The primary reason Coolidge won the election in 1924 was

The Republicians like big business

A major problem for the farmers in 1920 was

Surpluses that could not be sold

How did radio change life in the 1920s?

Gave the whole nation the same news information and music

What was the teapot dome

Harding - era scandal named after an oil reserve in Wyoming

Women could vote in the presidential election

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

Members of the Harlem Renaissance

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Mrs Miller 8th grade - Roaring 20s

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

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