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Roaring Twenties
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1
The Harlem Renaissance was significant in the 1920's because...
it was the richest city in NYC
Many African Americans moved away from Halem
it was an emergence of a disinctively black voice in culture
it produced a new music genre known as rock n roll
2
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
3
Sacco & Vanzetti were...
Italian-American sports stars who became heroes in the 1920s
Italian anarchists who'd died matyrs
an Italian duo famous for their silent films
Two well-known mobster families in NYC
4
After WWI, the US's foreign policy became that of
Isolationism
Middle Man
World Police
Interventionalism
5
By the end of the 1920s, automobiles had become the nation's largest industry.
False
True
6
Worked to help wealthy Americans through tax cuts and other pro-business activities
Winston Churchill
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Langston Hughes
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The 19th Amendment was important because...
It prohibited alcohol
it repealed the prohibition on alcohol
Senators were elected by direct vote
it gave women the right to vote
8
Believed in a strict interpretation of the Bible
Reactionaries
Progressives
Conservatives
Fundamentalists
9
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous
Former presidential candidate
Jazz singer during the Harlem Renaissance
Senator from New York
Author who wrote "the Great Gatsby"
10
Nicknamed "Scarface," he was Chicago's most notorious gangster T
Al Capone
Tony Montana
Charles Luciano
Dutch Schultz
11
The Great Migration was
the nickname for the women's suffrage movement
the deportation of thousands of Russian immigrants
People moving westward during the 1920s
the relocation of over one million African Americans
12
The revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s opposed...
Catholics, foreigners, sexual promiscuity, blacks, Jews, etc
Anarchy
Christians, Caucasians, middle-class, the rich, racism, etc
the rightful use of white bedsheets
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The Quota system was meant to stabilize the growing # of Jews and Catholics within the US
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 Scopes Trial encapsulated America's struggle between fundamentalism and progressive views.
True
False
16
The name of the secret gathering places that sold illegal alcohol
speakeasy
pubs
hushsoftly
tavern
17
Gave a voice to the Harlem Renaissance through his poetry
Charles Limburgh
Louis Armstrong
Billie Holiday
Langston Hughes
18
Buying goods over extended period of time by putting little money down at time of purchase
installment plan
investing in stocks
credit card
19
Stylized image of modern women of the 1920's
Flappers
Femme
Madames
Dames
20
Raids by the government to investigate suspected communists, socialist, and anarchists.
Bolshevik Revolution
Blacklist Raids
Palmer Raids
Boxer Rebellion
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Immigration reform that limited the number of immigrants able to come to the U.S.
Emergency Quota Act 1921
Natural Origins Act 1924
Open Door Policy
Nativism
22
What is the name of the corrupt cabinet appointed by President Warren Harding?
Ohio Gang
Michigan Marauders
Missouri Group
Hawaii Heroes
23
Would have been involved in the illegal production, transportation, or sale of alcohol
Al Capone
Bootlegger
Speakeasy
The Mob
