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Module 8 American History The 1920s
Module 8 American History The 1920s
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1
The KKK (Ku Klux Klan) targeted all of these groups EXCEPT__________.
protestants
Jews
catholics
Blacks
2
Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay were all_____________
writers of the Harlem Renaissance
jazz musicians
silent film stars
corrupt politicians
3
Religious fundamentalists rejected the ___________________ and believed that everything in the Bible was literal.
income tax
Constitution
authority of the government
theory of evolution
4
Red Grange was famous for
tennis
golf
baseball
football
5
People flocked to hidden saloons and nightclubs called _______________________in order to drink illegally.
taverns
pubs
alehouses
speakeasies
6
After Harding, _____________________was president and said "the chief business of the American people is business".
Calvin Coolidge
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William Taft
7
Georgia O'Keefe is known for____.
singing
playing tennis
painting
acting
8
Which was the
third
biggest city in the U.S. in the 1920s?
New York
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Chicago
9
F. Scott Fitzgerald was known for_____.
being a politician
writing novels
composing music
acting
10
In Dayton, Tennessee, John_______ was a teacher who was being put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution.
Scopes
Evans
Lewis
Bryan
11
James Weldon Johnson, Marcus Garvey, and W.E.B. DuBois were all__
African American leaders
writers of the Harlem Renaissance
corrupt NYC politicians
jazz musicians
12
____________________smuggled alcohol into the U.S. from Canada, Cuba, and the West Indies.
Bootleggers
Whiskey Peddlers
Moonshiners
Tequila Traders
13
Gertrude Ederle was a famous
singer
actress
swimmer
tennis player
14
Which of the following was NOT a result of the impact of the automobile?
gasoline stations, motels, traffic signals
paved roads
people living in densely packed inner cities
houses with garages, carports, or driveways
15
Helen Wills was a famous
singer
swimmer
tennis player
writer
16
One unintended consequence of Prohibition was the growth of ___________________in nearly every major city.
homelessness
urban literacy
settlement houses
organized crime
17
In January 1920, the __________Amendment started Prohibition.
14th
21st
13th
18th
18
Which statement about Prohibition is
NOT
correct?
The government did not provide enough funding to enforce Prohibition
Prohibition was popular nationwide and people were sorry when it ended.
Support for Prohibition came mostly from the rural South and West
Reformers thought liquor led to crime and wife and child abuse
19
Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian________who were charged with the robbery and murder of a factory paymaster.
anarchists
steel workers
bakers
politicians
20
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and "Rube" Foster were famous
tennis players
baseball players
swimmers
football players
21
How did high schools change in the 1920s?
Driver's Ed was added.
They were now for boys and girls.
They offered co-ed sports teams.
They were no longer just for college-bound students.
22
Charlie Chaplin was known for____.
writing novels
singing
acting in silent films
being a jazz musician
23
In 1921, a__system was started to limit the number of immigrants to the U.S. from eastern and southern Europe and Japan.
quota
restriction
limitation
apportionment
24
1920s young women who wore short dresses and short hair and smoke and drank in public were known as _________________.
bootleggers
bobby soxers
flappers
red hot mamas
25
_________________from Ohio became president in 1920 and promised "normalcy".
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Warren Harding
26
How did the availability of radios affect American culture?
Americans had shared experiences, like listening to the World Series live.
Children could now hear bedtime stories from the radio.
Housewives learned new recipes and household tips.
Teens could hear the latest pop music hits first.
27
In 1928, 15 nations signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced _______as a national policy.
mercantilism
feudalism
apartheid
war
28
Louis Armstrong and "Duke" Ellington were famous ____________
silent film stars
civil rights leaders
jazz musicians
writers
29
Josephine Baker, Paul Robeson, and Bessie Smith were known for___________.
singing and/or dancing
writing novels
being political leaders
fashion design
30
Richmond Barthé, Palmer Hayden, and James Van Der Zee were famous
actors
visual artists
jazz musicians
writers
31
Charles A. "Lucky Lindy" Lindbergh is famous for ___________________________.
being the first to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic
swimming the English Channel
writing newspaper articles about corrupt politicians
inventing the movie projector
32
George Gershwin is known for____.
singing
writing novels
composing music
acting
33
The Red Scare of 1919 was an extreme reaction to the fear of ________________in the U.S.
nativism
militarism
communism
isolationism
34
Which is
NOT
true about the Great Migration?
there were over 25 urban race riots due to racial tensions in the cities.
100k African Americans moved from the South to the cities of the North.
African Americans were welcomed warmly in the cities in the North.
By the end of the 1920s, over 40% of African Americans lived in cities.