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Unit 7: The 1920's Review
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1
Due to segregation in Major League Baseball, African American players formed..
Anti-White Leagues
the Major League Baseball of African Americans
Negro Leagues
The Black Baseball Conference
2
Immediately after WWI, US factories cut back production, so what happened to the jobs?
women received most jobs
more jobs were created
the US government regulated all the jobs
many jobs were cut
3
Which of the following individuals won the Presidential election of 1920?
Calvin Coolidge
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
4
All of the following were famous Major League Baseball players during the 1920's except...
Ty Cobb
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Hank Aaron
5
This was an agreement which outlawed war. Eventually 62 nations signed it.
The Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Cease Fire Agreement
6
In the 1920s, most workers made around $2 a day. How much did Henry Ford pay his workers a day?
$7.25
$6.50
$5.00
$10.00
7
Who was the Mafia boss of Chicago from 1925 to 1931?
John Torrio
Al Capone
Lucky Luciano
Nucky Thompson
8
On November 2, 1920, what was the first event broadcast on the radio station KDKA?
The World Series
The results for the Presidential Election of 1920
The Heavyweight Boxing Championship
The Reading of the Treaty of Versailles
9
In 1927, The Jazz Singer was the first film to have …
An all African American cast
an "R" rating
color
spoken dialogue
10
Who was the Empress of the Blues
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
Whitney Houston
Ella Fitzgerald
11
- a new breed of women who wore short skirts, cut their hair short, and listened to jazz music.
Preppies
Vixens
Flappers
Hipsters
12
_____________________was the illegal business of producing and transporting illegal alcoholic beverages.
Liquor Sprinting
Bootlegging
Whiskey Running
Alcohol Racing
13
A time when 1.6 million African Americans left the South to take jobs in the North and Midwest.
Harlem Renaissance
The Southern Exodus
The Big Journey
The Great Migration
14
Which US Amendment granted women the right to vote?
21st
22nd
18th
19th
15
_________ = was a sculptor during the Harlem Renaissance.
Bessie Smith
Jacob Lawrence
Augusta Savage
Georgia O'Keeffe
16
What were the two famous styles of music which developed in the 1920s?
Jazz & Blues
Rock & Rap
Rock & Jazz
Jazz & Rap
17
What is the name for a secret establishment which sold alcohol illegally during Prohibition?
a lock and key bar
a speakeasy
a saloon
a basement bar
18
All of the following were ways President Harding tried to help the economy except?
Provided government money to Unions
Tax cuts for the wealthy
Reduce money owed by the government
Limit government involvement in the economy
19
Who wrote poems, plays, and novels which used African American slang and jazz rhythms?
Langston Hughes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
20
What was the first commercial radio station?
WPI
CBS
WTKR
KDKA
21
Which of the following was an automobile which was both reliable and affordable?
Volkswagen Beatle
F-150
Model Z
Model T
22
Which term best describes a period of African American artistic accomplishment?
The Great Migration
The Liberation
The Harlem Renaissance
The New York Renaissance
23
What famous event did Jacob Lawrence depict in his art?
The Jazz Age
The Roaring 20's
The Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration
24
Whose nickname was “Duke”, and he was a conductor and composer of jazz music?
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Edward Ellington
Jacob Lawrence
25
__________ was a famous artist who painted urban cities, southwestern landscapes, and flowers.
Edward Ellington
Georgia O'Keeffe
Augusta Savage
Jacob Lawrence
26
Which President fired every official who was involved in scandals during Harding’s Presidency?
William Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
27
Which US Amendment ban the sale, transportation, and production of alcohol?
17th
18th
15th
19th
28
During which Presidency did the Teapot Dome Scandal occur?
Barack Obama
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge