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Attorney General Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from?
labor union members
political radicals
corruption and fraud
big business
2
The Red Scare refers to?
Fear of socialist and communists in the United States
Changing fashion colors
The largest mafia murder in the 1920s
A fearful loss of blood
3
What do Gertrude Ederle, Babe Ruth and Jim Thorpe all have in common?
They all pushed for equal rights amendment
They all owned a major broadcasting company
They all were celebrity athletes during the 1920s
They all starred in the first film that used sound
4
This amendment led to Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s
21st Amendment
20th Amendment
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
5
To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden clubs known as?
Tenements
Speakeasys
Penthouses
Tea Rooms
6
Which of the following BEST describes a flapper?
rebellious lady who wanted to drink, smoke, have a good time
A women who thought men should stay home
women who campaigned for the legalization of the "Moral Gown
A modest women who obeyed her parents
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This gave women full voting rights.
NAACP
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
Speakeasys
8
People who brought liquor into the country illegally were called?
Bootleggers
Speakeasy's
Moonshiners
Gangsters
9
What was a major result of Prohibition in the United States?
restriction of immigration
growth of communism
destruction of family values
increase in organized crime
10
What dance became popular in the 20s.
The Tango
The Charleston
The Twist
The Jive
11
The“Great Migration” of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of?
African Americans from the south to northern cities
Immigrants from Europe to America
People from rural areas to large cities
African Americans from the US to Africa
12
What was the name of the first "talkie?
The Jazz Singer
Modern Times
Inherit the Wind
Singing in the Rain
13
This Harlem Renaissance activist promoted the "back to Africa" belief.
W.E.B. DuBois
Marcus Garvey
Bessie Smith
Langston Hughes
14
National Prohibition was successful in the United States
False
True
15
Who was Charlie Chaplin
President Harding's Vice President
Famous baseball player for the NY Yankees
Jazz musician
Comedic silent movie icon
16
Which of the following is an achievement of Margaret Sanger?
Introduced the Equal Rights Amendment to Congress
First president of the League of Women Voters
opened the first family planning clinic
First women elected to the Senate
17
Flappers wore their hair
Short and bobbed
Long but piled loosely on top of the head
18
The Harlem Renaissance refers to?
A population increases in Harlem in the1920s
A struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
A program to promote African-American owned businesses
A celebration of African-Americanculture in literature/art
19
One of the most prevalent gangsters out of Chicago during the 1920s was?
Al Capone
Whitey B
Frank Costello
Sonny Corleone
20
Which amendment appealed National Prohibition, allowing the sale/drinking of alcohol in 1933?
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
18th Amendment
21st Amendment
21
Which of the following was NOT used for advertising in the 1920's?
Magazines
Billboards
Radio
TV
22
The Harlem Renaissance was a period when African Americans?
used civil disobedience to fight segregation
Created noteworthy works of art and literature
Left the US in large numbers to settle in Africa
migrated to the West in search of land and jobs
23
What issue was central to the Scopes Trial?
teaching creative design in public schools unconstitutional
teaching evolution or creationism in public schools
reciting prayers in public schools
24
The 1920s are sometimes called the "Roaring Twenties" because?
political reforms made government more democratic
US assumed a leadership role in world affairs
foreign trade prospered after WWI
widespread social and economic change occurred
25
During prohibition, individuals drank more than ever before?
False
True
