A major problem for the farmers in 1920 was

Surpluses that could not be sold

Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston all have what in common?

Members of the Harlem Renaissance

What was the teapot dome

Harding - era scandal named after an oil reserve in Wyoming

How did radio change life in the 1920s?

Gave the whole nation the same news information and music

Women could vote in the presidential election

The primary reason Coolidge won the election in 1924 was

The Republicians like big business

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Mrs Miller 8th grade - Roaring 20s

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1
"A chicken in every pot" was wos campaign slogan?
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Alfred Smith
2
Wrote poems that were like jazz
Langston Hughes
Sinclair Lewis
Charles Lindbergh
Louis Armstrong
3
What happened to the American economy during the mid 1920s?
America fell into a depression
It sank further into recession
The postwar recession ended
Unemployment disappeared completely
4
The style of music during the 1920's was
jazz
Migration music
blue grass
Harlem Renaissance
5
Cheaper automobiles made on an assembly line lead to
both of the above
Growth in the suburbs
none of the above
Chains of gas stations
6
The movement of African Americans to the north during the 1920s was called..
The United Negro Improvement Association
The Lindy hop
The Roaring 20s
The Great Migration
7
What was the symbol of the 1920's woman?
The women voters
The flapper
Female jazz signers
Female wartime workers
8
The end of WWI was followed by
Economic prosperity
A religious revival
Economic recession
Increase in trade between US and Germany
9
His nickname was Satchmo
Louis Armstrong
Langston Clark
Charles Lindburgh
Sinclair Lewis
10
Flew first transatlantic flight in 1927
Sinclair Lewis
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindbergh
11
What was the 18th Amendment?
Prohibition
Isolationism
Women's suffrage movement
anti-Communism
12
African American Culture grew in
Harlem, NY
Paris
The South
Washington, DC
13
A major problem for the farmers in 1920 was
To much government protection
Surpluses that could not be sold
Expanding foreign markets
Lack of crops
14
This happened because of Prohibition....
Organized crime and violence
Immigration to Canada
Respect for the law
Immigration from the Caribbean
15
James Weldon and Zora Hurston were important during the
Speakeasy era
Trans Atlantic Flight
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
16
Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston all have what in common?
Scientists who can up with a cure for the boll weevil
Members of the Harlem Renaissance
All part of the Great Migration
Founding members of the KKK
17
Who was a celebrated baseball player in 1920?
Jack Dempsey
Helen Willis
Babe Ruth
Bobby Jones
18
The booming stock market in the 20s
Made most Americans millionaires
People stayed away from buying stocks
People borrowed $ to buy stock
Ended unemployment in the US
19
Which presidential election did women first vote?
1916
1920
1924
1928
20
Installment buying is another term for
buying on credit
Charity
Theft
Trade
21
What was the teapot dome
Harding - era scandal named after an oil reserve in Wyoming
Harding's federal budget - slashing program
A code name for afternoon tea at the white house
Harding - era scandal dealing with the Boston tea party
22
How did radio change life in the 1920s?
Gave women a public vote and a place to speak
Gave the whole nation the same news information and music
Made it easier for families to move to the country
Increased racial and religious tensions
23
Pole sitting and Mahjong were popular fads
False
True
24
The 19th amendment
Stopped making, selling and transporting alcohol
Women could vote in the presidential election
African Americans could vote in the presidential election
Caused prohibition to end
25
The roaring 20s was also know as..
Gangsta era
Jazz age
Prohibition period
Automation era
26
During the the 1920s for the 1st time in history the general public began to buy stock.
False
True
27
Which invention encouraged tourism in the 1920s?
The automobile
The radio
the assembly line
Talkies
28
Sinclair Lewis was a popular
Novelist
Musician
Singer
war hero
29
Americans were going into debt to buy things they could not afford with their income
True
False
30
The primary reason Coolidge won the election in 1924 was
He had the best slogan
He ran against HIllary
The Democrats like big business
The Republicians like big business

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