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Roaring '20s Fall 2020 Semester Exam Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the primary way flappers of the 1920s challenged the traditional role of women?

a)

fought for increased job opportunities

b)

pressured colleges and universities to accept female students

c)

displayed fashions and behaviors that shocked mainstream society

d)

helped female politicians win campaigns

2.

Modern 1920s woman who had a new liberated lifestyle (nontraditional)

a)

floozie

b)

flapper

c)

flubber

d)

flippant

3.

What amendment banned alcohol (Prohibition)?

a)

16

b)

18

c)

19

d)

21

4.

One of the ways that Americans purchased goods during the 1920s was through the use of…

a)

Credit cards and installment buying

b)

Assembly line

c)

Debt

d)

Recession

5.

Period of economic prosperity after WWI?

a)

The Roaring 20s

b)

The Wild Years

c)

The Roaring 30s

d)

The Wild 40s

6.
During The Great Migration, many southerners moved to big cities for what reason?
a)
to find more food
b)
because they didn't like growing cotton
c)
to find better jobs
d)
to get bigger homes
7.

What name was given to the movement of African Americans moving from the South to the North for better opportunities?

a)

The Great Migration

b)

The Great Emigration

c)

The Great Depression

8.

The people on the ship are shouting and fighting because

a)

they are being forced into military service.

b)

they are aliens who are being deported against their will.

c)

they know supplies on the ship are inadequate for their journey.

d)

they are being sent away because of their religious beliefs.

9.

Sacco and Vanzetti were on trial for robbery and murder, but also for their

a)

membership in the Ku Klux Klan

b)

refusal to board the Buford

c)

political beliefs and ethnicity

d)

resistance to the leadership of John L. Lewis

10.

During the Red Scare, Americans often linked __________ with communism.

a)

workers

b)

criminals

c)

immigrants

d)

Progressives

11.
An Anti-immigration sentiment (feeling or fear) is called
a)
Fundamentalism
b)
Nativism
c)
Communism
d)
Modernism
12.
The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920's became known as the
a)
Bad Times
b)
Red Scare
c)
Bolshevik Doom
d)
Communist Wave
13.

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of African American artists who

a)

Worked in the South

b)

Calling for segregation

c)

Urged African Americans to leave the country

d)

Exploring their heritage and encouraging African Americans to be prideful of black culture.

14.

What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Prohibition ended for African Americans

b)

African-American cultural pride flourished in the cities

c)

The formation of multiracial corporations

d)

Unemployment

15.
Which music genre was created in the 20s?
a)
Bluegrass
b)
Jazz
c)
Hip Hop
d)
R&B
16.
What did Clarence Darrow represent in the Scopes Trial?
a)
Evolution was incorrect
b)
Creationism had no place in schools
c)
The Bible was always right
d)
Science would support the Bible
17.
The Harlem Renaissance was
a)
Celebration of African American Culture
b)
Spark of increased industrial jobs
c)
Creation of controversial policies
d)
Creation of the Department of Interior
18.

The Scopes Trial was about whether _______ should be taught in schools?

a)

reading

b)

biology

c)

religion

d)

evolution