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A general quiz on the Roaring 20's #roaring20s
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1
Which classic novel of the 1920's is depicted in these film clips?
This Side of Paradise
Manhattan Transfer
The Great Gatsby
The Age of Innocence
2
The Roaring 20's happened immediately after which war?
Revolutionary War
World War I
Civil War
World War II
3
____ was an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes.
flapper
fly boy
flat tire
jelly beans
4
The 1920's was the first time that more Americans lived in cities than in rural areas.
False
True
5
Who coined the phrase "Jazz Age"?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Franz Kafka
Stephen King
6
Women earned the same as men and worked many traditional male jobs during the 1920s.
False
True
7
What was the most powerful communications medium to emerge in the 1920s?
the television
the telephone
Mass produced newspapers
the radio
8
Who was America's most beloved hero?
Charles de Gaul
Charles Lindberg
Prince Charles of Wales
Charlie Chaplin
9
This American author criticized the glorification of war, and wrote the novels in the picture?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
Willa Cather
10
_____ is considered the most important and influential musician in the history of jazz
Langston Hughes
"Duke" Ellington
Paul Robeson
Louis Armstrong
11
This famed composer merged traditional elements with American Jazz
Duke Ellington
George Gershwin
Sorcerer Mickey
Beethoven
12
The first movie with sound was called ________
All that Jazz
Wizard of Oz
Steamboat Willie
The Jazz Singer
13
Name of the famous trial in Tennessee that pitted Christian Fundamentalism with Evolutionist
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Dred Scott case
Topeka v Board of Education
Scopes Monkey Trial
14
Many American writers and artist left America for this non-American city.
Havana
Belgaria
Munich
Paris
15
This jazz pianist, and one of America’s greatest composers, played at the famous Cotton Club.
"Duke" Ellington
Paul Robeson
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
16
His poems, which were put to music, described the difficult lives of working-class blacks
Paul Robeson
Langston Hughes
"Duke" Ellington
Louis Armstrong
17
Which Constitutional Amendment gave the right to vote to women?
20
19
18
21
18
Which Constitutional Amendment Prohibited the sale, manufacture and distribution of alcohol?
20
18
19
21
19
During the Prohibition underground hidden saloons, called ___ is where illegal liquor was sold.
Underground Railroad
Flappers
Speakeasies
Bootleggers
20
Put Presidents in Chronological order: A-Calvin Coolidge, B-Herbert Hoover, C-Warren Harding
B, C, A
B, A, C
C, A, B
A, B, C
21
The _________ was an emergence of black culture and heritage in the 1920's.
New York Wave
Harlem Reniassance
Manhattan Movement
Brooklyn Revival
22
President during the Oct. 1929 Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday) -started the Great Depression
President Coolidge
President Harding
President Hoover
President Roosevelt
23
This son of a slave, became a major dramatic actor.
Paul Robeson
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
"Duke" Ellington
24
Who was America's first Sports Hero?
Babe Ruth
Jack Johnson
Jack Dempsey
Hank Aaron
25
From 1910-20, the Great Migration saw hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved to _____
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
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