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WorksheetsThe Roaring 20s - modified
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
nickname for the 1920s becasue of the booming economy and fast pace of life during that era
Great Migration
Roaring Twenties
Harlem Renaissance
a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
Great Migration
Roaring Twenties
Harlem Renaissance
the movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities looking for jobs between 1914 and 1920
Great Migration
Roaring Twenties
Harlem Renaissance
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader
Charlie Chaplin
W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
Duke Ellington
American musician and composer who was the first person to recognize the importance of blues as a legitimate musical form
Charlie Chaplin
W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
Duke Ellington
popular silent film star, he was a "silent comedian," who made audiences laugh with his silent jokes
Charlie Chaplin
W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
Duke Ellington
leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians
Charlie Chaplin
W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
Duke Ellington
an American aviator who flew his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, across the Atlantic in the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Charlie Chaplin
W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
Duke Ellington
American baseball legend and long-time batting legend
Charlie Chaplin
W.C. Handy
Duke Ellington
Charles Lindbergh
Herman "Babe" Ruth
the radio program that began broadcasting in 1925 from WSM in Nashville that essentially made that city the center of the country music industry.
NAACP
Immigration Quota Act
Grand Ole Opry
passed in 1924, it said different countries were only allowed to send an allotted number of its citizens to America every year
NAACP
Immigration Quota Act
Grand Ole Opry
an interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans
NAACP
Immigration Quota Act
Grand Ole Opry
Which of the following describes the KKK in the 1920s? (choose 3)
they were anti-immigration and anti-union ideas
the Klan grew larger than ever during this time
they were just starting out during this time
they were anti-African American, anti-Catholic,
qanti-Jewish, and anti-women
they were experiencing their smallest membership sinct they began
Which of the following desscribes consumerism in the 1920s?
Americans were fascinated with new consumer products and began overspending and borrowing on credit which would later lead to causes of the Great Depression
Americans were veru frugal and tried to save money instead of spending it on the new consumer products.
Which of the following explains how credit impacted the 1920s? (choose 3)
individual purchasing power grew because they could buy now and pay for it later
people didnt trust the idea of credit and refused to buy anything they couldn't pay for immediately
it eventually caused recessions due to people overspending
the American economy grew at healthy pace, because people could buy more goods & services
people buying on credit caused businesses to have to slow their production of goods & services
