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1
Which artist is famous for painting urban scenes and the American southwest ?
Langston Hughes
Georgia O'Keeffe
Bessie Smith
Jacob Lawrence
2
Which Amendment made alcohol illegal and started the prohibition era ?
19th
17th
20th
18th
3
Who was the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Charles Lindbergh
Charlie Chaplin
Babe Ruth
Neil Armstrong
4
What is the fear of communism spreading to the United States know as?
Domino Theory
Blue Scare
Red Scare
White Scare
5
Which Amendment repealed (stopped) prohibition in America?
21st
20th
19th
18th
6
Which of the following was not a way women's lives changed in the 1920s?
The gained the right to vote
Their housework was made easier by labor saving devices
The found new educational opportunities
They won protection of the Equal Rights Amendment
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Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
20th
21st
18th
19th
8
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A time when black Americans recalled their European roots
A jazz festival
A book publishing fair
An Awakening of African American music, literature, and art
9
What invention played the greatest role in helping suburbs develop?
Automobile
Telegraph
Telephone
Radio
10
Who is credited with inventing the airplane?
Issac Newton
Albert Einstein
J Robert Oppenheimer
Wright Brothers
11
Which of the following was not a reason for the Great Migration
The north was free of discrimination
There was discrimination and violence in the south
There were better job opportunities in the north
Jobs in the south did not pay well
12
Which artists work chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration?
Jacob Lawrence
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
Georgia O'Keeffe
13
The Great Migration of the 20th Century involved the movement of...
Women changing from working at home to paying jobs
African Americans to southern cities
People from Europe settling the mid-west
African Americans to northern cities
14
The idea of "buy now, pay later" that was popular among consumers in the 1920's was called
Bull Market
Stock Options
Credit
Sales
15
Who wrote about the Jazz Age in his famous novel
The Great Gatsby
?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes
Walt Whitman
John Steinbeck
16
Who is a Harlem Renaissance poet that wrote about what it meant to be African American?
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes
Walt Whitman
17
What American musician is know for combining classical music and jazz?
Bessie Smith
F. Scott Fitzgerald
George Gershwin
The Beatles
18
What is the name for women who voted, cut their hair short and wore short dresses in the 1920's
Suffragists
Flappers
Pianists
Traditionalists
19
How would you characterize economic life for most people in the 1920's ?
People were poor, the country was in a depression
Very little had changed since the late 1800's
People were unwilling to buy in order to avoid debt
People were buying and using a wider variety of products
