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High School History II quiz about the 1920s.
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A time of cultural development, by people of color, in an NY City ghetto.
The Vinegar Hill Invigoration
The Harlem Globe-Trotters
The Port Morris Awakening
The Harlem Renaissance
2
What was it Al Capone did that made him a lot of money?
Ran Speakeasys and other private clubs
Bootlegger
Organized Crime Boss
All of these
3
What was the dance craze near the beginning of the 1920s?
The Charleston
The Twist
The Waltz
The Jitter-Bug
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote what book?
Winnie the Pooh
The Great Gatsby
Farewell to Arms
The Sun Also Rises
5
What did Ernest Hemingway write?
Winnie the Pooh
Farewell to Arms
The Great Gatsby
The Sun also Rises
6
When did women get the right to Vote?
1492
1930
1920
1889
7
Who was Babe Ruth?
The most famous Baseball-player of all time!!
Flew across the Atlantic ocean in 30 days.
Developed Jazz music.
The most famous bootlegger, of all time!!
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What did Al Capone finally go to prison for?
Beating people with a baseball bat.
Parking Tickets
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Income tax evasion
9
What were "Flappers" known for?
All of these
Short hair and short dresses.
Fringe dresses and long beads.
Smoking, drinking, dancing, and promiscuity.
10
What happened in 1929?
The Lindbergh Baby was finally found.
The Harlem Renaissance moved to New Orleans; it was warmer.
The Jazz Age died.
The Stock Market crashed.
11
President after Woodrow Wilson who wanted to "heal" America
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Susan B. Anthony
Warren G. Harding
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What did Warren G. Harding do to try to heal America?
Tea-Pot scandal
Died in office.
Appointed dishonest people to his cabinet
Put a tax on imported goods.
13
What is NOT a knick-name for George Herman Ruth?
The "Big Bam"
The "Great Gatsby"
The "Sultan of Swatt"
The "Great Bambino"
14
With women's right established: how did women of the 20s change?
Two of these are true.
The wore their hair shorter and their dresses higher.
They went back to cooking, cleaning, and having children...
Women became more promiscuous.
15
Who was NOT a president during the 1920s?
Charles Lindbergh
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
16
What FBI man finally "got" Al Capone?
"Baby Face" Neilsen
Bonnie and Clide
Elliot Ness: and the "Untouchables"
"Machine-gun" Kelly
17
Which was NOT a famous 1920s outlaw?
Al Capone
"Dutch" Schultz
F. Scott Fiztgerald
"Machine gun" Kelly
18
What was a unique factor about the 1920s?
Women became more independent.
Many people went from rags to riches in a short time.
Most people owned a car
All of these
19
Where did Al Capone go to Prison?
Sing Sing Correctional Facility
He didn't go to Prison, he died in a shoot out.
Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary
Ellis Island Federal Penitentiary
20
Who was Duke Ellington?
A writer
A Black nationalist
A trumpet player
Developed Jazz Music
21
What did Herbert Hoover promise?
"A roast in every oven."
"A chicken in every pot!"
"A cake for everyone's birthday!"
"A ham sandwich for every lunch!"
22
Why did people love Charles Lindbergh?
He became president of the U.S.
He went to Alcatraz.
He had a Baby that was kidnapped!!
He represented the American Spirit!!
23
What other huge craze was gaining popularity during the 1920s?
Silent Movies
The Rocket
Silk Stockings
The Jazz Trombone
24
A secret place to buy and sell alcohol:
A Speak Easy
A Hootchy Koo
A Renaissance
A Sousaphone
25
What was the national past time in 1920s?
Car racing
Baseball
Hiding from the police
Drive-bye shootings
26
What did Calvin Coolidge do with the League of Nations?
Started a baseball league
Tried to outlaw war.
Took everyone ice fishing
Tried to sell Model T Fords to all the ambassadors.
27
What did the Tea Pot Dome Scandal involve?
Foreign imports
Oil Companies
Dumping Tea into Boston Harbor
Running away from giant steamrollers
28
What was the law against drinking , selling, & making alcohol, called?
Women's Suffrage
Flapping
Bootlegging
Prohibition
29
Kellogs-Briand pact:
Stop taxes on foreign imports
Start a world baseball league
Womens' Sufferage world-wide
Outlaw war
30
What did people blame Herbert Hoover for?
Causing the Great Depression
For not giving everyone a chicken.
For kidnapping the Lindbergh baby.
For starting the Harlem Renaissance.
31
Susan B. Anthony
Famous Bootlegger
Famous Baseball player
Famous Women's Suffragette
Famous Flapper
32
Who was Langston Hughes?
Wrote about everyday American People of Color.
A Black Nationalist.
Developed Jazz music
Played the Trumpet.
33
Which of these did Marcus Garvey Do?
Wanted Blacks to have their own homeland: like Africa!!
Encouraged Blacks to own Businesses,
Fought the Ku Klux Klan
All of these.
34
What artists came from The Harlem Renaissance?
Duke Elington
Luis Armstrong
All of these.
Langston Hughes
35
What was Charles Lindberg famous for?
He was a pilot
He was the one who shot down the Red Barron.
He flew a biplane across the Atlantic Ocean in 30 days.
He had a baby.
36
Why did they call Calvin Coolidge "Cool Cal"?
He wore sunglasses and listened to Jazz music.
He showed little emotion, and hardly ever spoke.
He liked to go ice fishing.
He always had the window open in the Oval Office.
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What did Al Capone do that projected him into fame and fortune?
Fixed the horse races and made a Million in one day.
Owned a huge Steam shipping line.
Wrote Jazz music in Harlem.
St. Valentines Day Massacre.
