Roaring Twenties

Question 1

The Roaring Twenties can be characterized using what word...

Accepted Answer

Boom

Question 2

Sacco & Vanzetti were...

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Italian anarchists who were convicted of murder.

Question 3

The Red Scare was

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the fear that the US was being infiltrated by Communism.

Question 4

In what city was Jazz born in? It came from a combination of blues and ragtime. Louis Armstrong made this music popular.

Accepted Answer

New Orleans

Question 5

Scopes Trial- a teacher from TN broke the law by teaching "Creation" in his Science classroom instead of "Evolution".

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What crime was committed in the Teapot Dome scandal?

Accepted Answer

Government officials accepted bribes from oil companies in 1921

Question 7

What era directly follows the Roaring Twenties?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression

Question 8

_________ believed in a strict interpretation of the Bible.

Accepted Answer

Fundamentalists/Traditionalists

Question 9

Which athlete was a celebrated baseball player in the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

Babe Ruth

Question 10

The name of the secret gathering places that sold illegal alcohol during the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

speakeasy

Question 11

What political party dominated the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

Republican Party

Question 12

What was the main cause of the the migration of African Americans to the north after WWI?

Accepted Answer

availability of new factory jobs

Question 13

In the US, the decade of the 1920s was characterized by

Accepted Answer

increased consumer borrowing and spending.

Question 14

Warren G. Harding promised a return to _____. Our 29th President is often considered one of our most corrupt in history.

Accepted Answer

Normalcy

Question 15

Who led the "Back to Africa" movement?

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey

Question 16

_________ was a comical, popular silent film actor.

Accepted Answer

Charlie Chaplin

Question 17

How did radio change American life in the 1920s?

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It exposed the U.S. to information and entertainment.

Question 18

Who was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean symbolizing American courage?

Accepted Answer

Charles Lindbergh

Question 19

Who was against immigration?

Accepted Answer

Nativists

Question 20

The 18th Amendment ended the Prohibition era.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous ____.

Accepted Answer

author who wrote "the Great Gatsby"

Question 22

Stylized image of modern women of the 1920's

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Flappers

Question 23

What does this picture represent?

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Prohibition

Question 24

What was the Great Migration during the early years of the 20th century, mainly during the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

Movement of African Americans from the South up North

Question 25

What was the largest item you could order from the Sears & Roebuck catalog?

Accepted Answer

A House

Question 26

What were common traits among Flappers?

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Flappers did all of these things

Question 27

What type of music characterized this era?

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Jazz

Question 28

What led to increased production and a decrease in the price of an automobile?

Accepted Answer

assembly line

Question 29

Which president was not from the 1920s?

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FDR

Question 30

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a period when African Americans

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created noteworthy works of art, literature and music.

Question 31

Which major sport of the 1920's is pictured?

Accepted Answer

American Football

Question 32

______ was the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard.

Accepted Answer

WEB Dubois

Question 33

What group's number rose because of nativists ideas in the US during the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

KKK

Question 34

What catalog could you order every day items for your home or apartment?

Accepted Answer

Sears and Roebuck

Question 35

What did the Immigration Act of 1924 do?

Accepted Answer

law that favored people coming from Northern/Western Europe

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