What did the 18th amendment to our Constitution state?

The making and selling of alcohol was banned

Why was the 21st amendment so significant?

It ended Prohibition, It was the first time the country repealed an amendment

What did the repeal of Prohibition most likely show the government?

Laws that people do not agree with are difficult to enforce

How did the roles of women change in the 1920's?

More women worked which helped them become independent

Why were the 1920's sometimes called the "Roaring" Twenties?

The U.S. grew socially and economically

What is a "bootlegger"?

A person who made and sold liquor illegally

Why did groups like the KKK grow in number during the 1920's?

Americans believed people born in the U.S were superior

Why did the economy experience a "boom" after WWI?

New technologies and consumer goods were developed

Which group of Americans did not have a good economic time in the 1920s?

Sharecroppers, farmers, underpaid factory workers

What is meant by "standard of living?"

Using how much money you have and what you spend it on

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1
Which of these events happened during the 1920's?
Prohibition made playing cards in public illegal
The Spanish-American War
Women won the right to vote
The bombing of the USS Maine
2
What did the 18th amendment to our Constitution state?
The making and selling of alcohol was banned
Only alcohol from foreign countries could be sold
Americans had to be 18 years old to purchase alcohol
Alcohol could only be sold in government-run stores
3
The Harlem Renaissance was an effect of the Great Migration.
False
True
4
Why was the 21st amendment so significant?
It ended Prohibition
It set restrictions on trade
It was the first time the country repealed an amendment
5
What did the repeal of Prohibition most likely show the government?
The government should lower the drinking age
Crime rates had fallen to record low levels
Alcohol consumption was not socially acceptable
Laws that people do not agree with are difficult to enforce
6
How did the roles of women change in the 1920's?
Women were forced to take jobs in factories
More women worked which helped them become independent
Women began to protest Prohibition
Women began to invent and use technologies
7
Why were the 1920's sometimes called the "Roaring" Twenties?
The leadership of the U.S decreased
Foreign trade grew and we were able to buy and sell in China
People were screaming in the streets
The U.S. grew socially and economically
8
What is a "bootlegger"?
A gangster like Al Capone
A person who traded tobacco for alcohol products
A person who controlled the country's economy
A person who made and sold liquor illegally
9
African Americans created noteworthy words of art and literature during the Harlem Renaissance.
False
True
10
What technology became an "affordable luxury" in the 1920's and allowed people to travel more?
Railroads
Telephone
Toasters
Automobiles
11
Why did groups like the KKK grow in number during the 1920's?
Americans believed people born in the U.S were superior
African Americans were believed to be "un-American"
The fought in WWI and thought they deserved more power
These groups caused riots in large cities
12
In the 1920's, which group of people were the "last hired, first fired?"
Irish immigrants
White Americans
Chinese immigrants
African Americans
13
What new technology became widespread in home and brought news and entertainment to the home?
Refrigerators
Telephones
Radio
Electric Fans
14
Why did the economy experience a "boom" after WWI?
Consumers were preparing for war and needed more supplies
African Americans moved back to farms to grow cotton
Foreign trade grew after WWI
New technologies and consumer goods were developed
15
Which group of Americans did not have a good economic time in the 1920s?
Teachers, ministers, farmhands
Doctors, lawyers, accountants
African Americans, Asian Immigrants, Sharecroppers
Sharecroppers, farmers, underpaid factory workers
16
FDR ended Prohibition when he became President.
False
True
17
What is meant by "standard of living?"
The income earned by citizens in a certain city
After WWI when crime rates decreased and spending increased
Using how much money you have and what you spend it on
American citizens spending money on cars and vacuum cleaners

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