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1
President Franklin D. Roosevelt held ___________________ to speak directly to the American people to keep them informed.
television broadcasts
fireside chats
seaside vacations
public barbaques
2
Women were held to a stricter set of standards for behaviors than ________, in the 1920's.
children
employers
men
politicians
3
Stalin took over after the death of Vladimir ________________________.
Eisenhinder
Spillet
Lenin
Smith
4
Ernest Hemingway was wounded in World War 1 and he wrote novels criticized the glorification of war.
False
True
5
The first movies with sound were released in _______________.
1921
1927
1925
1920
6
The Harlem Renaissance started in __________________________'s Harlem neighborhood.
Chicago
Miami
Seattle
New York City
7
Women who did work outside the home often held jobs in "women's professions" such as _________________ or domestic work.
civil service
construction
teaching
medicine
8
_____________________'s, KDKA was the first commercial radio station in the US, and it went on air in 1920.
Springfield
Tampa
Pittsburg
New York
9
The Grapes of Wrath detailed the difficult lives of Oklahomans leaving for California during the ________________.
Dust Bowl
Hurricane Ivan
Rose Bowl
Orange Bowl
10
New _______________________ made household chores less time consuming.
laws
technologies
computers
organizations
11
With the economic boom of the 1920's, ___________ no longer needed to have jobs.
children
men
women
animals
12
The __________________ dominated baseball with greats such as Babe Ruth,, Lou Gehrig, and Joe DiMaggio.
Chicago White Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
13
Hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to the North to escape _______________ laws.
James Bird
John Smith
Jim Crow
Joe Wren
14
_______________________ became America's favorite pastime.
Juggling
Football
Basketball
Baseball
15
Professional ______________ became popular during the 1920's, because people could listen to games on the radio.
sports
chef's
magazines
jobs
16
Some of the ________________ work programs supported artists and many were paid to create public murals and teach art.
Early Deal
Old Deal
Late Deal
New Deal
17
_________________ were important to Americans, because they could listen to current events and news.
telegrams
radios
televisions
telegraphs
18
From 1914-1926, the number of children enrolled in high school rose from 1 million to ___________________.
3 million
4 million
5 million
2 million
19
Baseball became America's favorite pastime in the _______________.
1940's
1920's
1930's
1910's
20
The US entered the Great _________________ in the 1930's.
Salutation
Depression
War
Elation
21
_________________ danced in jazz clubs and engaged in behaviors associated with men.
Ballerinas
Athletes
Artists
Flappers
22
Jazz began in the early 1900's in ___________________________.
New York City, New York
New Orleans, Louisiana
Boston, Massachusetts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
23
Helen Wells dominated women's __________ by winning Wimbledon eight times.
soccer
tennis
fencing
golf
24
In the 1920's people went to dance marathons and danced to _____________ music for hours.
jazz
rock and roll
classical
opera
25
On December 7, 1941 __________________ attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Italy
The Ottoman Empire
Germany
Japan
26
____________________ was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris in 1927.
Charles Lindbergh.
Winston Churchill
Rudolph Valentino
John Washington
27
Russia was transformed into the ________________ after the revolution in 1917.
PSSR
URRT
USSR
USSS
28
When the US entered _________________, many men had to leave their jobs.
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
World War I
World War II
29
________________'s roles in the United States before 1920 were very traditional.
men
women
children
nurses
30
__________________, were secret clubs that served alcohol during Prohibition.
Fraternities
Speakeasies
Sororities
Bars
31
The movement of African Americans to the North from the South is known as the Great _________________.
Migration
Celebration
Movement
Hibernation
32
African Americans voicing pride in their heritage and embracing their culture is known as the _____________ Renaissance.
Chelsea
Brooklyn
Soho
Harlem
33
Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the ________________ in 1926, at the age of 19.
English Channel
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
34
Women began to assert their independence & called for the same freedoms as men, resulting in the "______" of the 1920's.
flapper
new laws
New Woman
old laws
35
F. Scott Fitgerald wrote ___________, which portrayed the negative side of 1920's extravagant living.
A Seperate Peace
The Great Gatsby
The Gilded Age
A Farewell to Arms
36
The Roaring 20's came to halt when the stock market crashed on ______________.
Manic Monday
Black Tuesday
Orange Saturday
Green Friday
37
Americans were listening, watching, reading, & buying the same things, resulting in a time of ___________.
mass culture
producing culture
art culture
consumer culture
38
Every adult held in a ___________________ internment camp was required to answer a loyality questionnaire.
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
39
In 1919, Mussolini organized the _____________ Party in Italy.
Fascist
Capitalist
Communist
Socialist
40
Harlem became the world's largest black community in the 1920's.
False
True
41
___________________ women usually stayed home,while their husbands worked in a job outside the home.
single
employed
married
educated
42
After World War I Germany was in chaos, its new government the _________________, signed the Treaty of Versailles.
Weimer Republic
The Finnish Empire
The USSR
Prussia Republic
43
The USS ______________ suffered a bomb through its decks causing it to sink in minutes with 1300 sailors on board.
Michigan
California
Arizona
Indianapolis
44
George Gershwin was a musical composer.
True
False
45
___________________'s Nazi political party, rose to power in Germany in 1933.
Churchill
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
46
Teenagers in the 1920's had more freedom than previous generations because they were able to ___________________.
go to school
sleep in
work
drive
47
Movies, sports and radio remained popular forms of entertainment during the Civil War.
True
False
48
Joseph Stalin was a part of the _______________ Revolution in Russia.
Stallengrad
Asian
Bolshevik
Western European
49
The ____ Amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote.
17th
16th
19th
18th
50
The crash of the Hindenburg, a Japanese airship, in New Jersey was broadcast as it occured.
True
False