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JA.CK 1920S REVIEW
JA.CK 1920S REVIEW
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US History #highschool #ushisory #roaring1920s
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1
Star of the first "talkie" called the jazz singer
Al Jolson
Brian Fritz
Hunter Sheltonn
Clarence Birdseye
2
Developer of Frozen Food
Louis Armstrong
Hunter Shelton
Ernest Hemingway
Clarence Birdseye
3
Golden Age of Hollywood began in 1927 with the release of
first animated film
first motion picture with sound
feature full length film
first motion picture
4
Singer who seemed to symbolize soul: emprChess of blues
Bessie Smith
Rosie Cheik
Lillian Gish
Duke Ellington
5
The National Origins Act of 1924
allotted a large portion of the quota to immigrant from mex
banned Mexican immigrants from entering the US
allotted a small portion of the quota to immigrants from Mex
exempted Mexicans from the quota act
6
Warren G Hardings Presidential slogan
Return to Normalcy
The Business of America is Businesss
Back to the Good Ole days
Keep Cool with Coolidge
7
The NAACP was an organization devoted to
fighting communists
helping farmers
organizing unions
civil rights
8
The increasing availability of ____ helped encourage people to buy new technology and machines
cars
radios
credit cards
electricity
9
The Teapot Dome scandal was caused by
Sale of Government Land
Harding's Affair (caught at the Teapot Dome Hotel)
Lease of Naval Oil Reserves
Paying bribes to get Government jobs
10
What nativist group became popular during the 1920s?
John Birch Society
Know-Nothing Party
KKK
NAACP
11
The KKK hated
all of the above
Jews
African-Americans
Catholics
12
Purpose of the Volstead Act was to
limit immigration
ban the teaching of evolution
enfore prohibition
prohibit lynching
13
Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover could all be described as
pro-business
civil rights supporters
pro-regulation
corrupt
14
Thomas Edison was responsible for the founding of General Electric Company
true
false
15
The ___ Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote
20th
18th
17th
19th
16
Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston, and James Weldon Johnson were leaders of
the Prohibition movement
the KKK
Organized Crime (mafia)
the Harlem Renaissance
17
Calvin Coolidge stated the business of America is business
fase
true
18
Cotton Club was
a Hollywood nightspot
Harlem nightspot where African American entertainers began
a fictitious Chicago nightclub featured in the famous movie
a Chicago speakeasy where gangsters went
19
Writer who became leading voice of African American experience in the US
F Scott Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Langston Hughes
20
_____ made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean (New York to Paris)
Manfred von Richtoven
Bruno Huaptmann
Amelia Erhart
Charles Lindberg
21
President during the end of the 1920s and start of Great Depression
Roosevelt (FDR)
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
22
Famous Boxer of the 1920s
Jack Dempsey
Red Grange
Babe Ruth
Bill Tilden
23
The ___ Amendment to the Constitution outlawed "intoxicating beverages"
20th
19th
17th
18th
24
What style of music gained popularity during the 1920s?
rhythm and blues
western swing
jazz
folk
25
man of a thousand faces starred in Hunchback of Norte Dame: Horror film
Lon Chaney
Langston Hughes
Jack Dempsey
Al Capone
26
The economy of the 1920s____
had many problems
collapsed quickly
grew rapidly
was very good for poor and minorities
27
pseudo-science that deals with the improvement of hereditary trait (to create a supreme race)
Big Bang Theory
Speakeasies
eugenics / evolution
Red Scare
28
"The Sheik was the first "talking" picture
false
true
29
W.E.B. Dubois was a leader of the ___ movement
anti-war
prohibition
women's sufferage
civil rights
30
The rebellious young women of the 1920s were known as
feminists
flappers
thespians
sufferagettes
31
American foreign policy in the 1920s was
interventionist
aggresive
isolationist
pacifist
32
What was NOT an effect of prohibition
fewer people drink
co ed drinking becomes more popular
crime increases
government gets more taxes
33
It girl of the 20s
Mary Pickford
Bessie Smith
34
One of the first commercial radio broadcast in history, listeners of station KDKA in Pittsburgh
news of teh fist successful transatlantic flight.
amos n andy show
new of warren g hardings victory in the presidential elec.
Dempsey-Tunney title fight
35
Some of the lost generation after WWI became disillusioned with society
FALSE
TRUE
36
The growth and popularity of the automobile led to
new industries and businesses
people moving to the suburbs
more factory jobs
all of the above
37
President marred by scandals; cabinet known as the Ohio Gang
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
Washington
38
Defending attorney in scopes trial
Louis Armstrong
William Jennings Bryan
Ernest Hemmingway
Clarence Darrow
39
Louis Armstrong, Count Baise, and Duke Ellington were all famous
athletes
musicians
actors
businessmen
40
Which group benefitted the most from the economic growth in the 1920s
business owners
factory workers
farmers
african americans
41
The National Origin Act in 1924 restricted immigration from
Asia
Mexico and Latin America
Southern and Eastern Europe
Everywhere
42
What was the most popular form of Mass entertainment in the 1920s?
concert tours
speakeasies
radio
television
43
What was the term for someone who made or sold illegal alcohol?
flapper
jive turkey
bootlegger
hepcat
44
________ were Italian anarchists accused of murder and executed
Sacco and Vanzetti
DeNiro and Scorcese
Caprietti and Fellini
Mario and Luigi
45
An establishment that served illegal alcohol was called a
underground
speakeasy
tavern
cotton club
46
The target of the Palmer Raids was
communists
anarchists
all of the above
immigrants
47
John T. Scopes was put on trial for
teaching evolution
being a leader of the kkk
violating prohibition laws
teaching creationism
48
People used___ to buy expensive new technology like cars and radios
factory jobs
the internet
taxes
installment plans (credit)
49
Composer, pianist, and bandleader whose sound was a blend of improvisation and orchestratio.
Lon Chaney
Charlie Chaplin
Duke Ellington
Rudolph Valentino
50
______ was the leader of the "Back to Africa" movement
W.E.B Dubois
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Marcus Garvey
51
Prosecuting attorney of scopes trial
WIlliam Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Brian Fritz
Herbert Hoover
52
Many people believed Sacco & Vanzetti were guilty because of their anarchists beliefs and immig
false
true
53
The 1st "Red Scare" in the US was mainly caused by
The Palmer Raids
all of the above
World War 1
The Russian Revolution
54
One reason Prohibition failed was
too difficult to enforce
alcohol manufacturers bribed politicians
soldiers in WWI wanted to drink
people got less religious
55
Which innovation in manufacturing did Henry Ford first develop
Vertical Integration
Assembly Line
Unionized Factories
Interchangeable Parts