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#Boom Times #Life During the 1920s #The Jazz Age
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1
What was the Great Migration?
Large number of Immigrants moving to big cities
Large number of people moving from the South to the North
Large numbers of African Americans moved North
Large number of expatriates moving overseas
2
What agreement outlawed war in 1928?
The Twenty-first Amendment
The Great Migration
The Scopes Trial
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
3
Which writer produced plays, poems and novels about African American life?
Ernest Hemingway
Georgia O'Keeffe
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
4
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A period of Latino musical accomplishment
A period of extensive construction
A period of increased racial discrimination
A period of African American artistic accomplishment
5
One effect of the Red Scare was
the election of Herbert Hoover in 1928.
the trial and execution of Sacco & Vanzetti
new opportunities for women, immigrants, and minorities.
the Scopes trail.
6
President Harding's secretary of the interior was found guilty for his participation in the
Red Scare
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Scopes trial
Teapot Dome scandal
7
Marcus Garvey was a leader in which of the following movements?
socialism
communisim
black nationalism
fundamentalism
8
What was the Anti-Defamation League?
An organization founded by Jews to fight anti-Semitism
An organization that promoted baseball
An advertizing agency
An organization that fought for the rights of women
9
Which of the following quotes reflects the beliefs of Calvin Coolidge?
"I will build a motor car for the great multitude."
"The business of America is business"
"America's president need is not heroics, but healing."
"I want my girl to be a flapper, because flappers are brave"
10
What was the first commercial radio station?
CBS
KDKA
TNT
NBC
11
What is the Emergency Quota Act of 1921?
The number of expatriates to leave the country
A policy to keep America out of foreign affairs
A limit to the number of immigrants to enter the country
A response to the rise of alcoholics in the country
12
Which group was granted citizenship in 1924?
Native Americans
African Americans
Jews
Latin Americans
13
What is the style of architecture which sharp lines that resembled machines?
Expatriates
Avant garde
Art Deco
Gilded
14
Which of the following is true about Henry Ford?
He hired African Americans and people with disabilities
He blamed the world's problems on Jewish bankers
He rasied the wages and lowered work hours for employees
All of the above
15
Which of the following was a famous jazz musician and composer?
Mary Pickford
Zora Neale Hurston
Edward "Duke Ellington
Charles Lindbergh
16
He wrote
The Great Gatsby
, a book about the loss of morality during the Jazz Age.
Claude McKay
Ernest Hemingway
Langston Hughes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
17
What was a
talkie
?
A term for radio shows
A term for jazz shows
A term for television with sound
A term for movies with sound
18
What did Hoover believe about poverty in the United States?
Poverty was almost over and could soon be eliminated
The poor should be ignored
Advertising was causing people to spend too much
Families had no money as a result of bootlegging
19
Which of the following is a reason why consumers bought more manufactured products in the 20s?
Radio and print advertising made it easier to buy products
Immigrants came to the US in record numbers and bought goods
The Lost Generation felt separated from American culture
More Americans had electricity at home to use appliances
20
This pilot completed the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean -Paris to NY.
Gertrude Ederle
Charles Lindbergh
Ernest Hemingway
Louis Armstrong
