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1920's

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The ____________________ was very affordable in the 1920's and changed the way Americans traveled. 
a)
Automobile
b)
Airplane
c)
Train
d)
City Bus
2.
A Popular Sports Hero of the 1920's was
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Michael Jordan
c)
Lebron James
d)
Alex Gordon
3.

What Type of Music will be created and very popular during the 1920s'?

a)

Jazz

b)

Rock n' Roll

c)

Rap

d)

Folk Music

4.
In the 1920's many Americans purchased _________ to listen to news, sports, and entertainment shows. 
a)
Radios
b)
TVS
c)
Netflix 
d)
Cable
5.

To encourage Americans to "buy now" and "pay latter" when purchasing products in their stores they encouraged

a)

Credit

b)

Margin Buying

c)

Muckraking

d)

Imperialism

6.
Women who cut their hair short, wore makeup, and wore short dresses were known as 
a)
Flappers
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Hippies
d)
Victorian Women
7.
A Public Company is willing to sell shares of its company as a way to 
a)
Gain Money To Expand the Business 
b)
To avoid paying taxes. 
c)
To Build Robots
d)
To attract workers
8.
The practice of borrowing money to buy shares of stocks is known as...
a)
Margin Buying
b)
Buying on Credit
c)
Diversification Portfolio 
d)
Fast Money
9.
What Amendment made it illegal to purchase and distribute Alcohol? 
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
21st
10.
With Alcohol being illegal, this became known as ___________.
a)
Prohibition 
b)
Progressive
c)
Intolerance
d)
Imperialism 
11.
Hidden bars and establishments that sold alcohol became known as 
a)
Speakeasies 
b)
Night Clubs
c)
Cotton Clubs
d)
Raves
12.
The 1920's saw an increase of intolerance towards immigrants and African-Americans with the rise of membership in the
a)
KKK
b)
League of Women Voters
c)
The Bull Moose Party
d)
The Populist Party
13.
Prohibition was started in 1920 by which amendment?
a)
17
b)
18
c)
19
d)
21
14.
People who illegally made & sold liquor in the US during Prohibition were known as
a)
criminals
b)
smugglers
c)
bootleggers
d)
mobsters
15.
The most well-known gangster of 1920s was 
a)
Baby Face Nelson
b)
Bugs Moran
c)
John Dillinger
d)
Al Capone
16.
The end of the Prohibition era came with the
a)
passage of the Volstead act
b)
21st Amendment
c)
arrest of Al Capone
d)
start of the Great Depression
17.
A time of flourishing literature, music, and arts for African Americans.
a)
Modernism
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Fundamentalism
d)
Consumer Revolution
18.
Illegal saloons.
a)
People who sold illegal alcohol.
b)
The “new women” of the twenties who shocked many.
c)
Speakeasies
d)
A system where many workers perform specific jobs to complete a task
19.
Bootleggers   
a)
People who sold illegal alcohol.
b)
The “new women” of the twenties who shocked many.
c)
Speakeasies
d)
A system where many workers perform specific jobs to complete a task
20.
New music of the 1920s.
a)
Flappers
b)
Jazz
c)
Bull Market
d)
Modernism
21.
Famous Jazz trumpeter. 
a)
Charlie Chaplin
b)
Babe Ruth
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Louis Armstrong
22.
First pilot to fly from NY to Paris.
a)
Charlie Chaplin
b)
Babe Ruth
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Louis Armstrong
23.
At the heart of the Scopes Trial was a clash between
a)
biology and science
b)
education and science
c)
evolution and science
d)
religion and science
24.
Who is often quoted as saying that “the business of America is business”?   
a)
Calvin Coolidge
b)
Warren G. Harding
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Babe Ruth
25.
A group who targeted Jews, Catholics, and immigrants for hate crimes. 
a)
KKK
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Organized Crime
26.
The person's nickname is scare face 
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
Al Capone
27.

The Red Scare was mainly a result of

a)

the communist revolution in Russia

b)

the prohibition act

c)

the women's suffrage movement

d)

the Harlem Renaissance

28.

Goods such as the radio, refrigerator and other appliances caused

a)

economic growth in the 1920s

b)

the stock market to crash

c)

prohibition to be repealed

d)

gangsters to rise to power

29.

Women gained the right to vote with the _____ amendment

a)

15th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

21st

30.

What caused organized crime to rise in the 1920s?

a)

the rise of the KKK

b)

the Harlem Renaissance

c)

the ban on alcohol

d)

segregation

31.
His nickname was "Sachmo" and he was a famous Jazz musician of the 20's 
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Cab Calloway
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Langston Hughes
32.
One of the wealthiest entertainers of the 1920's - she was the "Empress of Blues" 
a)
Madam CJ Walker
b)
Bessie Smith
c)
Martha Graham
d)
Alice Paul
33.
He was a famous Jazz piano player and composer.
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Cab Calloway
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Langston Hughes
34.
One of the wealthiest entertainers of the 1920's - she was the "Empress of Blues" 
a)
Madam CJ Walker
b)
Bessie Smith
c)
Martha Graham
d)
Alice Paul
35.
One reason for US fears of communism in the 1920's was that
a)
millions of Bolsheviks were migrating to the US
b)
the Bolsheviks had taken over Russia during World War I
c)
a Bolshevik army was sailing to the US
d)
Bolshevik spies were found in the US government
36.
The fear of communism taking over the US during the 1920's was called the
a)
Red Menace
b)
Bolshevik Revolution
c)
Red Scare
d)
Palmer Revolt
37.
The move to arrest & deport supposed communists in 1919 & 1920 was called the
a)
Red Scare
b)
Palmer Raids
c)
Red Menace
d)
Emergency Quota Act
38.
The move to arrest & deport supposed communists in 1919 & 1920 was called the
a)
Red Scare
b)
Palmer Raids
c)
Red Menace
d)
Emergency Quota Act
39.
The two Italian immigrants who were executed for killing 2 men at a factory were named
a)
Galleani & Luigi
b)
Harding & Capone
c)
Sacco & Vanzetti
d)
Malone & Galleani
40.
What was the first year women could vote?
a)
1906
b)
1917
c)
1943
d)
1920
41.
What Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
15
b)
19
c)
12
d)
26
42.
Who was Carrie Chapman Catt?
a)
Brazilian Suffrage leader
b)
British Suffrage leader
c)
American Suffrage leader
d)
Irish Suffrage leader
43.

Who is the scientist who successfully tested the world's first liquid-fuel rocket that made space travel practical?

a)

Mitchell Palmer

b)

Robert Goddard

c)

Joe Louis

d)

Josh Gibson

44.

President from 1923-1929 who supported business and tax laws favorable to business?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Warren Harding

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

45.

Great Negro league baseball player known for his hitting. Sometimes called "the black Babe Ruth"

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Joe Louis

c)

Josh Gibson

d)

Satchel Paige

46.

President from 1921-1923 who supported a return to "normalcy." Made a poor choice in giving government jobs to corrupt politicians from his home state of Ohio

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Warren Harding

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Herbert Hoover

47.
The photo represents?
a)
Prohibition
b)
Nativism
48.
This photo represents?
a)
John Scopes Trial
b)
Teapot Dome Scandal
49.

Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that

a)

supported the growth of business

b)

encouraged activism

c)

brought about social reform

d)

discouraged laissez faire

50.

Involved transferring oil reserves from the Interior Department to private companies for profit

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Scopes Trial

c)

Great Migration

d)

Jazz Age

51.

Italians convicted of murder mainly because they were foreigners.

a)

Sacco & Vanzetti

b)

Scopes & Darrow

c)

Bryan & Darrow

d)

Mario & Luigi

52.

Period in the 1920s when suspected communists and other radicals were arrested due to the fear of the spread of communism.

a)

Red Scare

b)

Teapot Dome Scandal

c)

Scopes Trial

d)

KKK

53.
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? 
a)
members of the KKK
b)
immigrants who were convicted of murder 
c)
people President Wilson tried to appoint to the Supreme Court 
54.
John Scopes was put on trial for
a)
teaching evolution
b)
being a leader of the KKK
c)
teaching creationism
55.
The 21st Amendment 
a)
established Prohibition
b)
Repealed Prohibition
c)
guaranteed women the right to vote
56.
To create consumers for their new products, manufacturers turned to
a)
television
b)
mass production
c)
advertising
57.
What did installment buying allow consumers to do?
a)
buy goods at discount prices
b)
buy foreign goods without a tariff
c)
buy goods and pay over time
58.
Al Capone was a 
a)
mob boss that benefitted from the illegal sale of alcohol
b)
member of the Bonus Army 
c)
Author of a book about the Jazz Age
59.
Who was Charles Lindberg?
a)
writer who became a leading voice of the African American experience in the US
b)
leader of the "back to Africa" movement 
c)
first pilot to make a solo Transatlantic voyage
60.
What is evolution?
a)
God created the world as described in the Bible
b)
human beings developed from lower forms of life
c)
bobbed their hair and drank prohibited liquor
61.

This theory believed that God created everything.

(a)  

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