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Chapter 9: The Roaring Twenties

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which amendment ended Prohibition?

a)

14th Amendment

b)

15 Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

2.

A title given to the time of great artistic contributions by African-American musicians, writers, and artists.

a)

The Great Migrations

b)

The Great Depression

c)

The Roaring 20's

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

3.

An inventor and business leader from Detroit who pioneered the moving assembly line and the Model T

a)

Henry Ford

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Leland Stanford

4.

young women in the Jazz Age that challenged society's ideas about womanhood. They wore short skirts, short hair, and lots of make up

a)

The 80's

b)

Flappers

c)

Flip Floppers

d)

The 90's

5.

What innovation did Henry Ford use to boost the automotive industry?

a)

Interchangeable Parts

b)

The Moving Assembly Line

c)

The Seaplane

d)

Washing Machine

6.
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
7.

Harding's Campaign was based on a return to ___________

a)

normalcy, Stability and prosperity

b)

the moon

c)

to Europe

d)

increased government involvement in business

8.

__________ was elected in 1928 and promised to continue the economic boom.

a)

Harding

b)

Hoover

c)

Coolidge

d)

Ford

9.

Some American writers of the 1920s expressed feelings of seperation from American Society. They were known as the __________.

a)

Flappers

b)

Bootleggers

c)

Lost Generation

d)

Lost Boys

10.

This trial represented the conflict between fundamentalist beliefs and scientific ideals about evolution.

a)

Sacco and Vanzetti

b)

Scopes Trial

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

11.

1927 was a fundamental year in motion pictures because it brought the first

a)

color film

b)

film with sound

c)

full-length feature

d)

still-frame animation

12.

Check all the famous writers from the 1920s

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Georgia O'Keefe

c)

Ernest Hemingway

d)

Louis Armstrong

13.

What did Native Americans gain in 1924 that gave them access to adequate legal protection and the right to vote?

a)

Citizenship

b)

Reservation Governments

c)

Native American Bill of Rights

14.

Increased government corruption, as police and politicians took bribes from gangsters to ignore the movement and sale of alcohol was an effect of _______________.

a)

The Harlem Renaissance

b)

Prohibition

c)

The Jazz Age

d)

Temperance

15.

One of the main goals of Marcus Garvey's black nationalism was for African Americans to

a)

fight the KKK

b)

have their own businesses and communities

c)

get government funds for businesses

d)

limit the spread of their culture to prevent conflict with the KKK

16.

Louis Armstrong invented the Jazz Solo

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Immigration to the us fell dramatically in the 1920s due to the legislation that limited immigration.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

This Scandal during the 1920s caused people to question the judgment and honesty of government officials

a)

Watergate

b)

Whiskey Ring Scandal

c)

Teapot-Dome Scandal

19.

After WWI the U.S. economy experienced a downturn that lead to ______ _______ as the 1920s began.

a)

boom times

b)

hard times

20.

High school attendance _________ in the 1920s

a)

dropped

b)

doubled

c)

stayed the same

21.

___________ are people who leave their home country and live elsewhere

a)

expatriates

b)

flappers

c)

nationalists

22.

1928 pact in which the United States and other countries agreed not to engage in war.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Non-aggression Pact

c)

Briand Pact

d)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

23.

Republican candidate for Vice President in 1920 that later became president after Harding's unexpected death.

a)

Coolidge

b)

Armstrong

c)

Hoover

d)

Ford

24.

Harlem Renaissance artist that is famous for creating detailed paintings of flowers.

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Georgia O'Keefe

c)

Ernest Hemingway

d)

F. Scott Fitzgerald