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WorksheetsRoaring 20s?
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Why was the 1920s said to be 'roaring' in the USA?
More cars meant loud traffic noise
Planes taking off and landing created this noise
More jobs, more money, more consumer goods for many
They imported a lot of tigers
What was the name given to the group of women who wore shorter dresses, drank alcohol, smoke and were more sexually permissive in the 1920s?
clapper girls
dapper girls
flapper girls
tapper girls
What was prohibition?
Allowing more freedom for women
Only white people were allowed in certain places
Alcohol was banned
Mass arrests of criminals
Prohibition made lots of money for...
Gangsters
Government
Grape growers
Police
Which city was famous for its mobster Al Capone?
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Washington DC
Who invented the production line method of manufacturing?
Al Capone
Henry Ford
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Warren Harding
What was the name of the car that was made on the first production lines?
Model B Chevvy
Model D Volvo
Model E Jeep
Model T Ford
What effect did production lines have on manufacturing (making) goods? Tick all that apply.
They were cheaper to make
They were quicker to make
The workers were more highly skilled
More people could afford them
Which invention meant news and culture spread more quickly around the country?
cars
planes
radios
refrigerators
In which year were all women given the right to vote in the USA?
1920
1922
1926
1929
J (a) music was extremely popular in the 1920s.
Which group increased its membership in the 1920s?
The Beach Boys
The Republicans
The Ku Klux Klan
The Cajuns
Who did typically not experience 'roaring' 20s? Click all that apply.
Lower classes and poor people
Black people
Gangsters
Farm workers
Which event signalled the end of the 'roaring 20s?'
Election of Adolf Hitler
Greenwood massacre
St Valentine's Day Massacre
Wall Street Crash
What was the Wall Street Crash?
A big car crash
Crash of the first passenger plane
Sudden drop in the value of the stock market
A big flood
