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Early 20th c. culture
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1
Composer who merged traditional elements of music with American jazz
Jack Dempsey
Georgia O'Keefe
Ernest Hemingway
George Gershwin
2
This famous gangster was known for his work on the black market during Prohibition
Alvin York
Al Jolson
Al Pacino
Al Capone
3
Advocated for equal rights for all citizens through the court system; Headed by WEB DuBoise
National Association for Advancement of Colored People
Niagara Movement
None of the above
Universal Negro Improvement Assocation
4
The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was:
growth in industry
the use of electricity
the automobile
change in the birthrate
5
Which of the following is NOT true of women in the 1920s
assembly line jobs were available
most paid workers were still men
Their bosses were likely men
they could earn as much as men
6
The collective work of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla led to the 20s inventions below except:
Electric Chair
Cars
Toaster Ovens
Refridgeration
7
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of:
receiving bribes
treason
Anarchy
robbery and murder
8
Fundamentalists believed that:
evolution and creationism could coincide
the bible should be taken literally
prohibition should be repealed
drinking alcohol was acceptable
9
The Prohibition movement sought to ban the sale of
Guns
Rotten meat
cars
Alcohol
10
To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being:
bigots
communists
spies
nativists
11
He was a mega-celebrity; pilot; son abducted; invented heart transplant procedure
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Amelia Earheart
George Gershwin
Charles Lindberg
12
The Teapot Dome scandal centered on:
high tariffs
union members
oil-rich lands
gold mines
13
Wounded in WWI, this writer criticized the glorification of war
Charles Lindberg
Ernest Hemingway
Jack Dempsey
Sinclair Lewis
14
The use of
this
allowed people to buy more than they could afford in the 20s
installments plans
None of the above
layaway
credit cards
15
Attorney General Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from :
political radicals
big business
labor union members
corruption and fraud
16
Which of the following facts about women's home lives in the 1920s was NOT true?
their children spend most of their days at school
more ready-made food and clothing was available
traditional housework chores were more important than ever
they were usually expected to work outside the home
17
The Harlem Renaissance refers to:
a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
Program to promote African American businesses
population increase in Harlem
celebration of African American culture in literature & art
18
The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all
EXCEPT:
England
Japan
Italy
Mexico
19
This woman was known for living the flapper lifestyle
Bessie Smith
Zelda Fitzgerald
Helen Wills
Zora Neale Hurston
20
The Great Gatsby was a novel about the "Roaring 20s" by:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Zora Neale Hurston
Dorothy Parker
21
According to Bartolomeo Vanzetti, he and Nicola Sacco were guilty of:
committing robbery
None of the above
being anarchists/radicals
committing murder
22
to obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as:
tea rooms
tenements
Speakeasies
penthouses
23
The car created jobs in all of the following areas except:
Highway construction
Railroad industry
car repair
Gas stations
24
double standard refers to:
lower wages for women than men
fact that women worked outside home and did all housekeeping
stricter social and moral standards for women than men
25
To expand in the 20s, the KKK did all of the following
except:
allowing members to profit by recruiting new members
blaming national problems on immigrants
encouraging white women to join
playing on people's fears of political radicals
26
Was a member of the "Lost Generation;" married to iconic socialite/flapper
Ernest Hemingway
Charlie Chaplin
George Gershwin
F. Scott Fitzgerald
27
The Harlem Renaissance was a black cultural movement that featured the talents of all EXCEPT:
Al Kelly
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
28
The US took on this foreign policy since it was tired of foreign entanglements after WWI:
Anarchism
Interventionism
Isolationism
Nativism
29
to obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as:
Speakeasies
tenements
tea rooms
penthouses
30
Prohibition was really a women's issue, with women from
this group
leading the charge:
Women's Christian Temperance Union
National Women's Suffrage Association
Mormons
Mobsters' wives
31
The Great Migration was the movement of African Americans to:
Northern cities
Western cities
Liberia, Africa
None of the above
32
John T. Scopes challenged a TN law the forbade the teaching of:
creationism
biology
fundamentalism
evolution
33
Due to a fear of immigrants from S. and E. Europe,
this
was instituted in 1924:
Anarchy
Quota System
Dawes Plan
Ku Klux Klan
34
This entrepreneur was known for paying his workers well and using the assembly line.
None of the above
Orville Wright
Upton Sinclair
Henry Ford
35
This woman was known for her soulful singing
Zora Neale Hurston
Zelda Fitzgerald
Bessie Smith
Helen Wills