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Roaring 20's Study Tool

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What international event led to the Red Scare in the U.S.?
a)
a murder in Italy
b)
a revolution in Russia
c)
an election in Berlin
2.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were
a)
anarchists
b)
Industrialists
c)
union leaders
3.
Due to increased bombings around the country the U.S. Attorney General went into 33 cities looking for radicals. This action was known as the
a)
Palmer Raids
b)
White Scare
c)
Operation Anti-Commie
4.
African Americans in the 1920s faced discrimination, especially in
a)
the North, where they were not allowed to work.
b)
the North, where the Jim Crow laws were in effect.
c)
the South, where the Jim Crow laws were in effect.
5.
How did Prohibition contribute to the growth of organized crime?
a)
by forcing police to enforce antiliquor laws
b)
by making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of illegal activity
c)
by strengthening respect for the law
6.
What was a major result of Henry Ford’s innovative manufacturing techniques?
a)
The sale price of the average car increased.
b)
The sale price of cars decreased.
c)
Fewer Americans had jobs.
7.
Use the image and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions. Question: Who is depicted in this photograph?
a)
women of the Victorian Age
b)
women entering the workforce during the 1920s
c)
New Women known as flappers
8.
The sense of group identity created by the Harlem Renaissance
a)
ended discrimination against blacks in America
b)
enabled African Americans to form their own nation
c)
formed a basis for later progress for blacks in America
9.

What is the assembly line?

a)

time when value of stocks increases

b)

Group that went after African Americans, Jews, and Catholics

c)

Famous baseball player of the 1920s. The Sultan of Swat. The Great Bambino.

d)

manufacturing method in which each worker performs one step

10.

Who was Babe Ruth?

a)

time when value of stocks increases

b)

Group that went after African Americans, Jews, and Catholics

c)

Famous baseball player of the 1920s. The Sultan of Swat. The Great Bambino.

d)

manufacturing method in which each worker performs one step

11.

What was the New Klu Klux Klan?

a)

time when value of stocks increases

b)

Group that went after African Americans, Jews, and Catholics

c)

Famous baseball player of the 1920s. The Sultan of Swat. The Great Bambino.

d)

manufacturing method in which each worker performs one step

12.

What was the Bull Market?

a)

time when value of stocks increases

b)

Group that went after African Americans, Jews, and Catholics

c)

Famous baseball player of the 1920s. The Sultan of Swat. The Great Bambino.

d)

manufacturing method in which each worker performs one step

13.

What was the Charleston?

a)

Anarchists executed without a truly fair trial due to the Red Scare

b)

very popular dance that fast and wild movement

c)

Famous baseball player of the 1920s. The Sultan of Swat. The Great Bambino.

d)

Group that went after African Americans, Jews, and Catholics

14.

Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?

a)

Anarchists executed without a truly fair trial due to the Red Scare

b)

very popular dance that fast and wild movement

c)

Famous baseball player of the 1920s. The Sultan of Swat. The Great Bambino.

d)

Group that went after African Americans, Jews, and Catholics

15.

Who was a bootlegger?

a)

1920s cultural outpouring associated with African Americans

b)

Example of Traditionalism vs Modernism: Fight over teaching theory of evolution or creationism (religion) in school.

c)

agreement intended to settle international debts from World War I

d)

A person that sells illegal alcohol

16.

What was the Scopes Trial?

a)

1920s cultural outpouring associated with African Americans

b)

Example of Traditionalism vs Modernism: Fight over teaching theory of evolution or creationism (religion) in school.

c)

agreement intended to settle international debts from World War I

d)

A person that sells illegal alcohol

17.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

1920s cultural outpouring associated with African Americans

b)

Example of Traditionalism vs Modernism: Fight over teaching theory of evolution or creationism (religion) in school.

c)

agreement intended to settle international debts from World War I

d)

A person that sells illegal alcohol

18.

What was Dawes Plan?

a)

1920s cultural outpouring associated with African Americans

b)

Example of Traditionalism vs Modernism: Fight over teaching theory of evolution or creationism (religion) in school.

c)

agreement intended to settle international debts from World War I

d)

A person that sells illegal alcohol

19.

What were flappers?

a)

Fear of Communism

b)

Method of financing that allowed people to buy an item and pay for it in multiple payments over time

c)

Young women who wore shorter skirts, shorter hair, looser dresses

d)

Gangster who controlled Chicago’s underworld (South Side)

20.

What was the Red Scare?

a)

Fear of Communism

b)

Method of financing that allowed people to buy an item and pay for it in multiple payments over time

c)

Young women who wore shorter skirts, shorter hair, looser dresses

d)

Gangster who controlled Chicago’s underworld (South Side)

21.

Who was Al Capone?

a)

Fear of Communism

b)

Method of financing that allowed people to buy an item and pay for it in multiple payments over time

c)

Young women who wore shorter skirts, shorter hair, looser dresses

d)

Gangster who controlled Chicago’s underworld (South Side)

22.

What was Installment Buying? (buying on credit)

a)

Fear of Communism

b)

Method of financing that allowed people to buy an item and pay for it in multiple payments over time

c)

Young women who wore shorter skirts, shorter hair, looser dresses

d)

Gangster who controlled Chicago’s underworld (South Side)