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The 1920s

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Jazz Age or "Roaring Twenties" described as?

a)

Music, Basketball, and airplanes

b)

New cultural developments, higher salaries, and an increase in factory productions.

c)

World War 1

2.

Which of the following is NOT true about Babe Ruth?

a)

He played for the New York Yankees.

b)

He is best known for his exceptional ability as a hitter.

c)

He made people get excited about baseball.

d)

He played for the Atlanta Braves.

3.

How did Henry Ford make an impact in the 1920s?

a)

He made airplanes.

b)

He revolutionized the way automobiles were made with his automated assembly line

c)

He was a famous jazz musician who rose to prominence in the 1920s.

4.

What did Charles Lindbergh do to make an impact in the 1920's?

a)

Made the first airplane

b)

Famous jazz musician

c)

He was a poet.

d)

He was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

5.

Who was a poet in the 1920s that created books, poetry, and drama that helps us understand what African Americans' lives were like in US cities in the 1920s?

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Jazz Age

c)

Babe Ruth

d)

Harlem Renaissance

6.

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

b)

An agreement between Harlem City and New York City

c)

How WW1 ended

7.

How did Louis Armstrong make an impact during the 1920s?

a)

He flew across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

b)

He created automobiles using the automated assembly line.

c)

He was a famous baseball player.

d)

He rose from poverty to prominence as a jazz musician.

8.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

It is an era when African-American artists, writers, and musicians expressed their talents.

b)

One of the leaders of the era was Langston Hughes.

c)

Many of the contributors lived and worked in Harlem, New York.

d)

It is an era when African-American hip-hop musicians expressed their talents.

9.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Jazz Age or "Roaring Twenties"?

a)

It is an era when African-American musicians expressed their talents.

b)

One of the leaders of the era is Louis Armstrong.

c)

Many of the contributors got their start in New Orleans, Louisiana.

d)

One of the leaders of the era is George Washington Carver.

10.

Which of the following about the assembly line is NOT true?

a)

The start-to-finish process of building the automobile.

b)

The skills of employees can be described best as specialization

c)

A manufacturing system organizes the work in a concept known as division of labor

d)

The assembly line was created by Langston Hughes.

11.

How did specialization affect the availability of automobiles in the early 1900s?

a)

Specialization allowed less automobiles to be assembled because each worker only performed a small task as part of a larger assembly of the vehicle.

b)

Specialization allowed more automobiles to be assembled because each worker only performed a small task as part of a larger assembly of the vehicle.