Who were the Flappers?

Young women who rebelled against tradition

What was Langston Hughes claim to fame?

African poet that expressed racial pride

What was Marcus Garvey's claim to fame?

African leader who urged Africans to return to Africa

What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Albert Fall leasing oil lands for a bribe

Why was the Sacco & Vanzetti case controversial?

There was little evidence convicting them, Portrayed as anarchists & foreigners

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

The rich, vibrant African American culture of Harlem, NY

What was Charles Lindberg's claim to fame?

First to fly non-stop across the Atlantic

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The Roaring Twenties

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1
What election did Warren G. Harding win?
1920
1924
1932
1928
2
What was the movement of African Americans from the South to the North called?
The Grand Dispersal
The Great Exodus
The Great Migration
The Overdue Freedom
3
Who were the Flappers?
Liquor smuggles
People who bought stocks
Young women who rebelled against tradition
Waitresses who served liquor
4
Who were bootleggers?
Waitresses that served liquor
Liquor smugglers
Young women who rebelled against tradition
Jazz dancers
5
What is the reduction or limitation of military?
Reduction
Limitation
Disarmament
Regression
6
What is a period of rising stock prices?
Inflated Market
Bear Market
Bull Market
Roaring Market
7
What was Langston Hughes claim to fame?
African leader who urged Africans to return to Africa
Boxing Star
Jazz musician
African poet that expressed racial pride
8
Where did Jazz begin?
New Orleans
New York
Chicago
Nashville
9
What was Marcus Garvey's claim to fame?
African poet who expressed racial pride
Football star
Jazz musician
African leader who urged Africans to return to Africa
10
What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's claim to fame?
Boxing Star
Poet
Author
Flew across the Atlantic
11
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Albert Fall leasing oil lands for a bribe
Harding Administration placing a tariff on tea for a bribe
Cover up over the circumstances of Harding's death
Charles Forbes convicted of taking bribes at Veterans Bureau
12
Who was Satchmo?
Duke Ellington
Chuck Berry
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
13
What was Red Grange's claim to fame?
Author
First to fly non-stop across the Atlantic
Jazz musician
Football Star
14
Who succeeded Warren G. Harding?
Alfred Smith
James Cox
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
15
What were illegal taverns that served liquor?
Stocks that were guaranteed to go up
Saloons
Speakeasies
Black Bars
16
Why was the Sacco & Vanzetti case controversial?
The case was declared a mistrial due to lack of evidence
They were declared innocent despite public sentiment
There was little evidence convicting them
Portrayed as anarchists & foreigners
17
Who was the teacher that was arrested for teaching evolution?
Charles Lindberg
Marcus Garvey
John Scopes
Sinclair Lewis
18
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
The growth of schools and universities in New York City
A period of profitable gang wars in Harlem, NY
A period of economic resurgence in Harlem, NY
The rich, vibrant African American culture of Harlem, NY
19
What was Duke Ellington's claim to fame?
Writer who portrayed racial struggles in the South
African American writer who expressed racial pride
Football Star
Jazz musician
20
What Buying on Margin?
Buying products with credit
Buying stocks
Borrowing money to buy stocks
Investing in part of a business
21
What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact do?
Outlawed War
Outlawed the use of poison gas
Banned the sale of liqour
Limited the number of immigrants into the nation
22
What was Charles Lindberg's claim to fame?
Jazz musician
Writer
First to fly non-stop across the Atlantic
Baseball Star
23
What was the first talking movie?
The Three Amigos
Steamboat Willy
The Jazz Singer
The Three Stooges
24
What musical style combined African, Caribbean, rural South, & European harmonies?
Rock
Blues
Ragtime
Jazz
25
What was installment buying?
Buying stocks
Buying products on credit
Hiring people to install a product
Borrowing money to buy stocks
26
What city did the Monkey Trial take place in?
Memphis, TN
Louisville, KY
Mobile, AL
Dayton, TN
27
Who was the first Catholic to run for President?
John F. Kennedy
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Alfred Smith
28
Which of the following was a dance fad in the 1920s?
Breakaway
Charleston
Johnny Be Good
The Twist
29
What was an unintended consequence of prohibition?
Civil unrest
Organized Crime
Economic Regression
Drop in foreign trade
30
What was the Eighteenth Amendment?
Repeal of Prohibition
Income Tax
Prohibition
Women's Suffrage

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