Which groups did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s?

Minorities and railroad workers

Which problem was demonstrated by events at Rosewood in 1923?

The continuing prevalence of racism in inland Southern towns

The Harlem Renaissance writers, artists, and musicians emphasized:

The richness and variety of African-American culture

The Red Scare refers to:

Fear of socialist and communist in the United States

What was the scopes trial?

Convicted for teaching the theory of evolution

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The Roaring Twenties

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1
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
13th Amendment
2
Who was part of the lost generation?
Ernest Hemingway
Gertrude Stein
F. Scott Fitzgerald
All of the above
3
Who believed that African Americans should concentrate on achieving vocational skills?
W. E. B Du Bois
Zoat Neal Hurston
Langston Hughes
Booker T. Washington
4
Which amendment to the Constitution made alcohol illegal?
21st
20th
19th
18th
5
Which groups did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s?
Minorities and railroad workers
Bankers and construction workers
Manufacturers and real estate developers
Stock brokers and automobile workers
6
People who bfought liqu into the country illegally were called:
Gangsters
Bootleggers
Moonshiners
Speakeasies
7
Which event do these newspapers describe?
Cold War
Prohibition
Great Migration
Red Scare
8
The Lost Generation refers to 1920s writers who were fearful that society had become:
Wealthy and snotty
Poor and irresponsible
Greedy and traditional
Promiscuous and materialistic
9
Which problem was demonstrated by events at Rosewood in 1923?
Racial tensions in Northern cities in the years after WWll
Absence of agricultural employment in Sourhern communities
The growing strength of the Ku Klux Klan in Southern states
The continuing prevalence of racism in inland Southern towns
10
During the twenties, the goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to:
Prevent women from voting
Promote white supremacy
Repeal prohibition
Teach evolution
11
The single event that led American out of the Great Depression was:
World war ll
The Roaring 20s
The New Deal
World War l
12
The economy grew in the 1920s as consumers:
Invested most of their money in government bonds
Began to buy goods on credit
Learned to ignore advertisements
Carefully conserved electricity
13
What were illegal bars called?
Carpet
Drag
Speakeasy
Bootleg
14
What major event marked the end of the Roaring Twenties?
The difficulties of farmers
The election of FDR
The Stock Market crash
Banks going out of business
15
The Harlem Renaissance writers, artists, and musicians emphasized:
The richness and variety of African-American culture
Relief for African-Americans from white oppression
African-Americans moving South to a more tolerant atmosphere
Assimilation into white culture
16
Who was Al Capone
A mayor
Both A and C
A mobster
A bootlegger
17
What led to the Great Stock Market crash?
Increasing debt
All of the above
An uneven distribution of wealth
Overspending and over production
18
What book embodied the true spirit of the 1920s?
"Treasure Island"
"Requiem of the Lost"
"The Great Gatsby"
"Society Granted"
19
Who was Langston Hughes?
A mobster
A poet
A playwright
An actor
20
One result of the prohibition during the twenties was:
The increase in alcoholism
The rise of organized crime
The creation of urban artistic colonies
A decline in dancing in socializing
21
What did Flappers represent
A modest woman
Rebellious freedom
One campaigned for the legalization of the "Moral Gown"
Stay at home house wives
22
The Red Scare refers to:
Fear of socialist and communist in the United States
Changing fashion colours
The largest mafia murder in the 1920s
A fearful loss of blood
23
What was the scopes trial?
Ctural values
Fundamentalism
Convicted for teaching the theory of evolution
The teaching if Christianity
24
What act provided for the enforcement of Prohibition?
National Origins Act
Kellogg Briand Act
Anti-Saloon Leauge Act
Volstead Act
25
What did the Assembly-line production do?
Did nothing to help prices
Decrease prices
Increase prices
Helped immigrants get jobs

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