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Ch 8 The Jazz Age Review 25-26

Total questions: 94

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the movement of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North known as?

a)

Great Expectations

b)

Great Migration

c)

The Big Move

d)

Great Opportunities

2.

What was the era of emerging African American artists called?

a)

The Migration Movement

b)

The Rise of Jazz

c)

Getting the Blues

d)

Harlem Renaissance

3.

Who was the first important writer of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Claude McKay

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Bessie Smith

4.

Who were two great jazz musicians of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Bessie Smith , Tess Harper

b)

Irving Berlin, Louis Armstrong

c)

Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

d)

Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington

5.

What was the first musical written, produced, and performed by African American?

a)

The Jazz Singer

b)

Shuffle Along

c)

The Color Purple

d)

The Mask of Zorro

6.

What impact did African Americans have in elections during the 1920s?

a)

they were a powerful voting block and could sway elections

b)

they did not vote together and could not get candidates elected

c)

there was no impact because they were disenfranchised

d)

they only voted for democrats

7.

The NAACP affected national politics in all of the following ways except

a)

protested lynchings

b)

achieved universal suffrage

c)

organized a campaign to defeat a racist judge to the Supreme Court

8.

Who was the first African American representative to Congress from a Northern state?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Oscar Depriest

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Louis Armstrong

9.

Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which promoted black pride and unity?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Oscar DePriest

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Louis Armstrong

10.

The NAACP affected national politics in all of the following ways except

a)

protested lynchings

b)

achieved universal suffrage

c)

organized a campaign to defeat a racist judge to the Supreme Court

11.

What impact did African Americans have in elections during the 1920s?

a)

they were a powerful voting block and could sway elections

b)

they did not vote together and could not get candidates elected

c)

there was no impact because they were disenfranchised

d)

they only voted for democrats

12.

Who was the first African American representative to Congress from a Northern state?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Oscar Depriest

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Louis Armstrong

13.

Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which promoted black pride and unity?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Oscar DePriest

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Louis Armstrong

14.

The modernists of the American art movement attempted to express the ___

a)

economic prosperity, new technology

b)

individual, modern experience

c)

writing, art

d)

freedoms of being an American

15.

Examples of modernists can be seen in the landscapes and flowers painted by _______ and the cubism of the paintings of _________ .

a)

Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Sheeler

b)

Eugene O'Neil, Ernest Hemingway

c)

Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey

d)

Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart

16.

In the 1920s writers and poets wrote about various subjects and used a variety of styles to express their thoughts. American playwright ____________ wrote plays that offered a modern view of life while novelist ___________ wrote of his disillusionment with World War I.

a)

Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Sheeler

b)

Eugene O'Neil, Ernest Hemingway

c)

Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey

d)

Spongebob, Dr. Seuss

17.

Many Americans had more spending money and leisure time because of the ____ and ____ of the 1920s.

a)

automobile, radio

b)

movies, television

c)

economic prosperity, new technology

d)

higher wages, less work hours

18.

__________ was the first “talking” motion picture.

a)

The Blues Brothers

b)

Gone with the Wind

c)

The Mask of Zorro

d)

The Jazz Singer

19.

One of the most popular composers of the decade was ____________, who wrote “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”

a)

John Williams

b)

Ed Sheeran

c)

Irving Berlin

d)

Louis Armstrong

20.

Amos ’n’ Andy was a popular ___________ that portrayed the lives of two African American fictional characters.

a)

radio show

b)

broadway show

c)

television show

d)

jazz club show

21.

One of the effects of mass media was that it helped to ________ the nation.

a)

divide

b)

unify

c)

correlate

d)

subdivide

22.

Because of radio and motion pictures, _______ increased in popularity. The home-run hitter ________ became a national hero. Sports fans idolized boxer _______ .

a)

flying, Hank Aaron, Muhammad Ali

b)

celebrities, Jack Dempsey, Babe Ruth

c)

entertainment, Mark McGuire, Mike Tyson

d)

sports, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey

23.

Because of radio and motion pictures, _______ increased in popularity. The home-run hitter ________ became a national hero. Sports fans idolized boxer _______ .

a)

flying, Hank Aaron, Muhammad Ali

b)

celebrities, Jack Dempsey, Babe Ruth

c)

entertainment, Mark McGuire, Mike Tyson

d)

sports, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey

24.

What method of mass production increased the supply and reduced the cost of the automobile?

a)

The assembly line

b)

higher wages

c)

protective tariffs

d)

home industries

25.

This invention eased the isolation of rural families and allowed workers to live farther away from work-- it revolutionized US society.

a)

airplane

b)

trolley

c)

automobile

d)

boat

26.

The type of consumer goods that came on the market during the 1920's focused on all of the following except:

a)

cleaning products for the home

b)

labor saving appliances

c)

products focusing on fashion and youthful appearances

d)

televisions and other electronic devices for entertainment

27.

4. Who completed a transatlantic solo flight in 1927 & became a national hero?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Charles Lindbergh

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Babe Ruth

28.

The radio affected people's lives in a major way because anyone listening to a radio could hear the same new and entertainment creating shared experiences and unity.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The use of credit and advertising helped to create a nation of consumers. When consumers bought things on credit rather than paying all at once it was called what?

a)

debt consolidation

b)

credit frenzy

c)

charge off

d)

installment plan

30.

Advertiser convinced people to buy products in all of the following ways except:

a)

linking products with qualities of the modern era (convenience, leisure, style, & success)

b)

preying on people's desires (beauty, body image, social status)

c)

convincing people they wanted the products not needed the products

d)

convincing people they needed the products not just wanted the products

31.

All of the following groups of Americans did not share in the economic boom except:

a)

African Americans because they were often replaced in their jobs by returning servicemen

b)

White businessmen because they did not have the funds to invest in the stock market

c)

Native Americans because they were isolated on reservations

d)

Immigrants because they had difficulty finding work

e)

Farmers and Factory workers because they had very low wages

32.

Farmers of the 1920s suffered from the "quiet depression" caused by

a)

the Payne-Aldrich Tariff

b)

the Fordney-McCumber Act

c)

The 18th Amendment

33.

All of the following are reasons agriculture experienced an economic downturn during the 1920s except

a)

US farm output outpaced demand for farm products

b)

farmers could not produce enough food to provide for the nation

c)

crop prices went down

d)

farmers produced surpluses but couldn't sell them overseas due to the Fordney-McCumber Act

34.

What does this political cartoon say about consumerism in the 1920s?

a)

People did not have to wait and save to buy something they wanted because they could use credit

b)

People had to have delayed gratification until they could afford to buy something

c)

Buying goods with credit was out of reach of most Americans during the 1920s

35.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: Many Americans blamed __________ for the recession and taking jobs from returning soldiers.

a)

Sacco and Vanzetti

b)

immigrants

c)

National Origins Act

d)

Ku Klux Klan

36.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: The trial of ____________focused on the fact that the accused men were anarchists and foreigners.

a)

Calvin & Hobbes

b)

Starsky & Hutch

c)

Scopes

d)

Sacco & Vanzetti

37.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: In the 1920s, the __________ led a movement to restrict immigration.

a)

Sacco and Vanzetti

b)

Emergency Quota Act

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

US government

38.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: Two laws, the ____________ and the __________ , restricted immigration permanently by establishing quotas.

a)

Emergency Quota Act, National Origins Act

b)

Fundamentalism law, National Quota Act

c)

Nationalism Quota Act, Deportation Act

d)

Patriot Act, Findanother Home Act

39.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: Two laws, the ____________ and the __________ , restricted immigration permanently by establishing quotas.

a)

Emergency Quota Act, National Origins Act

b)

Fundamentalism law, National Quota Act

c)

Nationalism Quota Act, Deportation Act

d)

Patriot Act, Findanother Home Act

40.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: Two laws, the ____________ and the __________ , restricted immigration permanently by establishing quotas.

a)

Emergency Quota Act, National Origins Act

b)

Fundamentalism law, National Quota Act

c)

Nationalism Quota Act, Deportation Act

d)

Patriot Act, Findanother Home Act

41.

The decade of the 1920s was a time of economic growth but also one of racism and nativism.

Detail: Immigrants from _______ were exempt from quotas and found work on large farms in the _________ .

a)

China, California

b)

France, Midwest

c)

Mexico, Southwest

d)

Italy, Northeast

42.

Main Idea: A “new morality” challenged traditional ways of behavior.

Detail: In the 1920s, many women sought to break free from _______ .

a)

their husbands

b)

the youth society

c)

traditional roles

d)

work

43.

Main Idea: A “new morality” challenged traditional ways of behavior.

Detail: Many women attended _______ , where they were encouraged to _____ .

a)

fundamentalist churches, evolve

b)

college, pursue careers

c)

sewing circles, sew and learn household management

d)

Congress, vote

44.

Main Idea: A “new morality” challenged traditional ways of behavior.

Detail: The ban on the sale and the consumption of alcohol was called ______ . To this effect the __________ Amendment was passed but was later repealed.

a)

Prohibition, 18th

b)

Temperance, 21st

c)

Prohibition, 21st

d)

Temperance, 18th

45.

Main Idea: A “new morality” challenged traditional ways of behavior.

Detail A religious movement called _______ did not embrace the new morality. It rejected the theory of ________ and embraced creationism.

a)

evangelical, reasoning logic

b)

scopes, darwinism

c)

fundamentalism, evolution

d)

darwinism, mankind

46.

Main Idea: A “new morality” challenged traditional ways of behavior.

Detail: The illegal production and distribution of alcohol was called ________ .

a)

speakeasies

b)

moonshining

c)

bootlegging

d)

NASCAR

47.

What did Albert B. Fall receive bribes for in the Teapot Dome Scandal?

a)

allowing private interests to drill for oil in a national park.

b)

preventing federal prosecution of a member of the Ohio Gang.

c)

promising immunity to businesses who overcharged the U.S. Navy.

d)

allowing private interests to lease lands containing U.S. Navy oil reserves.

48.

How did Americans of the 1920s want to avoid future wars?

a)

banning Japan from the League of Nations.

b)

dividing Germany among the Allies.

c)

avoiding involvement in world affairs.

d)

forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces.

49.

Who fit comfortably with the powerful Ohio Republican political machine? (he appointed many of them to his cabinet)

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Warren G. Harding

d)

Woodrow Wilson

50.

Why was Harding's appointment of Andrew Mellon as secretary of the treasury important at this time?

a)

The nation had been without a secretary of the treasury for four years.

b)

It was an election pledge that Harding was determined to honor.

c)

The nation faced a large, postwar national debt.

d)

The Constitution demanded that cabinet members be of the highest caliber.

51.

The Dawes Plan promoted peace by

a)

It proposed a treaty to outlaw war.

b)

The plan set limits on the construction of new warships and required the Japanese navy to be smaller than those of the United States and Great Britain.

c)

It increased tariffs on imports from Germany to pay reparations to France and Great Britain.

d)

The plan allowed U.S. banks to loan money to Germany so it could pay reparations.

52.

Who was President Harding's secretary of commerce (& not corrupt)?

a)

Andrew Mellon.

b)

Herbert Hoover.

c)

Harry Daugherty.

d)

John W. Davis.

53.

What was discussed at the Washington Conference of 1921?

a)

economic aid to Europe.

b)

reparations

c)

the League of Nations.

d)

disarmament

54.

How did Calvin Coolidge become president?

a)

he defeated Warren G. Harding.

b)

he defeated Robert La Follette.

c)

Warren G. Harding was assassinated.

d)

Warren G. Harding died in office.

55.

Which of the following statements about Andrew Mellon is true?

a)

He believed in applying business principles to government.

b)

He was the secretary of the treasury under Wilson.

c)

He increased government spending.

d)

He advocated an increase in income tax rates.

56.

President Coolidge’s philosophy of govt was that of hands-off business and industry as much as possible and that prosperity rested on

a)

business leadership.

b)

educational institutions.

c)

a strong military.

d)

church leaders.

57.

What was Henry Ford's business philosophy to increase car sales based on?

a)

providing consumers with a variety of styles and colors

b)

advertising

c)

lowering the cost per car

d)

constantly improving his cars' mechanical reliability

58.

What did the new morality of the 1920s place a high value on?

a)

work

b)

traditional values

c)

personal freedom

d)

wealth

59.

What was one of the NAACP's greatest political triumphs, that occurred in 1930?

a)

signing of a law ending segregation in public schools

b)

signing of a law banning discrimination in federal jobs

c)

defeat of an allegedly racist judge nominated for the Supreme Court

d)

appointment of an African American to the Supreme Court

60.

What was admittance to the US under the Emergency Quota Act based on?

a)

sponsorship by an American citizen

b)

job skills

c)

wealth

d)

ethnic identity and national origin

61.

What baseball player also became a national hero?

a)

Jack Dempsey

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Red Grange

d)

Bill Tilden

62.

Which of the following had become an accepted part of American life by the 1920s?

a)

bathtubs

b)

automobiles

c)

computers

d)

televisions

63.

Which event publicity debated the subjects of evolution and creationism and their place in education?

a)

Billy Sunday's revivals

b)

the Scopes trial

c)

the Sacco-Vanzetti case

d)

Aimee McPherson's faith healings

64.

The flourishing of African American arts during the 1920s is known as what?

a)

Great Transformation

b)

Great Awakening

c)

South Side Renaissance

d)

Harlem Renaissance

65.

What were characters who were flawed individuals but still had heroic qualities of mind and spirit called?

a)

"heroic antiheroes"

b)

"the lost generation"

c)

"Hollow Men"

d)

"Galloping Ghosts"

66.

What was the Scopes trial about?

a)

enforcing Prohibition

b)

curbing the Ku Klux Klan

c)

controlling immigration

d)

teaching evolution

67.

What did corporations offer that caused a decline in unions during the 1920s?

a)

cooperative individualism

b)

reparations

c)

sociological departments

d)

welfare capitalism

68.

The National Origins Act of 1924 & the demand for cheap labor in the agricultural, mining, & railroad industries contributed to the large wave of immigration from

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Mexico

d)

Canada

69.

Which amendment repealed Prohibition?

a)

22nd Amendment

b)

21st Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

70.

What act was passed in 1926 and provided federal aid for building airports?

a)

Air Commerce Act

b)

Lindbergh Air Act

c)

Airmail Act

d)

Kelly Act

71.

Whose election demonstrated the voting power of African Americans?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

John J. Parker

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Oscar DePriest

72.

Where was a center of creativity & freedom where many artists, writers, and intellectuals of the 1920s gathered?

a)

Boston

b)

Greenwich Village

c)

Charlestown

d)

Haight-Ashbury

73.

What was a major development in popular culture during the 1920s?

a)

a strong interest in Hollywood & "talking" pictures

b)

a preference for watching television over listening to the radio

c)

an increase in regional interests and a decline in mass media

d)

a declining interest in sports and sports heroes

74.

What was an unintended effect of the Fordney-McCumber Act (1922)?

a)

farmers could no longer sell their crops in the American market

b)

demand for American farm products increased in Latin America

c)

farmers could no longer sell their crops to overseas markets

d)

demand for American farm products increased overseas

75.

What system of manufacturing adopted by Henry Ford divided operations into simple tasks and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum?

a)

assembly line

b)

product placement

c)

construction design

d)

apprentice system

76.

What started the Golden Age of Hollywood in 1927?

a)

animated film.

b)

feature-length film.

c)

full-length motion picture.

d)

“talking” motion picture.

77.

During the 1920s, this included radio, movies, newspaper, & magazines & fostered a sense of a shared experience that helped unify the nation.

a)

mass media

b)

bohemian life

c)

"new morality"

d)

fundamentalist movement

78.

What was the Cotton Club?

a)

Chicago speakeasy where gangsters, artists, and politicians congregated.

b)

Fictitious nightclub featured in the famous picture The Jazz Singer.

c)

Harlem nightspot where many African American entertainers got their start.

d)

Hollywood nightspot frequented by the stars of the silver screen.

79.

Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to what desire of Americans?

a)

become a world power.

b)

reform society.

c)

repeal Prohibition.

d)

return to life as it was before the war.

80.

Coolidge believed part of his job as president was to make sure the government did what?

a)

became involved in social reform.

b)

interfered with businesses and industry as little as possible.

c)

participated regularly in world affairs.

d)

regulated big business in order to stabilize the economy.

81.

What system did Henry Ford create for increased efficiency in making cars?

a)

assigning a team to each car.

b)

dividing operations into simple tasks.

c)

reducing the number of parts needed.

d)

training each worker to do every task.

82.

In the early 1920s, how did the Ku Klux Klan add to its membership?

a)

avoiding scandals and power struggles.

b)

hiring professional promoters.

c)

opening membership to all whites, regardless of religion.

d)

publicizing their support of legitimate political goals.

83.

What did manufacturers turn to in order to create consumers of their new products during the 1920s?

a)

advertising.

b)

mass production.

c)

newspaper and magazine articles.

d)

television.

84.

The automobile industry of the 1920s effected American society in what way?

a)

People could live farther from their places of work.

b)

People moved from the suburbs to the city.

c)

The mail delivery system expanded across the country.

d)

Workers did not commute anymore.

85.

What religious movement did many Americans join in response to their fear that the country was losing its traditional values?

a)

Catholicism.

b)

Fundamentalism.

c)

Protestantism.

d)

Quakerism

86.

Which of the following was a major element of the new morality of the 1920s?

a)

a decrease in the use of automobiles.

b)

an increase in stay-at-home mothers.

c)

an increase in support for women’s independence.

d)

an increase in traditional values in marriage.

87.

Stylish, unconventional American women of the 1920s who dressed in attire considered too revealing by previous generations--personified women's changing behavior-- were called__

a)

jazz

b)

flapper

c)

model t

d)

speakeasies

e)

radio programs

88.

Louis Armstrong introduced an improvisational, early form of ___, a style of music influenced by Dixieland and ragtime

a)

jazz

b)

flapper

c)

model t

d)

speakeasies

e)

radio programs

89.

During Prohibition, people flocked to secret bars called ____, where they could purchase alcohol.

a)

jazz

b)

flapper

c)

model t

d)

speakeasies

e)

radio programs

90.

Ford's assembly-line product was the ____ affectionately called the "Tin Lizzie" or "Flivver."

a)

jazz

b)

flapper

c)

model t

d)

speakeasies

e)

radio programs

91.

In 1926, NBC set up a network of stations to broadcast____

a)

jazz

b)

flapper

c)

model t

d)

speakeasies

e)

radio programs

92.

Many consumers in the 1920s began to feel confident they could buy now and pay later, so many bought everything from radios to cars on the ___ plan.

a)

installment

b)

advertisers

c)

assembly line

93.

______ linked products with qualities associated with the modern era and preyed on consumer's fears and anxieties

a)

installment

b)

advertisers

c)

assembly line

94.

The system of manufacturing adopted by Henry Ford was known as the ____.

a)

installment

b)

advertisers

c)

assembly line