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American History II Unit 5: 1920s Duplicate
American History II Unit 5: 1920s Duplicate
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1
During prohibition, individuals drank more than ever before?
True
False
2
People who brought liquor into the country illegally were called?
Moonshiners
Gangsters
Speakeasy's
Bootleggers
3
Which of the following BEST describes a flapper?
A women who thought men should stay home
rebellious lady who wanted to drink, smoke, have a good time
A modest women who obeyed her parents
women who campaigned for the legalization of the "Moral Gown
4
This gave women full voting rights.
20th Amendment
NAACP
Speakeasys
19th Amendment
5
The 1920s are sometimes called the "Roaring Twenties" because?
US assumed a leadership role in world affairs
widespread social and economic change occurred
foreign trade prospered after WWI
political reforms made government more democratic
6
To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden clubs known as?
Tea Rooms
Penthouses
Tenements
Speakeasys
7
Which of the following was NOT used for advertising in the 1920's?
Magazines
TV
Billboards
Radio
8
National Prohibition was successful in the United States
False
True
9
One of the most prevalent gangsters out of Chicago during the 1920s was?
Al Capone
Sonny Corleone
Whitey B
Frank Costello
10
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from?
corruption and fraud
political radicals
big business
labor union members
11
Flappers wore their hair
Short and bobbed
Long but piled loosely on top of the head
12
This Harlem Renaissance activist promoted the "back to Africa" belief.
Langston Hughes
W.E.B. DuBois
Marcus Garvey
Bessie Smith
13
The Red Scare refers to?
Changing fashion colors
A fearful loss of blood
Fear of socialist and communists in the United States
The largest mafia murder in the 1920s
14
This amendment lead to Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
20th Amendment
18th Amendment
15
The“Great Migration” of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of?
Immigrants from Europe to America
African Americans from the south to northern cities
African Americans from the US to Africa
People from rural areas to large cities
16
What was a major result of Prohibition in the United States?
growth of communism
restriction of immigration
destruction of family values
increase in organized crime
17
The failure of national Prohibition led to a public awareness that?
unpopular laws are difficult to enforce
geographic conditions affect law enforcement
crime rates decline when the sale of alcohol is banned
economic prosperity encourages social conformity
18
The Harlem Renaissance refers to?
A population increases in Harlem in the1920s
A struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
A celebration of African-Americanculture in literature/art
A program to promote African-American ownedbusinesses
19
What dance became popular in the 20s. One which Mrs. Parsons failed at teaching you!!
The Charleston
The Jive
The Twist
The Tango
20
Which amendment appealed National Prohibition, allowing the sale/drinking of alcohol in 1933?
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21
Charles Lindbergh was famous as a(n)?
politican
inventor
pilot
composer
22
What do Gertrude Ederle, Babe Ruth and Jim Thorpe all have in common?
They all starred in the first film that used sound
They all were celebrity athletes during the 1920s
They all pushed for equal rights amendment
They all owned a major broadcasting company
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The Harlem Renaissance was a period when African Americans?
migrated to the West in search of land and jobs
Left the US in large numbers to settle in Africa
used civil disobedience to fight segregation
Created noteworthy works of art and literature
