Roaring 20s Quiz

This term means no government influence in business, "hands off"

This amendment repealed prohibition

Economic and political system based on private ownership of business and industry

This enabled people to buy goods over an extended period without having to put much money down when purchased

People who opposed any form of government

The policy of pulling away from involvement on world affairs

Established the maximum number of people who could enter the US from foriegn nations

What was the primary goal of the women's suffrage movement in the US?

Which amendment repealed Prohibition in the US?

The unplanned, uncontrolled growth of the cities is known as

This was the mass migration of African Americans from the south to the north

This is the unplanned, uncontrolled spread of cities into urban areas

Which event is often cited as contributing to the decline of the Harlem Renaissance?

Made it illegal to manufacture, sell or transport alcohol

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

This presidential candidate campaigned on the promise to end prohibition

The goals of the NAACP included all of the following except

What were speakeasies

The goals of the NAACP include all of the following except

How did Americans respond to Prohibition

A person who smuggled alcoholic beverages into the United States during prohibition

What was the KKK?

Suffrage is the

What was a significant cause of the Harlem Renaissance?

Which lifestyles changes were commonly associated with flappers in the 1920s?

Which 2 things led to economic prosperity of the 1920s?

This amendment establish the prohibition era

The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for

The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti is often cited as an example of

This refers to the stricter social and moral standards for women during the 1920s

Who were the primary targets of the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare?

What did the 18th Amendment to the Constitution establish?

This term, coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald was used to describe the flamboyant “anything goes” era of the 1920s

Prominent leader of the suffrage movement that used large demonstrations and hunger strikes to achieve her goals

Emancipated young women of the 1920s who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day were known as flappers

He was the US attorney general that led America in the hunt for communism?

All of the following were reasons prohibitionists pushed for a national amendment to end alcohol except

Which event reflects the American government's fear of immigrants potentially being radicals or anarchists in the 1920s

What was one major effect of the Harlem Renaissance?

To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nighclubs known as

This state was the first to allow women the right to vote.

An economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship

How did Prohibition contribute to the rise of organized crime in the US?

All of the following are examples of American isolationism except

What term is used to describe the 1920s in America due to the popularity of jazz music?

Which of the following is not a political change of the 1920s

All of the following are examples of US isolationism except

What amendment to the US constitution granted women the right to vote?

This amendment gave women the right to vote

During the 1920s the life of rural women was much easier than women living in cities.

Which of the following best describes the attitude toward immigrants in the US after WWI?

The most powerful mean of communication during the 1920s was the

The fear of immigrants after WWI was largely due to concerns about the spread what political idealogy?

What was the Red Scare in the US?

All of the following caused the Red Scare except

Prejudice against foriegn born people

Which was the first state to grant women the right to vote, even before the 19th Amendment?

This refers to the celebration of African American culture, literature and art

What was one reason for the high unemployment rate after WWI?

What caused urban sprawl?

During the 1920s more Americans were living in cities than were living in rural areas

What 1917 event significantly contributed to the fear of communism in the US?

All of the following women played a role in women's suffrage except

All of the following were true about city life except

During the expansion of the KKK, all the following became targets except