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2021 1920s Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Prohibition was implemented by passage of the
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
2.
Prohibition created which one of the following?
a)
Reduction in crime.
b)
Reduction in alcohol related deaths
c)
Organized Crime.
d)
More money being made.
3.
All are examples associated w/ Flappers EXCEPT
a)
Smoking
b)
Skin Showing
c)
Lipstick 
d)
Ankle length dresses.
4.
Henry Ford is credited with mastering 
a)
Modern day filming.
b)
Use of the Assembly Line.
c)
Flying aeroplanes.
d)
Radio Broadcasting.
5.
This was a major innovation found in most homes by the end of the 20s.
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Microwave.
6.
Nativists are against _______?
a)
Corruption
b)
African Americans
c)
Railroads
d)
Immigrants
7.
According to the map, where were African Americans migrating from?
a)
The East
b)
The North
c)
The South
d)
The Midwest
8.

What positive effect did the migration north have on African Americans? (5-4.1)

a)

Segregation

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

New job opportunities

d)

New sharecropping opportunities

9.

Which group targeted African Americans, immigrants, Catholics and Jews?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Flappers

c)

Gangsters

d)

Fundamentalists

10.

A major result of Prohibition during the 1920s was

a)

increased restrictions on immigration

b)

spread of communism

c)

destruction of family values

d)

rise of organized crime

11.
What type of music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Jazz
b)
Hip Hop
c)
Country
d)
Rock
12.

Why were the 1920's called the Roaring Twenties?

a)

Many animals began to roar.

b)

Time of excitement and prosperity.

c)

War was about to erupt.

d)

There was a depression.

13.

Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?

a)

Harlem, New York

b)

Atlanta, Georgia

c)

Detroit, Michigan

14.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars 
d)
hidden spots
15.
What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous book?
a)
The Jazz Age
b)
Prohibition
c)
The Great Gatsby
16.
What were the Charleston, Lindy Hop, and the Jitterbug?
a)
Popular people during the 1920s
b)
Popular places during the 1920s
c)
Popular dances during the 1920s
d)
Popular foods during the 1920s
17.
Which right did women gain in 1920?
a)
to work
b)
to vote
c)
to education
18.
Which word best describes the flapper?
a)
modest
b)
innocent
c)
rebellious
d)
quiet
19.

The 18th Amendment began this period forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages.

a)

Evolution

b)

Prohibition

c)

Alcholism

d)

Flappers

20.

African American artistic movement during the 1920s centered in New York.

a)

Arts Renaissance

b)

Civil Rights Renaissance

c)

Hoboken Renaissance

d)

Harlem Renaissance

21.

The 18th Amendment began this period forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages.

a)

Evolution

b)

Prohibition

c)

Alcholism

d)

Flappers

22.

Name given to women who challenged traditional standards of behavior during the 1920s.

a)

Fashionistas

b)

Pearls

c)

Charlestons

d)

Flappers

23.

Famous silent movie star of the 1920s.

a)

Shirley Temple

b)

Tom Cruise

c)

Charlie Chaplin

d)

Jessica Alba

24.

Amendment to the Constitution that ended Prohibition.

a)

18th Amendment

b)

21st Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

25.

Infamous mob boss in Chicago during the age of Prohibition who was arrested for tax fraud.

a)

Al Capone

b)

Bugsy Siegal

c)

Frank Costello

d)

Lucky Luciano

26.

Name given to large numbers of African Americans moving from the South to the North for industrial jobs.

a)

Scopes Movement

b)

Huge Migration

c)

Great Depression

d)

Great Migration

27.

Name of an illegal and secret bar or saloon that sold alcohol during Prohibition.

a)

Secret Bar

b)

Scopes

c)

Flappers

d)

Speakeasy

28.

A person who makes, distributes, and sells alcohol illegally.

a)

Bootlegger

b)

Jazzer

c)

Boozer

d)

Flapper

29.

Type of music credited to African Americans that includes improv, including Dixieland swing and big band.

a)

Blues

b)

Jazz

c)

R & B

d)

Rock

30.
What was a result of Prohibition?
a)
Increased Immigration 
b)
Fear of Communism
c)
Rise of organized crime
d)
Growth of the economy
31.
Which movement made Jazz popular?
a)
Return to Normalcy
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Nativism
d)
Great Migration
32.

A new breed of young women who wore short skirts, cut their hair into a "bob", and listened and danced to jazz music.

a)

Suffragists

b)

Flappers

c)

Idols

d)

Models

33.

Which of the following had the greatest influence on entertainment and the arts during the 1920s?

a)

automobiles

b)

television

c)

newspapers

d)

radio

34.
A great jazz musician who helped the 1920s become known as the "Jazz Age"
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Babe Ruth
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Langston Hughes
35.
Began mass production of his automobiles using the assembly line, making them affordable for average Americans.
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
George Ford
36.
Famous African American poet who lived in Harlem and was a part of the Harlem Renaissance
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Woodrow Wilson
37.
What was the purpose of the 19th Amendment?
a)
End slavery
b)
Allowed women to have the right to vote
c)
Allowed former slaves to have the right to vote
d)
It changed the legal working age
38.
During the 1920s many African  Americans became excellent in music, art, writing, and sports.  They wanted to prove they were talented and wanted to be treated equally.  This time period is known as the
a)
Equal Rights Movement
b)
Specialization
c)
Cultural Change Movement
d)
Harlem Renaissance
39.
Which is an example of specialization during the 1920s?
a)
Henry Ford making the assembly line.
b)
Charles Lindbergh specialized in aviation and made the first solo flight across the Atlantic. 
c)
Langston Hughes specialized  in writing poetry. 
d)
Louis Armstrong  specialized in Jazz music.
40.

The items advertised are considered what name in the 1920s? These replace traditional labor and allowed more leisure time

a)

Mobile Phones

b)

Labor Saving Devices

c)

Labor Intensive Products

d)

Coal Fired Devices

41.

This Harlem Renaissance artist series told the African American experience migrating North

a)

Georgia O'Keeffe

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

Jackson Pollock

d)

Wilma Rudolph

42.

True/False:

Upon arriving North, African Americans had a better economic opportunity; but still found segregation and discrimination in Northern and Western cities

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Artist that was known for their paintings of urban (city) settings, and later the deserts of the Southwest.

a)

Georgia O'Keefe

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

Aaron Copland.

44.
Which development powered labor saving devices in the home?
a)
electrification
b)
natural gas pipelines
c)
windmills
d)
new coal mining techniques
45.
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

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