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WorksheetsAH Unit 4 PRACTICE (1920s) OLD U4 (NOT DONE FOR 25-26)
Total questions: 132
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
Buying on credit
Laissez-Faire
Installment Buying
Bootleggers
Isolationism
The Great Migration was the mass movement of African Americans to cities in the __________.
north and midwest
southwest and Pacific coat
Atlantic Ocean
countryside of England
What theme did F. Scott Fitzgerald use for his novels?
the Jazz Age of the 1920s
urban and southwest scenes
African and American roots
Migrant workers
Which group of people moved North for more job opportunities?
Irish
African Americans
Polish
Mexican
People were able to afford more expensive consumer goods because they were able to pay for it using ______________.
Cash
Check
Monthly Payments
People found they had more money and _______________ to spend on live music and entertainment.
leisure time
work time
communication time
Ford built the model T on ___________________ which lowered the price making it much more affordable for people.
order
an assembly Line
_____________ were young women who challenged the old ideas of how a woman should act in the 1920s.
Flappers
Cubans
Americans
________________ became an important new source of information and entertainment in the twenties.
television
newspaper
radio
As more people bought cars, American society became more ______________.
mobile
stationary
cautious
The first commercial radio station in the United States was...
KGFX in Pierre, SD
KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA
WCBS in New York, NY
In the 1920s _______________ became more common in people's homes, improving communication.
Telegraphs
Telephones
Televisions
The prosperity of the United States in the mid-1920s resulted in part from
increased demand for new consumer goods
high-wage contracts negotiated by labor unions
record-high farm prices
increased government regulation of the economy
Improved mass-production techniques affected the American economy of the 1920s by
lowering the quality of most products
reducing prices of consumer goods
decreasing the quantity of manufactured products
causing higher unemployment
"The business of America is business."
— President Calvin Coolidge
By making this statement, President Coolidge was expressing his support for
higher taxes on corporations
banking regulations
democratic socialism
the free-enterprise system
A major reason for the emergence of a “consumer culture” in the 1920s was that
the Federal Government encouraged labor to unionize
advertising and installment payments encouraged buying
minimum-wage laws expanded buying power
enforcement of antitrust laws resulted in higher prices
The growth of the automobile industry after World War I changed the United States economy by
stimulating the development of other new industries
decreasing employment opportunities for assembly-line workers
increasing the number of railroad passengers
encouraging government operation of major industries
In the United States, the decade of the 1920s was characterized by
a willingness to encourage immigration to the United States
increased consumer borrowing and spending
the active involvement of the United States in European affairs
major reforms in national labor legislation
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, intellectual, and artistic movement.
True
False
Louis Armstrong was a _______________.
Poet
Jazz Musician
An Athlete
Person
The Harlem Renaissance spanned which decade?
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
What was the "New Negro?"
A new view on how society treated black people
A popular new style of music
A new sense of identity and dignity among African Americans
A jazz musician at the Cotton Club
What book did Zora Neale Hurston write that expressed longing independence felt by women black and white.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
I, Too
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing
The Red Summer of 1919
The photograph above was an example of —
Reconstruction
Freeman's Bureau legislation
Jim Crow Laws
Which of these was NOT an important figure during the Harlem Renaissance?
Marcus Garvey
Zora Neale Hurston
Duke Ellington
Booker T. Washington
The most popular jazz club in the US during the 1920's was the
Club 21
Armstrong Club
Cotton Club
Club Speakeasy
How did race relations in the South change after Reconstruction?
Laws were created to increase African Americans' rights.
Poll Taxes were decreased to ensure voting practices.
Laws were created to limit African Americans' rights.
Which African American led the “Back to Africa” movement during the early 20th century?
A. Booker T. Washington
B. George Washington Carver
C. W.E.B. Du Bois
D. Marcus Garvey
Which best represents the group below?
• Rejected the idealism that inspired U.S. entry into World War I
• Sense of moral loss and aimlessness
• Criticized culture though illusions of happiness
A. Harlem Renaissance.
B. Chicano Mural Movement.
C. Lost Generation.
D. Beat Movement
Which of the following BEST represents the spread of popular culture in the 1920s?
A. Radio
B. Phonograph
C. Telephone
D. Automobile
What was a major influence on the popularity of the flapper during the 1920s?
A decline in the number of women working in urban factories
A shift away from the traditional roles of women
An increase in the use of credit and installment plans
A decrease in crime associated with prohibition
Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.
president who vowed a “return to normalcy”
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Ford
Warren G. Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
Edward M. House
Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.
America’s basic foreign policy in the 1920s
speakeasy
isolationism
flapper
bootlegging
prohibition
Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.
woman whose behavior and dress were shocking
speakeasy
isolationism
flapper
bootlegging
prohibition
Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.
legal victor of the Scopes trial
William Jennings Bryan
J. Gresham Machen
Marcus Garvey
Sigmund Freud
Herbert Hoover
Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.
purchasing stock on credit
buying on margin
recession
“Black Thursday”
dole
National Recovery Administration
Which member from the Harlem Renaissance was a famous piano player?
Langston Hughes
Zoran Neale Hurston
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Which member from the Harlem Renaissance wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Langston Hughes
Zoran Neale Hurston
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Which member from the Harlem Renaissance wrote Jazz Poetry?
Langston Hughes
Zoran Neale Hurston
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Which member from the Harlem Renaissance was a famous trumpet player?
Langston Hughes
Zoran Neale Hurston
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Who was the most famous writer from The Lost Generation?
Langston Hughes
F Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Upton Sinclair
Which novel written by F Scott Fitzgerald perfectly depicts all of the themes common to Lost Generation writers?
The Sun Also Rises
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Great Gatsby
The Jungle
What were Americans scared of during the Red Scare?
Communism spreading in the US
The Red Flu
German spies infiltrating our country for Hitler
The color red
Who taught evolution anyways in TN and started a major court case over it?
John Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
True or False; By the end of the John Scopes trial the trial was really about Creation vs Evolution and not about what Scopes had done.
True
False
Which amendment made alcohol illegal?
17
18
19
20
21
Why did conflicts between labor unions and businesses increase in the early 1920s?
the government stopped controlling business and took a Laissez-faire approach
unions gained increased bargaining power due to the lack of available labor
immigrant laborers gained new political rights due to their wartime contributions
legislation strictly regulating many business practices was passed by Congress
Presidents Harding and Coolidge supported which of the following in relation to big business?
increasing regulations on businesses.
shielding business owners from certain laws.
reducing taxes to encourage the growth of businesses.
supporting business with direct government funding.
Fear of communism in the US during the 1920s.
Black Scare
Communism Scare
Red Scare
Scopes Scare
An arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants allowed from each country.
Quota System
Limit System
Number System
Immigrant System
Name given to women who challenged traditional standards of behavior during the 1920s.
Fashionistas
Pearls
Charlestons
Flappers
Popular baseball player who lived an excessive lifestyle that embodied the 1920s.
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Joe Sewell
Jackie Robinson
Famous silent movie star of the 1920s.
Shirley Temple
Tom Cruise
Charlie Chaplin
Jessica Alba
Infamous mob boss in Chicago during the age of Prohibition who was arrested for tax fraud.
Al Capone
Bugsy Siegal
Frank Costello
Lucky Luciano
Name of an illegal and secret bar or saloon that sold alcohol during Prohibition.
Secret Bar
Scopes
Flappers
Speakeasy
A person who makes, distributes, and sells alcohol illegally.
Bootlegger
Jazzer
Boozer
Flapper
Type of music credited to African Americans that includes improv, including Dixieland swing and big band.
Blues
Jazz
R & B
Rock
________________ focused on making legal changes in the American court system that would undo Jim Crow laws and protect rights for African Americans.
UNIA
HRA
NAACP
Black Nationalist Movement
What did the artists of the Lost Generation have in common?
they were all writers
they were disillusioned with society after WWI
they had suffered severely from the Wall Street Crash
they took so many drugs that they were deeply dependent
All of the following were presidents during the 1920's EXCEPT
Coolidge
Harding
Roosevelt
Hoover
The Republican leadership of the 1920's
Continued the progressive reforms of Roosevelt and Taft
Encouraged a government hands off, limited intervention to encourage the growth of business
Provided many social reform programs to encourage economic growth
The Immigration Act of 1924 strictly
encouraged immigration
limited imports of alcohol
limited immigration from certain areas
Which group was least likely to be economically prosperous during the 1920's
Industrialists
Farmers
What was a major influence on the popularity of the flapper during the 1920s?
A decline in the number of women working in urban factories
A shift away from the traditional roles of women
An increase in the use of credit and installment plans
A decrease in crime associated with prohibition
Which president promised a "return to normalcy"?
Taft
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
Which president was quoted, "The business of America is business"?
Harding
Coolidge
Taft
Hoover
This politician, Attorney General under Wilson, took advantage of the Red Scare of 1919-20 to arrest thousands of radicals and either jail them or ship them to Russia. Who was he?
William Jennings Bryan
A. Mitchell Palmer
Frederick Taylor
John T. Scopes
Al Capone
Symbolic of the popular fears of immigrants, communism, change, and diversity, this group became very powerful during the 20s with a reputed 5 million members and hatred for anyone who was foreign, Catholic or Jewish, liberal or different. What was the group?
American Legion
NAACP
Ku Klux Klan
Mafia
American First Committee
