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The Roaring 20s - modified

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

nickname for the 1920s becasue of the booming economy and fast pace of life during that era

a)

Great Migration

b)

Roaring Twenties

c)

Harlem Renaissance

2.

a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

a)

Great Migration

b)

Roaring Twenties

c)

Harlem Renaissance

3.

the movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities looking for jobs between 1914 and 1920

a)

Great Migration

b)

Roaring Twenties

c)

Harlem Renaissance

4.

United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

W.C. Handy

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Charles Lindbergh

e)

Duke Ellington

5.

American musician and composer who was the first person to recognize the importance of blues as a legitimate musical form

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

W.C. Handy

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Charles Lindbergh

e)

Duke Ellington

6.

popular silent film star, he was a "silent comedian," who made audiences laugh with his silent jokes

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

W.C. Handy

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Charles Lindbergh

e)

Duke Ellington

7.

leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

W.C. Handy

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Charles Lindbergh

e)

Duke Ellington

8.

an American aviator who flew his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, across the Atlantic in the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

W.C. Handy

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Charles Lindbergh

e)

Duke Ellington

9.

American baseball legend and long-time batting legend

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

W.C. Handy

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Charles Lindbergh

e)

Herman "Babe" Ruth

10.

the radio program that began broadcasting in 1925 from WSM in Nashville that essentially made that city the center of the country music industry.

a)

NAACP

b)

Immigration Quota Act

c)

Grand Ole Opry

11.

passed in 1924, it said different countries were only allowed to send an allotted number of its citizens to America every year

a)

NAACP

b)

Immigration Quota Act

c)

Grand Ole Opry

12.

an interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans

a)

NAACP

b)

Immigration Quota Act

c)

Grand Ole Opry

13.

Which of the following describes the KKK in the 1920s? (choose 3)

a)

they were anti-immigration and anti-union ideas

b)

the Klan grew larger than ever during this time

c)

they were just starting out during this time

d)

they were anti-African American, anti-Catholic,

qanti-Jewish, and anti-women

e)

they were experiencing their smallest membership sinct they began

14.

Which of the following desscribes consumerism in the 1920s?

a)

Americans were fascinated with new consumer products and began overspending and borrowing on credit which would later lead to causes of the Great Depression

b)

Americans were veru frugal and tried to save money instead of spending it on the new consumer products.

15.

Which of the following explains how credit impacted the 1920s? (choose 3)

a)

individual purchasing power grew because they could buy now and pay for it later

b)

people didnt trust the idea of credit and refused to buy anything they couldn't pay for immediately

c)

it eventually caused recessions due to people overspending

d)

the American economy grew at healthy pace, because people could buy more goods & services

e)

people buying on credit caused businesses to have to slow their production of goods & services