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1920's and 1930's Test Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the nickname given to the era during the 1920's?

a)

The Golden Age

b)

The Progressive Age

c)

The Roaring Twenties

d)

The Industrial Age

2.

What type of music became very popular during the 1920's?

a)

Jazz

b)

Punk Rock

c)

Classical

d)

Hip Hop

3.

Which of the following is NOT a factor that led to the Great Migration?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Racial Prejudice

c)

Beetles ruined the cotton crops

d)

There were too many jobs in the South

4.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

a)

Harlem is a neighborhood in New York City

b)

All African American artists of the Harlem Renaissance came from Harlem.

c)

Artists expressed positive images of African American culture during the Harlem Renaissance.

d)

The Harlem Renaissance was best known as a period of great creative and cultural pride for African Americans.

5.

What was a popular dance of the 1920s that was named after a harbor city in South Carolina?

a)

The Boston

b)

The Waltz

c)

The Cha Cha

d)

The Charleston

6.

Which of the following was a famous jazz musician during the 1920s?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Louis Vuitton

c)

Louis the XIV

d)

Louis Smith

7.

Babe Ruth was a famous athlete during the 1920s. Which sport did he play?

a)

Football

b)

Baseball

c)

Basketball

d)

Soccer

8.

Many people in the 1920s were able to buy the same products at a lower prices due to which of the following?

a)

TV commercials

b)

Migration

c)

Mass Production

d)

Airplanes

9.

Because many people were purchasing a lot of products during the 1920s, it looked like most Americans were very prosperous. However, many people could not afford the items that they were buying. How were many Americans purchasing products that they could not afford?

a)

Using credit

b)

Donations

c)

Charity

d)

The lottery

10.

Which of the following ideas led to anti-immigration feelings during the 1920s?

a)

Environmentalism

b)

Anarchism

c)

Nativism

d)

Communism

11.

As a result of negative feelings toward immigration, Congress passed several anti-immigration laws. Which of the following was NOT an anti-immigration law passed by Congress during the 1920s?

a)

Emergency Quota Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

Asian Exclusion Act

d)

National Origins Act

12.

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT for which of the following?

a)

Europeans had less money to buy American crops after World War I.

b)

New production technology led to overproduction.

c)

Many people had purchased goods on credit and were unable to pay their loans.

d)

The ideas of the Harlem Renaissance spread across the country.

13.

Who was responsible for The New Deal?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Barack Obama

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

George Washington

14.

The New Deal was made to help people recover from which of the following?

a)

The Great Migration

b)

The Great Gatsby

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Great Expansion

15.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Dust Bowl?

a)

The Dust Bowl took place in the Great Plains of the U.S.

b)

The Dust Bowl was caused by too much rain in the area.

c)

The Dust Bowl led to many "Okies" traveling to California for jobs.

d)

The Dust Bowl included high winds that blew away millions of acres of soil.