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1
Who is credited with inventing the airplane?
J Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Issac Newton
Wright Brothers
2
Who was the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Charlie Chaplin
Charles Lindbergh
Neil Armstrong
Babe Ruth
3
What invention played the greatest role in helping suburbs develop?
Telegraph
Automobile
Radio
Telephone
4
Which artist is famous for painting urban scenes and the American southwest ?
Langston Hughes
Bessie Smith
Jacob Lawrence
Georgia O'Keeffe
5
What is the fear of communism spreading to the United States know as?
Blue Scare
Domino Theory
White Scare
Red Scare
6
Who is a Harlem Renaissance poet that wrote about what it meant to be African American?
Langston Hughes
Walt Whitman
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
7
Which of the following was not a reason for the Great Migration
The north was free of discrimination
Jobs in the south did not pay well
There was discrimination and violence in the south
There were better job opportunities in the north
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Which of the following was not a way women's lives changed in the 1920s?
They won protection of the Equal Rights Amendment
Their housework was made easier by labor saving devices
The gained the right to vote
The found new educational opportunities
9
Which Amendment repealed (stopped) prohibition in America?
18th
20th
19th
21st
10
What is the name for women who voted, cut their hair short and wore short dresses in the 1920's
Suffragists
Pianists
Flappers
Traditionalists
11
Which artists work chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration?
Jacob Lawrence
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
Georgia O'Keeffe
12
The Great Migration of the 20th Century involved the movement of...
African Americans to northern cities
People from Europe settling the mid-west
African Americans to southern cities
Women changing from working at home to paying jobs
13
The idea of "buy now, pay later" that was popular among consumers in the 1920's was called
Bull Market
Credit
Sales
Stock Options
14
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A book publishing fair
A time when black Americans recalled their European roots
A jazz festival
An Awakening of African American music, literature, and art
15
Which Amendment made alcohol illegal and started the prohibition era ?
19th
18th
20th
17th
16
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 buying and using a wider variety of products
People were unwilling to buy in order to avoid debt
17
Who wrote about the Jazz Age in his famous novel
The Great Gatsby
?
Walt Whitman
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes
18
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
20th
21st
19th
18th
19
What American musician is know for combining classical music and jazz?
The Beatles
F. Scott Fitzgerald
George Gershwin
Bessie Smith
