do this __________

a)

Go to Jail

b)

Commit Treason against the U.S.

c)

Murder the President

d)

Die in a War