Unit 5 The Roaring Twenties

Question 1

The nickname of the 1920s....

Accepted Answer

The Jazz Age

Question 2

The round up of possible Communists was known as....

Accepted Answer

Palmer Raids

Question 3

The stock market crash on October 29, 1929 is also known as.....

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Question 4

The 3 time Presidential candidate who was also the prosecutor in the Scopes Trial

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Question 5

What year did the stock market crash to signal the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

1929

Question 6

How did the Scopes Trial illustrate the division in American society during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

tension between traditional values and modern views

Question 7

The original name of Mickey Mouse was....

Accepted Answer

Mortimer Mouse

Question 8

Which of the following events led to the conviction of a Harding cabinet member?

Accepted Answer

Teapot Dome Scandal

Question 9

The works of Harlem Renaissance artists such as Langston Hughes focused on issues related to...

Accepted Answer

racial pride in the African American community

Question 10

How did the passage of the 18th amendment affect American society in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

crime rates increased drastically

Question 11

Why did the availibility of cheap labor decrease after 1921?

Accepted Answer

The adoption of immigration quotas

Question 12

What novel was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

Accepted Answer

The Great Gatsby

Question 13

People who smuggled liquor during prohibition were called...

Accepted Answer

bootleggers

Question 14

The fear of Communism in the 1920s was known as...

Accepted Answer

Red Scare

Question 15

What demographic pattern resulted from the Great Migration?

Accepted Answer

African Americans moved into urban areas

Question 16

Which of the following events DID NOT result in growing nativism in the US during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Open Door policy

Question 17

The popular dance of the 1920s was...

Accepted Answer

The Charleston

Question 18

The illegal and secret bars that served alcohol during prohibition were called.....

Accepted Answer

Speakeasies

Question 19

Who coined the term "The Jazz Age"?

Accepted Answer

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 20

How did Henry Ford's mass production of the automobile affect American society?

Accepted Answer

Urbanization increased because people could travel cheaply

Question 21

John Scopes was tried and found guilty of what crime?

Accepted Answer

teaching evolution

Question 22

Rebellious girls of the 1920s were called....

Accepted Answer

flappers

Question 23

Which organized crime boss ordered the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

Accepted Answer

Al Capone

Question 24

Which accomplishments do Glenn Curtiss and Charles Lindbergh have in commmon?

Accepted Answer

They were both pioneers in aviation

Question 25

The title of the first talkie was....

Accepted Answer

The Jazz Singer

Question 26

Presidents of the 1920s in chronological order

Accepted Answer

Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

Question 27

Where did Jazz music originate?

Accepted Answer

New Orleans

Question 28

Which contribution was made by African Am. artists / performers during the early 20th century?

Accepted Answer

creating a unique form of music known as jazz

Question 29

How did improvement of mass-production techniques affect the economy of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

reducing the prices of consumer goods

Question 30

What was one contribution to American culture made by artists of Tin Pan Alley?

Accepted Answer

distribution of sheet music of the popular songs

Question 31

Which amendment gave women the right to vote in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

19th

Question 32

The Scopes Trial was also known as....

Accepted Answer

The Monkey Trial

Question 33

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to.....

Accepted Answer

fly across the Atlantic Ocean

Question 34

The first movies with sound were known as.....

Accepted Answer

talkies

Question 35

The US economy of the 1920s saw all-time high production levels of consumer goods

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

Which is a defining characteristic of American society during the Red Scare of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

anti-immigration sentiments

Question 37

Who made the first Trans-Atlantic flight in a single engine airplane?

Accepted Answer

Charles Lindbergh

Question 38

The belief in a literal interpretation of the Bible is called...

Accepted Answer

fundamentalism

Question 39

Which cultural characteristic spread to other cultures of the world in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Jazz music

Question 40

Which amendment outlawed the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol?

Accepted Answer

18th

Question 41

Changes in 1920s American society were reflected in ____________music.

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Question 42

Who cofounded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)?

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey

Question 43

The mass production technique that helped to lower the cost of consumer goods

Accepted Answer

assembly line

Question 44

Which amendment repealed prohibition?

Accepted Answer

21st

Unit 5 The Roaring Twenties

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