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Review of the Roaring Twenties #1920s #roaringtwenties #ushistory #8thgrade
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Gave a voice to the Harlem Renaissance through his poetry
Louis Armstrong
Billie Holiday
Charles Limburgh
Langston Hughes
2
Believed in a strict interpretation of the Bible
Reactionaries
Fundamentalists
Progressives
Conservatives
3
The 17th amendment
allowed citizens to vote regardless of race
allowed citizens to vote without paying
allowed number of senators to be determined by population
allowed for two senators per state to be elected by popular vote
4
Sacco & Vanzetti were...
Italian-American sports stars who became heroes in the 1920s
an Italian duo famous for their silent films
Italian anarchists who'd died matyrs
Two well-known mobster families in NYC
5
The Teapot Dome Scandal tarnished Warren G Harding and his administration and resulted in
the limitation on number of presidential terms
the impeachment of a US President
the passage of the 18th Amendment
the conviction of a cabinet member
6
The 16th amendment
limits personal inheritance
raised revenue by creating an income tax
regulates financial investments
expands business profits
7
Stylized image of modern women of the 1920's
Madames
Femme
Dames
Flappers
8
Generally, the immigrant quota system adopted in the 1920's tended to discriminate against
Asians
Blacks
Mexicans
Jews
9
The revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s opposed...
the rightful use of white bedsheets
Catholics, foreigners, sexual promiscuity, blacks, Jews, etc
Anarchy
Christians, Caucasians, middle-class, the rich, racism, etc
10
Passage of the 18th Amendment led to
Church attendance rose
more involvement by women
demand for alcohol decreased
rise in crime rates
11
The stock market crashed in _______ leading to the Great Depression.
1927
1930
1929
1928
12
The Kellogg-Ceral Pact was an agreement between the majority of the world to use war after WWI.
False
True
13
The Scopes Trial encapsulated America's struggle between fundamentalism and progressive views.
False
True
14
Gained status as an American hero after his nonstop flight from NY to Paris.
Billie Holiday
Thomas Buchanan
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindbergh
15
The Red Scare led to
yellow journalism
anti-immigration sentiment
spread of communism
increasing rights for minority groups
16
The Quota system was meant to stabilize the growing # of Jews and Catholics within the US
True
False
17
Like the Scopes trial, the 1920s were
demands to reform the public education system.
clashes between ethnic minority groups.
changing attitudes about the role of women.
tensions between traditional values and modern views.
18
Nicknamed "Scarface," he was Chicago's most notorious gangster- 18th amendment led to his crime
Al Capone
Tony Montana
Dutch Schultz
Charles Luciano
19
The Red Scare was
the first horror film ever released in cinema
a convertable automobile made by GM
the fear that the US was being infiltrated by Communism
a trendy fashion statement
20
A characteristic of the US economy in the 1920s was
greater financial dependency on credit cards.
all-time high production levels of consumer goods.
increasing government regulations on business.
repeated labor uprisings that limited industrial output.
21
The Great Migration was
the nickname for the women's suffrage movement
People moving westward during the 1920s
the relocation of over one million African Americans
the deportation of thousands of Russian immigrants
22
Which is the cause and effect of the Red Scare?
WWI - Influenza Epidemic
Stock Market Crash - Great Depression
Russian Revolution - Violation of Civil Liberties
Prohibition - Increase in Crime
23
Which event would result in a decrease in cheap labor after 1921?
the adoption of immigration quotas
the end of the First World War
the beginning of the Red Scare
the onset of economic recession
24
Mass-production techniques
decreased the need for workers.
reduced the price of consumer goods.
raised the costs for agricultural production.
lowered the quality of most products.
25
Marcus Garvey had an impact on African Americans by
organizing the Pan-African Congress with W.E.B. DuBois.
contributing to the culture of the Harlem Renaissance.
cofounding the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
advocating for the 18th and 19th amendments.
26
After WWI, the US's foreign policy became that of
World Police
Interventionalism
Isolationism
Middle Man
27
The 19th Amendment was important because...
it gave women the right to vote
It prohibited alcohol
it repealed the prohibition on alcohol
Senators were elected by direct vote
28
By the end of the 1920s, automobiles had become the nation's largest industry.
True
False
29
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous
Jazz singer during the Harlem Renaissance
Author who wrote "the Great Gatsby"
Former presidential candidate
Senator from New York
30
Discrimination in the South led to the great migration of African Americans to
the west
northern urban areas
Africa
farms
31
A contribution made by African American artists and performers includes
forming America's 1st musical district - Tin Pan Alley.
introducing Americans to vaudeville-style entertainment.
creating a uniquely American music form called jazz.
pioneering the "flapper" look for women.
32
Worked to help wealthy Americans through tax cuts and other pro-business activities
Winston Churchill
Langston Hughes
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
33
The name of the secret gathering places that sold illegal alcohol
pubs
hushsoftly
speakeasy
tavern
34
Buying stocks on credit by paying 10% of the purchase price was called?
bonds
on margin
credit
Ballyhoo
35
The Harlem Renaissance was significant in the 1920's because...
it produced a new music genre known as rock n roll
Many African Americans moved away from Halem
it was an emergence of a disinctively black voice in culture
it was the richest city in NYC
36
Would have been involved in the illegal production, transportation, or sale of alcohol
Al Capone
Speakeasy
Bootlegger
The Mob
