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1
The first movies with sound were released in _______________.
1925
1920
1921
1927
2
In 1919, Mussolini organized the _____________ Party in Italy.
Socialist
Capitalist
Communist
Fascist
3
The Roaring 20's came to halt when the stock market crashed on ______________.
Orange Saturday
Black Tuesday
Green Friday
Manic Monday
4
The US entered the Great _________________ in the 1930's.
Depression
War
Salutation
Elation
5
On December 7, 1941 __________________ attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Japan
Italy
Germany
The Ottoman Empire
6
Women began to assert their independence & called for the same freedoms as men, resulting in the "______" of the 1920's.
flapper
old laws
new laws
New Woman
7
The movement of African Americans to the North from the South is known as the Great _________________.
Migration
Movement
Hibernation
Celebration
8
Some of the ________________ work programs supported artists and many were paid to create public murals and teach art.
Old Deal
Late Deal
Early Deal
New Deal
9
_____________________'s, KDKA was the first commercial radio station in the US, and it went on air in 1920.
Springfield
New York
Pittsburg
Tampa
10
With the economic boom of the 1920's, ___________ no longer needed to have jobs.
children
women
men
animals
11
_________________ danced in jazz clubs and engaged in behaviors associated with men.
Athletes
Flappers
Artists
Ballerinas
12
Stalin took over after the death of Vladimir ________________________.
Eisenhinder
Smith
Spillet
Lenin
13
Russia was transformed into the ________________ after the revolution in 1917.
PSSR
USSS
URRT
USSR
14
African Americans voicing pride in their heritage and embracing their culture is known as the _____________ Renaissance.
Brooklyn
Harlem
Soho
Chelsea
15
Helen Wells dominated women's __________ by winning Wimbledon eight times.
golf
fencing
soccer
tennis
16
___________________ women usually stayed home,while their husbands worked in a job outside the home.
employed
single
married
educated
17
Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the ________________ in 1926, at the age of 19.
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
English Channel
Gulf of Mexico
18
When the US entered _________________, many men had to leave their jobs.
The Vietnam War
World War II
The Korean War
World War I
19
From 1914-1926, the number of children enrolled in high school rose from 1 million to ___________________.
3 million
5 million
2 million
4 million
20
In the 1920's people went to dance marathons and danced to _____________ music for hours.
opera
jazz
rock and roll
classical
21
Baseball became America's favorite pastime in the _______________.
1920's
1910's
1930's
1940's
22
_________________ were important to Americans, because they could listen to current events and news.
televisions
telegrams
telegraphs
radios
23
After World War I Germany was in chaos, its new government the _________________, signed the Treaty of Versailles.
The Finnish Empire
Weimer Republic
Prussia Republic
The USSR
24
________________'s roles in the United States before 1920 were very traditional.
children
men
nurses
women
25
Movies, sports and radio remained popular forms of entertainment during the Civil War.
True
False
26
The crash of the Hindenburg, a Japanese airship, in New Jersey was broadcast as it occured.
False
True
27
New _______________________ made household chores less time consuming.
computers
laws
organizations
technologies
28
Harlem became the world's largest black community in the 1920's.
False
True
29
The Grapes of Wrath detailed the difficult lives of Oklahomans leaving for California during the ________________.
Orange Bowl
Rose Bowl
Dust Bowl
Hurricane Ivan
30
__________________, were secret clubs that served alcohol during Prohibition.
Fraternities
Speakeasies
Bars
Sororities
31
The __________________ dominated baseball with greats such as Babe Ruth,, Lou Gehrig, and Joe DiMaggio.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
32
_______________________ became America's favorite pastime.
Baseball
Basketball
Juggling
Football
33
The Harlem Renaissance started in __________________________'s Harlem neighborhood.
New York City
Seattle
Miami
Chicago
34
Jazz began in the early 1900's in ___________________________.
Boston, Massachusetts
New Orleans, Louisiana
New York City, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
35
Women were held to a stricter set of standards for behaviors than ________, in the 1920's.
children
politicians
employers
men
36
Americans were listening, watching, reading, & buying the same things, resulting in a time of ___________.
mass culture
art culture
consumer culture
producing culture
37
Hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to the North to escape _______________ laws.
John Smith
Jim Crow
James Bird
Joe Wren
38
George Gershwin was a musical composer.
False
True
39
President Franklin D. Roosevelt held ___________________ to speak directly to the American people to keep them informed.
seaside vacations
television broadcasts
public barbaques
fireside chats
40
Every adult held in a ___________________ internment camp was required to answer a loyality questionnaire.
Italian
Japanese
German
Russian
41
The USS ______________ suffered a bomb through its decks causing it to sink in minutes with 1300 sailors on board.
California
Arizona
Michigan
Indianapolis
42
The ____ Amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote.
19th
18th
16th
17th
43
____________________ was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris in 1927.
Winston Churchill
Charles Lindbergh.
John Washington
Rudolph Valentino
44
Professional ______________ became popular during the 1920's, because people could listen to games on the radio.
sports
jobs
magazines
chef's
45
Joseph Stalin was a part of the _______________ Revolution in Russia.
Western European
Stallengrad
Bolshevik
Asian
46
Teenagers in the 1920's had more freedom than previous generations because they were able to ___________________.
go to school
work
sleep in
drive
47
___________________'s Nazi political party, rose to power in Germany in 1933.
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Churchill
48
Women who did work outside the home often held jobs in "women's professions" such as _________________ or domestic work.
construction
teaching
civil service
medicine
49
F. Scott Fitgerald wrote ___________, which portrayed the negative side of 1920's extravagant living.
The Great Gatsby
The Gilded Age
A Seperate Peace
A Farewell to Arms
50
Ernest Hemingway was wounded in World War 1 and he wrote novels criticized the glorification of war.
True
False