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Roaring 20's

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which constitutional amendment banned buying, manufacturing, and distributing alcohol?

a)

21st Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

20th Amendment

2.

W.E.B DuBois is best known for which of the following?

a)

Founding the NAACP

b)

Being a trumpet player during the Harlem Renaissance

c)

Being an active leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement

d)

Writing poetry and novels during the Harlem Renaissance

3.

What happened when young people came back from World War I?

a)

Equality for African Americans and Women became a priority for all.

b)

World War II immediately began and they rejoined the army.

c)

People were able to afford products on credit and went into debt

d)

All of the Above

4.

Who was originally against Women's Suffrage but eventually supported it and helped women gain the right to vote?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Alice Paul

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

5.

Why did crime and gun violence rise during the 1920s?

a)

People drank so much alcohol they became violent

b)

People were upset women wanted to vote

c)

The Mafia was creating, stealing, and selling illegal alcohol

d)

The Harlem Renaissance caused violence

6.

What style of dance became popular during the Roaring Twenties that originated in South Carolina?

a)

The Tango

b)

The Twist and Shout

c)

The Macarena

d)

The Charleston

7.

Which state didn't ratify the 19th Amendment until 1969?

a)

Virginia

b)

Georgia

c)

South Carolina

d)

Washington

8.

One of the major leaders of the women’s rights movement. She spoke at many women’s rallies and was arrested for voting illegally.

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Billie Holiday

9.

Which of the following people was a musician and trumpet player who famously sang "What a Wonderful World?"

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Zora Neale Hurste

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Louis Armstrong

10.

A suffragette is a term that best describes which of the following?

a)

A woman who shows disdain for other women that want to vote

b)

A woman who bobs her hair and wears shorter skirts who shows disdain for proper behavior

c)

A woman who wants and supports women having the right to vote

d)

A woman who suffers

11.

The period of time where it was illegal to buy, manufacture, or distribute alcohol from 1920 to 1933 is known as what?

a)

Prohibition

b)

The Harlem Renaissance

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The Roaring Twenties

12.

The time period where large amounts of African Americans moved from the South after World War I to find jobs and escape discrimination.

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Roaring Twenties

c)

Great Migration

d)

Mass Exodus

13.

People who buy and use products and services.

a)

Mass-Consumption

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer

d)

Mass-Production

14.

This term is used to describe a generation of women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, and showed disdain for “proper” behavior.

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Bootlegger

c)

Suffragette

d)

Flappers

15.

What is Alice Paul known for during the 1920s Era?

a)

Her radical protests in support of Women's Suffrage and starting the Hunger Strike Protests

b)

Leading the Mafia in Chicago and distributing alcohol

c)

Being sued by the government for supporting women's rights

d)

Creating the famous Charleston dance and showing it to people across the nation

16.

Why did Prohibition end?

a)

The mafia was so large people begged that Prohibition end

b)

The government wanted to put a tax on alcohol because of the Great Depression

c)

Because women gained the right to vote

d)

Because women wanted their husbands to stop drinking

17.

Which amendment overturned the 18th Amendment?

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment