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Chapter 20-The Roaring 1920s

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the symbol of women in the 1920s?

a)

Free woman

b)

Housewife

c)

Working woman

2.

In the 1920s, most African Americans moved to northern cities because they

a)

Better schools

b)

Jobs

c)

Less discrimination

3.

What did the rise of mass media lead to?

a)

Decline in newspaper sales

b)

Decline in the automobile industry

c)

Development of national culture

4.

The twenties are called the Jazz Age because

a)

Americans from almost every segment embraced jazz music

b)

Poetry and art were only about jazz

c)

People only went to jazz dance halls

5.

Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen were leaders of

a)

The labor movement

b)

The Harlem Renaissance

c)

The prohibition movement

6.

What does Renaissance mean?

a)

Old

b)

Middle Ages

c)

Rebirth

7.

What was the main result of the alcohol ban?

a)

Crime organizations became wealthy through alcohol sales

b)

Crime rates dropped in most cities

c)

Alcohol sales increased in rural areas

8.

The central issue in the Scopes Trial was:

a)

Should Jim Crow laws be declared illegal

b)

Should the theory of evolution be taught in public schools

c)

Should unions be allowed to strike

9.

Who was the pilot that flew across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 and became a hero?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Charles Lindbergh

10.

Illegal alcohol production during the prohibition era in the 1920s

a)

speakeasies

b)

fundamentalism

c)

bootlegging

11.

Known as the movement of African Americans from the south to the north

a)

Great March

b)

Great Migration

c)

Journey

12.

What conflict does the trial of John Scopes in 1925 reflect?

a)

Prohibition and organized crime

b)

Traditional and new roles of women

c)

Science and religion

13.

Which amendment declares the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages illegal?

a)

Seventeenth Amendment

b)

Eighteenth Amendment

c)

Nineteenth Amendment

14.

How did the roles of women in society change in the 1920s?

a)

Women started earning higher wages than men

b)

The number of women going to work decreased

c)

Women were elected to local and national governments

15.

The books of the Lost Generation writers encouraged many American youths

a)

to rebel against popular culture

b)

to join the Harlem Globetrotters team

c)

to desire to become rich