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1920s speed dating reformers quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This African American Reformer helped found the Tuskegee institute and believed in Gradual Integration and Vocational schools

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB Dubois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Langston Hughes

2.

This African American Reformer helped co-found the NAACP and believe in immediate integration and the 10% plan

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB Dubois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Langston Hughes

3.

This African American Reformer helped found the Back to Africa movement and create an African American newspaper called the "Negro World Newspaper". This reformer also believed in segregation and the separation of races.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB Dubois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Langston Hughes

4.

This celebrity is a male pilot and is known for being the first person fly non-stop across the Atlantic.

a)

Charles Lindbergh

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Charlie Chaplain

d)

Al Capone

5.

This celebrity is a female pilot and is known for being the first woman (second ever) to fly non-stop across the Atlantic.

a)

Charles Lindbergh

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Charlie Chaplain

d)

Al Capone

6.

This celebrity is known for being the first "Movie Star" and is know for movies such as "The Great Dictator", "The Gold Rush", and "The Kid"

a)

Charles Lindbergh

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Charlie Chaplain

d)

Al Capone

7.

This celebrity for running a Bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution gang in Chicago in the 1920s. He is the most influential mobster/organized crime in American History.

a)

Charles Lindbergh

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Charlie Chaplain

d)

Al Capone

8.

This athlete is considered to be the first baseball superstar (even before Babe Ruth). He during his 24 year career had a .366 batting average, was a hall of famer, and won an MVP (Most Valuable Player).

a)

Ty Cobb

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Satchel Page

d)

Herbert Hoover

9.

This athlete is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player ever. He brought a lot of popularity to the sport during the 1920s. During his 22-year career hit 714 home runs (most by any player at the time), was an MVP (most valuable player) and was a 7 time world series champion

a)

Ty Cobb

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Satchel Page

d)

Herbert Hoover

10.

This African American athlete was mainly popular for his works in the Negro Leagues and was super influential in making Baseball popular for African Americans during the 1920s. This player is in the hall of fame, an 8-time all-star, and a 2-time world series champion.

a)

Ty Cobb

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Satchel Page

d)

Herbert Hoover

11.

This person was the president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. He is the United States 31st president. He has a bad legacy in American History because a lot of people saw his Laissez Faire policies as the main cause for the Great Depression.

a)

John F. Kenedy

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Herbert Hoover

12.

This celebrity was an African American poet who spoke about some of the obstacles African Americans had to go through in a "white world". He is known for poems such as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", "Mother to Son", and "Dreams"

a)

Bessie Smith

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Langston Hughes

13.

This celebrity was a Male African American musician during the 1920s. He was massive in making jazz a national phenomenon. He is most known for playing the trumpet. However, some of his most famous songs are "All of Me", "Hello, Dolly!", "I'm in the Mood for Love".

a)

Bessie Smith

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Langston Hughes

14.

This celebrity was a Male African American musician during the 1920s. He was part of the Harlem Renaissance. He is most known for playing the Piano and being the leader of the Jazz Orchestra. However, some of his most famous songs are "It don't mean a thing - if it ain't got that swing", "Caravan", and "Take the 'A' Train".

a)

Bessie Smith

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Langston Hughes

15.

This celebrity was a famous female African American singer. She also helped bring popularity to Jazz Music. However, a lot of people credit her for helping create the Genre of "blues". Some of her most famous songs are "Backwater Blues", "Cold in Hand Blues", and "I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle"

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Duke Ellington

16.

This celebrity was a white author who is famous for his book "The Great Gatsby". He is credited for opening the eyes of lots of people to what life was like during the 1920s

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

Ernest Hemingway

d)

Marcus Garvey

17.

This celebrity was a white author who is famous for his books such as "The Old Man and the Sea", "A farewell to arms", and "For whom the Bell Tolls". He also gained various awards such as the Nobel prize and Pulitzer prize for fiction

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

Ernest Hemingway

d)

Marcus Garvey