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1
The Harlem Renaissance refers to?
A population increases in Harlem in the1920s
A celebration of Black culture in literature, art, and music
A program to promote Black owned businesses
A struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
2
What do Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth and Jim Thorpe all have in common?
Celebrity athletes during the 1920s
Owned a major broadcasting company
Starred in the first film that used sound
Pushed for an equal rights amendment
3
Which of the following BEST describes a flapper?
A women who thought men should stay home
rebellious woman who wanted to drink, smoke, have a good time
women who campaigned for prohibition
A modest women who obeyed her parents
4
What was the major result of Prohibition?
restriction of immigration
increase in organized crime
growth of communism
destruction of family values
5
This amendment led to Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s
21st Amendment
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
20th Amendment
6
To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden clubs known as?
Penthouses
Speakeasies
Tea Rooms
Tenements
7
What was the subject of the Scopes Trial?
Minty fresh breath mouthwash
Prayer in public schools
Desegregation of public schools
Teaching evolution in public schools
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The 1920s are sometimes called the "Roaring Twenties" because?
foreign trade prospered after WWI
US assumed a leadership role in world affairs
political reforms made government more democratic
widespread social and economic change occurred
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Which of the following people is NOT associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
Bessie Smith
All of the above are associated with the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
10
Sacco and Vanzetti are
Organized crime bosses
anarchists accused and executed for robbery and murder
Famous athletes of the 1920s
Jazz musicians
11
Which of the following was NOT used for advertising in the 1920's?
Billboards
Magazines
TV
Radio
12
The Red Scare refers to?
Rioting in cities across the US
Fear of socialist and communists in the US
The largest mafia murder in the 1920s
A fearful loss of blood
13
People who brought liquor into the country illegally were called
Gangsters
Moonshiners
Bootleggers
Speakeasy's
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Charles Lindbergh was a famous
politican
inventor
pilot
composer
15
Which amendment appealed Prohibition in 1933?
20th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
18th Amendment
16
This Harlem Renaissance activist promoted the "Back to Africa" belief.
Langston Hughes
Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. DuBois
Bessie Smith
17
Famous Chicago gangster
Frank Costello
Whitey B
Al Capone
Sonny Corleone
18
The“Great Migration” of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of?
Blacks from the south to northern cities
Blacks from the US to Africa
Immigrants from Europe to America
People from rural areas to large cities
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This gave women the right to vote
20th Amendment
19th Amendment
They do not have full voting rights
18th Amendment
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The Palmer Raids were a series of arrests for suspected
monopolies
communists and anarchists
corrupt politicians
labor union members
