Worksheets#5 - Roaring 20's
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which factor most contributed to the increasing consumer demand that occurred in the United States during the 1920's?
Imports of inexpensive goods from Europe
An increase in immigration from Asia
Use of assembly lines in factories
A surplus of labor in cities
Which activity was a major part of American “leisure” culture during the 1920's?
Investing in stocks
Going to the movies
Flying to overseas destinations
Crusading for alcohol prohibition
Which statement describes an unintended effect of Prohibition?
It led to higher taxes because of the huge costs of enforcement
It decreased immigration from countries with less restrictive alcohol laws
It encouraged organized crime because of huge profits from bootlegging
It increased the number of people who speculated in the stock market
The 1920's are often called the "Roaring Twenties" because the decade was noted for
changes in cultural values and economic prosperity.
political reform and business regulation.
a declining economy and business failures.
overseas expansion and involvement in foreign affairs.
Which statement best describes the role the advertising industry played in the consumerism of the 1920's?
Advertisements guided government regulators in warning consumers of fraudulent practices
Advertisements helped consumers identify which new products they wanted to buy
Advertisements paid for at discounted rates gave consumers a share of a company’s profits
Advertisements reflected the alienation felt by consumers in the postwar society
The nickname “Jazz Age” is evidence of which of the following?
The American middle class became substantially less segregated by race during the 1920’s
Inexpensive automobiles produced by assembly lines allowed large numbers of Americans to travel the country
African American music artists influenced mainstream American culture during the 1920’s
The electric radio was crucial to the popularization of spectator sports, such as baseball, in the United States
Which statement explains the importance of flappers during the 1920’s?
They petitioned the government to pass laws prohibiting the use of alcohol
They merged a variety of influences to create a new form of popular music
They encouraged large numbers of people to purchase stocks on margin
They challenged traditional women’s roles by displaying innovative fashions
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's influenced American society by
encouraging urban renewal projects in major American cities.
ending racial segregation of public facilities.
establishing government programs to assist African Americans.
increasing awareness of African American contributions to American culture.
What does installment buying mean?
It’s when you pay someone to install something in your house
It’s when someone pays you money to install something in their house
It’s when someone pays for an item in small increments, or little-by-little
It’s when you purchase installments
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I am fed up
With Jim Crow laws,
People who are cruel,
And afraid,
Who lynch and run,
Who are scared of me
and me of them.
I pick up my life
And take it away
On a one-way ticket
Gone up North
Gone Out West
Gone!
The author of this poem states that he has "Gone" because
jobs were available in the northern industries
there was no racial prejudice in the West
farmland was more available in the North
racial discrimination drove him away
"Black Tuesday: Stocks Hit All-Time Low"
"Roosevelt Promises a New Deal for All Americans"
"Unemployment Hits a New High: 20% and Climbing"
These headlines reflect which period in United States history?
The Great Depression
The Roaring Twenties
World War II
The Progressive Era
With what group of people did the Charleston become especially popular with?
Young adolescents
Jazz musicians
Flappers
Everyone
Which of the following CAUSED the other three?
Bootlegging
Rise in organized crime
Ratification of the 18th Amendment
Alcohol smuggling
What is the name of the attitude that caused many Americans to dislike and fear communists, immigrants, and non-Anglos? They are anti-immigration!
Nativism
Racism
Communism
Isolationism
Which event led to the start of the Great Depression?
Red Scare (1919-1920)
Election of Herbert Hoover (1928)
Stock Market Crash (1929)
Passage of the Emergency Banking Act (1933)
The movement of African Americans from the rural south to the industrialized cities to seek economic opportunities is called the -
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Civil Right Movement
Gold Rush
What was the name given to the women who challenged traditional attitudes and social norms during the 1920s?
Mobsters
Party Girls
Flappers
Temperance
What was the name of the 1920s movement that caused Americans to fear foreigners/immigrants for fear they were communists?
Anti-Communism
Red Scare
Vietnamization
Isolationizm
The mass production of this item made it more affordable and gave middle class residents more flexibility in employment by allowing travel during the 1920s
Telegraph
Automobile
Train
Airplane
What is another name for prohibition?
Temperance
Abolitionist
Suffragette
Muckraker
The Secretary of the Interior’s leasing of oil rich public land to oil companies in return for money and land
Nativism
Teapot Dome Scandal
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Scopes Trial
Fear of communism in the U.S. after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia established the first communist nation
Nativism
Fundamentalism
Red Scare
Speculation
Warren G. Harding's campaign promise to concentrate on domestic economic issues after World War I.
Red Scare
Return to Normalcy
Square Deal
Cooperative Individualism
The movement of some six million African Americans from rural areas of the Southern states of the United States to urban areas in the Northern states due to discrimination in the South and better economic opportunities in the North
Harlem Renaissance
Dust Bown
Great Migration
Big Migration
Conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in an attempt to arrest foreign anarchists, communists, and radical leftists, many of whom were subsequently deported
Cold War
Palmer Raids
McCarthyism
2nd Red Scare
