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Famous book (later a film) that showed off wealth in the roaring 20s...
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gold diggers
The Great Gatsby
Hamlet
2
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A joyful time when the country was thriving
Artists, writers, and musicians thrived in Harlem
Multiple stock crashes occurred
A time where artistic people expressed themselves in Harlem
3
Where was the Harlem Renaissance?
Georgia
Detroit
New York
Chicago
4
Installment buying is...
Buying something and promising to pay small, regular amounts
When a person buys something for a horse stall
Paying the whole price for an item all at once
5
Harlem Renaissance is also known as.....
The Struggle
The Slave Movement
The Hurt
The New Negro Movement
6
Women who flaunted their disdain for what was considered acceptable behavior were called ...
Flappers
Cat's Meow
Bobs
Babe Ruth
7
Liquor Smugglers were called
The Bee's Knees
Anarchists
The Mob
Bootleggers
8
The Scopes Trial involved
A teacher who taught the theory of Evolution
Spying against the US
Famous murder trial
Presidential Corruption
9
Which Amendment is aligned with the Women's Suffrage Movement?
16th
19th
18th
15th
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Why did so many African-Americans migrate north throughout the 1920s?
To serve in the military.
For a chance at a better future.
For the milder climate.
To save money.
11
How was the name of the movement for women to obtain voting rights called?
all of these
Suffrage
Suffering
Surfing
12
Why were nativists opposed to immigration?
Fear of Americans being forced to move to other countries
Fear of David Stephenson being elected president
Fear of the Red Scare
Fear of the loss of jobs and American traditions
13
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
African American culture flourished across the US.
A railroad system
A march across the US.
A factory for African Americans
14
The Scopes trial illustrated a divide between
french and americans
modernism and fundamentalism.
blacks and whites
Men and women
15
Henry Ford invented this - it is the most important economic invention of the 1920s
buying on margin
installment buying
Ford Model T
assembly line
16
Large numbers of African Americans moved to the North from the South in what was called ..
A symbol of individual freedom and independence
The birth of the Ku-Klux Klan
The Great Migration
The temperance movement
17
Young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion were called...
Flamingos
Fakes
Flappers
18
The final result of the Scopes Trial was
Scopes was found guilty and fines $100
Scopes was found guilty and fined $10,000
Teaching evolution was legal
TN put evolution back in schools.
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John Scopes won the Scopes Trial
True
False
20
In the 1920s, women began having fewer children
False
True
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What did the term "Flappers" referred to in the 1920s?
Women who supported prohibition in the 1920
Immigrants who stood up for equal opportunities
African Americans who defied traditional social Ideas
women who defied traditional ideas of proper behavior.
22
What was the most powerful communication medium in the 1920s?
Televison
Newspaper
Telegraph
Radio
23
Which is NOT a reason that the 1920's were called "Roaring"?
People were happy and joyous..
People were hungry and their stomachs growled loudly. .
People were hopeful and content..
People enjoyed a higher standard of living
24
Why was it called the "Roaring" Twenties?
The culture was no longer quiet
Due to the exuberant, freewheeling popular culture
People were very loud at this time
25
The 1920s success of African-American music, art, & literature in New York City is called...
The Jazz Age
The Roaring 20s
Reconstruction
The Harlem Renaissance
26
What is a consumer society?
A society based on getting more and more stuff
A society where people eat a lot
A society were people drink a lot of soda and alcohol
27
What is it called when a large quantity of products are made at one time?
Renaissance
Bull Market
Mass Production
Muckraker
28
The Scopes Trial was about...
Rights of students in school
Sex education in schools
The teaching of evolution as a theory in schools
Rights of teachers in school
29
Why are the 1920s known as the "Roaring twenties"?
There were a lot of wild animals in the cities "Rrrroar!"
People were poor,and their cries sounded like animal`s roar
Because of the crash on Wall Street
People had more money, and time to spend their money
30
The 18th amendment is also known as ...
National Origins Act
Prohibition
Laissez-Faire
Women's right to vote
31
What was the impact of Harlem Renaissance?
Jazz, Poetry, Art, and Activist
Marked the beginning of black urban society
The better understanding of the African American Culture
Set the Civil Rights movement of 1950s and 60s
32
Who is this famous Baseball Player?
Harold Lloyd
Babe Ruth
Chris Hahn
Louis Armstrong
33
Why was Jazz so popular?
It captured the mood of the 20s.
It was a new style of music that everyone was interested in.
It captured their attention.
It made the listener feel emotions.
34
Prohibition made it illegal to do all of the following, EXCEPT:
Sell Alcohol
Drink Alcohol
Transport Alcohol
Make Alcohol
35
Why did women wear shorter dresses and hair in the 1920s?
Longer hair and dresses were more expensive.
As a sign of their independence and freedom.
Shorter hair and dresses were easier to care for.
They wanted to look more like men.
36
What was a speakeasy?
Illegal bar during prohibition
Slum housing
Popular dance move
Slang word during 1900's
37
What is fundamentalism?
When you're unhappy.
When a person yells at you.
A loose belief of religion.
Religion that upholds a strict interpretation of scripture.
38
Which of the following is NOT a push factor that led to the Great Migration?
Lack of economic opportunities
Jim Crow laws
Hardships of sharecropping
Land for the taking
39
A type of credit in which a small down payment is followed by monthly payments is called...
Buying on Margin
Installment Buying
Assembly Line
Model T
40
What were important household products in the 1920s?
All of the above
Washing Machine
Electronic Vacuum
Radio
41
Why did people favor Prohibition?
Alcohol abuse affected people’s work and home life.
All of the above.
Drunkenness had become a national problem.
Men spent money on alcohol rather than on their families.
42
This image most likely refers to what major rebirth during the Roaring 20's ?
Ballroom Music
Jazz Age
Dance Clubs
Harlem Renaissance
43
What new influential technology developed in the roaring twenties and influenced its culture.
Television
Vinyls
Radio
Dish washers
44
The KKK is a racist terrorist group that hates all of the following people, EXCEPT:
Immigrants
Jews
Whites
African Americans
45
What is a double standard?
Unfair treatment for women in the workplace
Stricter moral standards for women than men
Women having to work both in and out of the house
Lower wages for women than men
46
the scopes trial was the first trial ever broadcasted
True
false
