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Roaring twenties and progressivism quizizz

Total questions: 104

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which amendment resulted in speakeasies being established?

a)

Twenty-first

b)

Twentieth

c)

Nineteenth

d)

Eighteenth

2.

What was the cause of speakeasies and bootleggers?

a)

Prohibition

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Suffrage

d)

Industrial Revolution

3.

The growth of organized crime during the 1920s is most closely related to the --

a)

laws against making alcohol

b)

increase in unemployed workers

c)

collapse of the stock market

d)

rise of labor unions

4.

Which of the following was a result of Prohibition in the 1920s?

a)

Fall of the stock market

b)

More jobs on farms

c)

Less unemployment in cities

d)

Growth of organized crime

5.

The ratification of the 21st Amendment marked the end of --

a)

women's suffrage

b)

segregated society

c)

Progressive Movement

d)

Prohibition Era

6.

What were the illegal secret bars of the Prohibition Era called?

a)

Bootleggers

b)

Saloons

c)

Speakeasies

d)

Pubs

7.

All of the following are reasons African Americans migrated to the North or Midwest during the early to mid-1900s EXCEPT--

a)

to find better jobs

b)

to face discrimination and violence

c)

to escape from "Jim Crow" laws

d)

to have a better life for their family

8.

Louis Armstrong, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Bessie Smith were all . . .

a)

painters

b)

poets

c)

musicians

d)

writers

9.

In which city did the Harlem Renaissance orginate

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Chicago

c)

New York

d)

New Orleans

10.

Who is known for writing about the Jazz Age of the 1920s?

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

George Gershwin

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

John Steinbeck

11.

Bessie Smith made contributions during the 1920s as a --

a)

urban painter

b)

blues singer

c)

poetry writer

d)

jazz composer

12.

The period of rebirth of African American art forms is known as the --

a)

Black Eagles

b)

Harlem Revival

c)

Great Migration

d)

Harlem Renaissance

13.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is to novelist as Langston Hughes is to --

a)

poet

b)

composer

c)

painter

d)

scientist

14.

Which of these does NOT represent the 1920s?

a)

a time of war & chaos

b)

a decade of cultural change

c)

increased freedom and dancing

d)

increased wealth

15.

Which of these helped create popular culture throughout the United States?

a)

the radio

b)

prohibition

c)

women's suffrage

d)

the KKK

16.

Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that

a)

supported the growth of business

b)

encouraged activism

c)

brought about social reform

d)

discouraged laissez faire

17.

At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between

a)

religion and science

b)

biology and science

c)

evolution and science

d)

education and science

18.

How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?

a)

with the use of the assembly line

b)

changing locations

c)

importing all raw materials

d)

increasing the wages of his workers

19.

Which of these limited immigration during the 1920s?

a)

National Origins Act

b)

KKK

c)

Scientific Management

d)

The Great Migration

20.

The demand for automobiles in the 1920s

a)

stimulated growth in many other industries

b)

led to a nationwide recession

c)

closed down the steel industry

d)

brought about the collapse of the suburbs

21.

The literature of the Harlem Renaissance

a)

explored the pains and joys of being black in America

b)

explored the origins of jazz

c)

was written by Marcus Garvey

d)

argued for the separation of races

22.

Involved transferring oil reserves from the Interior Department to private companies for profit

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Scopes Trial

c)

Great Migration

d)

Jazz Age

23.

Which of these best describes the "New Woman" of the 1920s?

a)

They wore shorter skirts, bobbed their hair, and went to speakeasies

b)

They stayed home and cooked and cleaned

c)

They rejected the idea of suffrage

d)

They preferred the same fashions as their parents

24.

Which 1920s president is best known for scandals and corruption?

a)

Harding

b)

Coolidge

c)

Hoover

d)

Trump

25.

Change in the constitution which prohibited the making, selling and transportation of alcohol.

a)

18th Amend.

b)

19th Amend.

c)

21st Amend.

d)

1st Amend.

26.

Change in the constitution which gave women the right to vote.

a)

19th Amend

b)

18th Amed

c)

21st Amend

d)

1st Amed

27.

Italians convicted of murder mainly because they were foreigners.

a)

Sacco & Vanzetti

b)

Scopes & Darrow

c)

Bryan & Darrow

d)

Mario & Luigi

28.

A nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom.

a)

roaring twenties

b)

silent twenties

c)

Jazz age

d)

Great Depression

29.

Period in the 1920s when suspected communists and other radicals were arrested due to the fear of the spread of communism.

a)

Red Scare

b)

Teapot Dome Scandal

c)

Scopes Trial

d)

KKK

30.

This increased because of the radio, advertisements, and use of credit.

a)

consumerism

b)

national debt

c)

immigration

d)

education

31.

Disillusioned poets and novelists who wrestled with the meaning of war and life.

a)

Lost Generation

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

flappers

d)

The Great Gatsby

32.

Secret organization that hated African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants.

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Kool Kids Klub

c)

Kit Kat Kandy

d)

Anti-Defamation League

33.

What type of economy did the US have in the 1920s?

a)

laissez faire capitalism

b)

socialsim

c)

communism

d)

command economy

34.

The title given to the mass movement of African-Americans in the South to large northern cities.

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

The Great Migration

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Stock Market Crash

35.

She was a famous jazz musician in the 1920s.

a)

Dizzy Gillespie

b)

Elenor Roosevelt

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Louis Armstrong

36.

Which was NOT a reason why African-Americans left the south?

a)

The boll weevil

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Lynchings

d)

Plentiful jobs in the South

37.

From which southern city did jazz originate from?

a)

Charleston, SC

b)

Houston, TX

c)

Selma, AL

d)

New Orleans, LA

38.

How did mass media influence the U.S. in the 1920s?

a)

It influenced people to drink alcohol illegally.

b)

Television shows helped people learn about other parts of the country.

c)

Radio and movies helped create a common culture in America.

d)

Yellow Journalism made people not want to read newspapers in the 1920s.

39.

Which amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote? (suffrage)

a)

14th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

40.

Select two (2) famous pilots who became very popular during the 1920's.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Charles Lindbergh

41.

A title given to the time of great artistic contributions by African-American musicians, writers, and artists.

a)

The Great Migrations

b)

The Great Depression

c)

The Roaring 20's

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

42.
What did the Eighteenth Amendment state?
a)
This amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
b)
This amendment outlawed the advertisment of alcohol.
c)
This amendment changed the age a person had to be to buy alcohol.
43.
What was a bootlegger?
a)
Criminals who brought clothing made in other countries into the U.S.
b)
Criminals who brought guns made in other countries into the U.S.
c)
Criminals who brought alcohol made in other countries into the U.S.
44.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars 
d)
hidden spots
45.
What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?
a)
It stopped speakeasies
b)
It ended Prohibition
c)
It arrested bootleggers
46.
What is jazz?
a)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1920s.
b)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1930s
c)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1940s
d)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1950s
47.
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
48.
What did the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald nickname the decade of the 1920s?
a)
The Fun Age
b)
The Jazz Age
c)
The Blues Age
d)
The Dancing Age
49.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan 
50.
What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920s?
a)
The Roaring 20s
b)
The Best of Times
c)
Harlem Renaissance
51.
Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
52.
Which painter created several series, or groups, of paintings that showed African American life and history?
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Jacob Lawrence
c)
Zora Neale Hurston
53.
Who was one of the most famous baseball players during the 1920s?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Gertrude Ederle
c)
Amelia Earhart
54.
Who became the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Amelia Earhart
55.
Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Charles Lindbergh
56.
Who was the famous female artist who became famous for her colorful scenes of nature?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Bessie Smith
c)
Georgia O'Keeffe
57.
This Jazz musician would become the most popular jazz musician of his time.
a)
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
b)
Eugene O'Neill
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Ernest Hemingway
58.
An inventor and business leader from Detroit who pioneered the moving assembly line
a)
Henry Ford
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Leland Stanford
59.
The _________________________ was a movement in which large numbers of African Americans began leaving the South to take jobs in northern factories.
a)
Great Migration
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Red Scare
d)
fundamentalism
60.
women in the Jazz Age that wore short skirts, short hair, and lots of make up
a)
The 80's
b)
Flappers
c)
Flip Floppers
d)
The 90's
61.
Movies without sound were called _______.
a)
Talkies
b)
Motion pictures
c)
Silent movies
d)
Features
62.
Movies with sound were called ______.
a)
features
b)
talkies
c)
pictures
d)
films
63.
______ a system in which workers stand in one place and put parts together as the pieces go by on a moving belt.
a)
Mass production
b)
Mass Media
c)
Assembly line
d)
Prohibition
64.
The women's movement asking for the right to vote was called "Women's _________" .
a)
suffrage
b)
right
c)
goal
d)
American duty
65.
This is a policy of avoiding conflicts with other countries
a)
quota
b)
interventionist
c)
isolationist
d)
colonialism
66.
A numeric limit used to slow immigration in the 1920's.
a)
evolution
b)
fundamentalism
c)
quota
d)
isolationism
67.
Which of the following US Presidents died in office during the 1920's?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Warren Harding
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Herbert Hoover
68.
The KKK is known as a group promoting
a)
collaboration
b)
racism
c)
civil rights
d)
prohibition
69.
The "red scare" was a reaction to
a)
the end of WWI
b)
the communist victory in Russia
c)
the Republicans winning the Presidency
d)
The Kellogg-BriandPact
70.
flappers represented which theme of the 1920's?
a)
normalcy
b)
traditionalism
c)
change
d)
economic success
71.
One result of the installment plan concept.
a)
decrease in wages
b)
reduction in luxury purchases
c)
growth in consumer spending
d)
demand for lower tariffs
72.
The boom of the automobile in popularity led to 
a)
 decline in tourism
b)
new roads and bridges being built
c)
gasoline being rationed
d)
workers in the Ford plants receiving pay cuts
73.
One change for women in the 1920s...
a)
Women felt freer to be bolder in styles and manners
b)
Married women balanced career and family easily
c)
Many women had long hair and avoided makeup
d)
Women dominated leadership in businesses
74.
This led to a political scandal for President Harding
a)
restrictions on immigration
b)
selling of oil rights on federal property
c)
the federal response to the red scare
d)
Awarding a Medal of Honor to an aviator
75.
What great threat did AG Palmer want to protect Americans from?
a)
Business trusts and monopolies
b)
political radicals like communists and socialists
c)
corruption and fraud in the banking industry
d)
labor unions causing unrest by striking
76.
The main reason for urban sprawl in the 1920s 
a)
the rise of the automobile
b)
widespread distribution of electricity
c)
growth of industry
d)
a change in birth rate
77.
Owners often accused striking workers of being
a)
capitalists
b)
communists
c)
bigots
d)
nativists
78.
The racial rioting across many cities in the US during the summer of 1919 is collectively called
a)
red dawn
b)
red scare
c)
red summer
d)
red tide
79.
Which of the following is not a direct result of the explosion in the number of automobiles?
a)
changes in American landscape
b)
changes is American architecture
c)
creation of new businesses
d)
changes in communication
80.
Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the mass media increase of the 1920s?
a)
the telegraph
b)
magazines
c)
radio broadcasts
d)
movies
81.
What does the Great Migration refer to?
a)
immigration from Asia to America
b)
people moving from rural areas to the cities
c)
African Americans returning to Africa
d)
African Americans heading north from the south
82.

Progressives focused on three areas of reform:

a)

easing the suffering of the urban ponies, improving unfair and dangerous dragon conditions, and reforming government at the national, snake, and local levels.

b)

easing the suffering of the rural poor, improving unfair and dangerous living conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and international levels.

c)

easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.

83.

Who coined the phrase "Muckrackers"?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Jacob Riis

84.

Journalists called muckrakers and urban photographers exposed people

a)

to the plight of the unfortunate in hopes of sparking reform.

b)

the difficulties entrepreneurs faced in hopes of sparking reform.

c)

to the plight of the unfortunate in hopes of sparking a social purge of the weak.

d)

the difficulties millionaires faced in hopes of sparking reform.

85.

"Be it enacted by... Congress... That no producer, manufacturer, or dealer shall ship or deliver for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, any article or... product of any mine or quarry situated in the United States, in which... children under the age of sixteen years have been employed or permitted to work..."


This quote reflects the public's support for the -

a)

control of the mining industry

b)

abolition of child labor

c)

regulation of product transportation

d)

limitation of foreign trade

86.

~Upton Sinclair exposed the unhealthy practices of Chicago's meat-packing plants


~Ida Tarbell revealed the dishonest business tactics of Rockefeller's Standard Oil

Company


~Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives, showing the conditions of the residents of

New York City tenements


What was the impact of these muckraking activities during the early 1900s?

a)

Society changed in response to their promotion of Social Darwinism

b)

Voters agreed to let big business owner create more profitable monopolies

c)

Reports of their works in publications abroad caused a decline in immigration

d)

Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization

87.

In 1916, Congress established a new federal agency "which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the

enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."


Which agency does this excerpt refer?

a)

National Park Service

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps

c)

Environmental Protection Agency

d)

Department of Homeland Security

88.

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof..."


The text is an excerpt from which amendment?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

89.

Which statement describes a referendum?

a)

petition that indicates the public's support for a vote on a bill

b)

opportunity for the public to accept or reject a proposed bill

c)

removal of a public official from office at the hands of the electorate

d)

casting of votes in a confidential manner

90.
"New Immigrants" during this era came from where?
a)
Asia
b)
Northern and Western Europe
c)
Southern and Eastern Europe
d)
South Ameri
91.
Which of the following was NOT a common experience of immigrants during this time?
a)
Wide-range acceptance and welcome
b)
The development of close-knit ethnic neighborhoods
c)
Low pay and harsh working conditions
d)
Building of churches
92.
How did the increase in consumerism change society?
a)
The American dream was lost
b)
People began to travel more to distant areas
c)
The American people experienced price inflation 
d)
Department stores became popular and leisure activities increased
93.
What innovations did Henry Ford introduce during this era?
a)
Standardized output
b)
Lower prices
c)
Assembly line
d)
All of the above
94.
Which labor movement allowed only skilled industrial and craft laborers? 
a)
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
b)
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
c)
United Auto Workers (UAW)
d)
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
95.
Under which Progressive President were a number of laws focused on business regulation passed?
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Woodrow Wilson
96.
Under which Progressive President were a number of laws focused on anti-trust initiatives
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Woodrow Wilson
97.

1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act)

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Frank Norris

98.

Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act were created in part because

a)

suffragist were protesting the meat packing industry.

b)

the 18th Amendment

c)

Civil Service Act

d)

of the book, The Jungle.

99.

Law that requires company to properly label food and medicines

a)

Medicine Man

b)

Food Amendment

c)

Label Lemons

d)

Pure Food and Drug Act

100.

What was the main goal of the women’s rights movement during the Progressive Era?

a)

starting a system of women’s colleges

b)

winning elections for public office

c)

securing the right to vote

d)

separating men and women in prison

101.

Which president supported progressive ideas such as conservation and the regulation of public health?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Herbert Hoover

102.

Main goal of most muckraking journalists?

a)

Gain fame through articles of high popular interest

b)

Expose social and economic problems in need of political attention

c)

Increase public awareness of America's great potential

d)

End corrupt relationships between politicians and big business

103.

Which condition most directly led to the passage of the Sherman Antitrust act?

a)

The establishment of business monopolies that dominated industry

b)

The popularity of the Socialist Party of the United States

c)

The successful efforts of union leaders to organize American workers

d)

The high unemployment rate following an economic crisis

104.

In 1916, Congress established a new federal agency "which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the

enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."


Which agency does this excerpt refer?

a)

National Park Service

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps

c)

Environmental Protection Agency

d)

Department of Homeland Security

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