WorksheetsU8 - Roaring 20s
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following best describes the Roaring 20s?
A period of economic prosperity and cultural change.
What effect did automobiles have on America?
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People moved around and took more vacations
Highways and gas stations had to be built
Shopping centers and roadside attractions began to open
Made it more difficult to get to new places
Trains became more popular and streets became run-down
What did advertising companies convince Americans of in the 1920s?
To not buy things they could not afford
That they needed to buy luxury items to be happy
That they should only buy what they needed
To save their money and not buy anything
What became the capital of African American culture in the 1920s?
Philadelphia
Boston
Charleston
Harlem
What group of people did the Ku Klux Klan hate?
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Jewish people
Catholics
Immigrants
People of Color
White Protestants
What did John Scopes go on trial for?
Teaching algebra
Teaching chemistry
Teaching evolution
Teaching physics
What type of music became popular in the 1920s?
Rock
Hip Hop
Jazz
Classical
What was the purpose of the Harlem Renaissance?
To celebrate African American culture
To stop African American culture
To start a new African American political party
To overthrow the government
What is Fundamentalism?
Movement based on a literal interpretation of the bible and skepticism of scientific theories
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
A bribery scandal involving the leasing of federal oil reserves to private companies.
Match the following with their definition.
Political & economic theory where there is no government or social classes, resources are shared, and the community controls the industry.
True Communism
Political and economic theory where industry is controlled by the community &/or the government
Socialism
People who oppose all forms of government
Anarchists
Idea where the US wanted to stay out of foreign affairs
Isolationism
The fear of communism
Red Scare
Why were people upset with the results of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial?
The trial was celebrated as a fair legal process, and so people where happy that the justice system works.
People were upset because the defendants were wealthy and were deemed innocent.
They were found guilty and put to death despite there being little evidence of the crimes.
Match the following with their definition
Movement that pushed for the banning of alcohol
Prohibition
Outlawed Alcohol
18th Amendment
Made alcohol legal again
21st Amendment
secret saloon/bar that illegally sold alcohol
Speakeasies
People who smuggled alcohol from other countries
Bootleggers
What is a flapper?
What was the Quota system?
A policy that set a maximum number of people from each country who could immigrate to the US
What is consumerism?
Consumerism is the buying of goods in greater and greater amounts
What things gave women more time to focus on things outside of the home?
Increased household chores, and an increase in children
What is Modernism?
What is the "Lost Generation"?
A group of American writers and people who became adults right before or during WWI
A term used to describe a group of modern artists who used peacetime as an influence for their sculptures.
What was the Great Migration?
A mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North and West. Left to escape racism and for better jobs.
A mass movement of immigrants from the North moving to the South for agricultural work
A migration of European settlers to the Midwest for land expansion and to expand the US's agricultural reach.
Match the following people from the Harlem Renaissance with what they did.
Founded UNIA, promoted black pride and businesses
Marcus Garvey
Wrote poems in jazz tempos about difficult life of the working class
Langston Hughes
Famous trumpeter, very influential to jazz, popularized scat music
Louis Armstrong
Famous jazz pianist, one of Americas best composers
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Wrote poems urging people to resits prejudice and discrimination
Claude McKay
What were the Palmer raids AND why did they happen?
The Palmer raids were government actions to arrest and deport radicals, due to rising fears of communism.
