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The Roaring 20s :: A Decade of Change
The Roaring 20s :: A Decade of Change
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1
Who was the first major comedy star in 1920's film?
Charlie Chaplin
Charles Lindenbergh
Babe Ruth
Charles Schulz
2
Which anti-communist movement started a major fear in the United States?
Zombie Apocalypse
Red Scare
Leninism
Isolationism
3
What did President Harding mean when he introduced the phase " a return to normalcy" after WWI?
Going back to a peacetime economy
Restoring a Democratic president to power
Increased US involvement in Europe
No longer selling liquor in the US
4
What was the name of the first mass produced automobile by Henry Ford?
Ford One
Model T
Model S
Type 100
5
What made the economy boom during the 1920's?
Mass production
Buying on credit
Stock Market increase
Get rich quick plans
6
These fashionable young women defied traditional behavior and had "loose morals"...
Entrepreneurs
Dancers
Flappers
Movie Stars
7
Which (new) method of payment allowed people to purchase things they could not before?
Credit
Cash
Checks
Debit
8
Prior to Jackie Robinson, what group of people were not allowed to play major sports?
Poor People
Latinos
African-Americans
Whites
9
Illegal clubs which sold alcohol during Prohibition were called...
Clubhouse
Sidebar
Speakeasies
Traphouse
10
Secretary of the interior made money off of the sell of oil deposits in the --
Court Packing Scam
Whiskey Ring Scandal
Watergate Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal
11
The Scopes trial addressed teaching _______________________ in ________________________.
Creationism; Alabama
Evolution; Tennessee
Evolution; Georgia
Fundamentalism; New York
12
Defended John Scopes in the "Monkey" Trial (1925) and opposed William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Marcus Garvey
Mr. Matus
Glenn Curtiss
13
Which of the following was
not
a major entertainment in the 1920's?
Movies
Speakeasies
Radio
Television
14
Another name for shares of a company is called?
Finances
Stocks
Buys
Bonds
15
Who was the biggest sports figure in popular culture in the 1920s?
Mean Joe Green
Jackie Robinson
Jack Dempsey
Babe Ruth
16
What group of Americans gained the right to vote with the 19th Amendment?
Young Adults
Immigrants
Minorities
Women
17
The 18th Amendment banned the production, distribution and consumption of what?
Alcohol
Painkillers
Tobacco
Coffee
18
What was the name given to the mass movement of African-Americans from the South to the North?
Manifest Destiny
The Great Migration
The Oregon Trail
Trail of Tears
19
What invention allowed people on the East Coast to listen to News/Sports on the West Coast?
Radio
Automobile
Telephone
Cable TV
20
The political, cultural, and social movement in Harlem during the 1920's was called...
Brooklyn Boom
Harlem Renaissance
New York Revolution
New Deal
21
The 18th Amendment also became known as...
Abstinence
Abolition
Prohibition
Suffrage
22
What New York City neighborhood was the center of an awakening for African-American culture?
Philadelphia
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Harlem
23
Area of NY where American popular music was formed?
Silver Spoon Avenue
Philidelphia
Brooklyn
Tin Pan Alley
24
In the 1920s a lot of investors borrowed money to buy stock "on ____" to pay just part price
Sale
Loan
Margin
Demand
25
Who was the First Person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean Non-Stop?
Oliver Newton
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Langston Hughes
26
Henry Ford introduced this to make manufacturing more efficient, productive and affordable.
Combustion Engine
Labor Union
Factory
Assembly Line