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ROARING TWENTIES TEST
ROARING TWENTIES TEST
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TWENTIES QUIZ
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helped improve the efficiency of planes that lead to an airline industry
Glenn Curtiss
Charles Lindberg
Clarence Birdseye
Alexander Fleming
2
movement of African Americans from the South to the North for factory jobs
Great Migration
NAACP
Harlem Renaissance
Back to Africa
3
This man discovered penicillin
Elliott Ness
Alexander Fleming
Charles Lindberg
Al Capone
4
Who was hired to catch the mobsters of the 1920s?
Charles Lindberg
Glen Curtiss
Alexander Fleming
Elliott Ness
5
This was the 369th African American regiment in WWI
NAACP
Tin Pan Alley
Harlem Hellfighters
Harlem Renaissance
6
Farmers did not share in the prosperity of the 20s, why?
Europe could grow its own food now
high tariffs hurt foreign trade
Farm production was up, prices were down
all of the above
7
How did the radio and mass advertising change America during the 1920s?
all of the above
radio networks like NBC formed
society became more informed
helped to creat an American culture
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Gov't enforcing Prohibition, Palmer's Raids, and the Red Scare lead to the development of what?
Homeland Security
FBI
Secret Service
CIA
9
These were some famous athletes during the twenties
Fitzgerald and Hemingway
Lindberg and Sanger
Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey
Ellington and Armstrong
10
What did businesses begin doing that increased the size of the middle class?
began to use only Union workers
began to rely on CEOs to run their business
began to use managers to run their business
all of the above
11
In what cartoon did Mickey Mouse make his appearance?
"Steamboat Willie"
"The Opry House"
"The Barn Dance"
"Karnival Kid"
12
An African American neighborhood in New York City
8th Avenue
Harlem
Congress Ave
Ellington
13
What famous trial did William J Bryan lose over evolution in schools?
Thaw Trials
Al Capone Trial
Scopes Trial
Sacco and Venzetti Trial
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A place where intellectuals and artists gather, nicknamed Tin Pan Alley
Broadway
Greenwich Villa, NYC
Hollywood
Nashville
15
Modern women who had short hair and dresses and smoked and drank alcohol
dames
broads
flashers
flappers
16
This was a famous night club in Harlem
White Elephant
Billy Bob's
Cotton Club
Broken Spoke
17
An increase in water for irrigation in the SW in the 1920s lead to an increase in what?
Mexican immigrants to work farms
industrial production
building of more roads
more tourists to the area
18
Famous authors during the twenties
Fitzgerald and Hemingway
Babe Ruth and Dempsey
Ness and Capone
Armstrong and Ellington
19
These are famous African American jazz musicians
Armstrong and Ellington
Babe Ruth and Dempsey
Ness and Capone
Fitzgerald and Hemingway
20
This group reformed because of the threat of communism in the 20s
Populists
The Grange
Red Party
Ku Klux Klan
21
He started a movement for African Americans to move "back to Africa"
WEB duBois
Babe Ruth
Booker T Washington
Marcus Garvey
22
Which of the following is an example of growing natiivism in the U.S. in the 20s?
the reforming of the KKK
Passage of National Origin Act 1924
all of the above
Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
23
Responsible for the passage of anti-lynching laws during the twenties
Harlem Renaissance
Back to Africa
NAACP
Great Migration
24
This was the flowering of African American culture in the twenties
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Prohibition
Back to Africa Movement
25
What two forms of purchasing power used in the 1920s will lead to an economic collapse?
borrowing from the bank to purchase goods
buying on credit and borrowing to buy stock
speculating on stock and goods
buying on credit and speculating on stock
26
This man invented a "quick freeze" machine
Al Capone
Elliott Ness
Clarence Birdseye
Charles lindberg
27
A government official took a bribe for an oil field lease in what political scandal?
Profumo Affair
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Iran Contra Affair
Watergate Scandal
28
What was significant about The Jazz Singer?
It had the first curse word in it
It was Mary Pickford's first movie
it was the first "talkie" movie
It had the first African American in it
29
This is a famous bootlegging mobster in the 1920s
Alexander Fleming
Elliott Ness
Margaret Sanger
Al Capone
30
Made a solo airplane flight over the Atlantic in 1927 and became a US hero
Charles Lindberg
Glenn Curtiss
Clarence Birdseye
Al Capone
31
Who introduced the assembly line to factories?
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Ford
Warren G Harding
Andrew Carnegie
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All of the following are negative results of Prohibition EXCEPT...
the opening of Speakeasies
rise in organized crime
bootleggers making illegal alcohol
increase in # of drunk drivers
33
All of the following are examples of welfare capitalism EXCEPT...
companies help to pay worker's health care
companies offering pensions to retiring employees
companies giving companies office parties
companies allowing employees to buy stock
34
This person started Planned Parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Marcus Garvey