How did radio change life in the 1920s?

Gave the whole nation the same news information and music

The primary reason Coolidge won the election in 1924 was

The Republicians like big business

A major problem for the farmers in 1920 was

Surpluses that could not be sold

What was the teapot dome

Harding - era scandal named after an oil reserve in Wyoming

Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston all have what in common?

Members of the Harlem Renaissance

Women could vote in the presidential election

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Mrs Miller 8th grade - Roaring 20s

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1
What happened to the American economy during the mid 1920s?
It sank further into recession
Unemployment disappeared completely
The postwar recession ended
America fell into a depression
2
This happened because of Prohibition....
Immigration from the Caribbean
Immigration to Canada
Respect for the law
Organized crime and violence
3
How did radio change life in the 1920s?
Increased racial and religious tensions
Gave women a public vote and a place to speak
Made it easier for families to move to the country
Gave the whole nation the same news information and music
4
Which presidential election did women first vote?
1920
1928
1924
1916
5
The roaring 20s was also know as..
Gangsta era
Prohibition period
Automation era
Jazz age
6
Installment buying is another term for
Trade
Charity
buying on credit
Theft
7
What was the symbol of the 1920's woman?
The women voters
Female jazz signers
The flapper
Female wartime workers
8
African American Culture grew in
Washington, DC
The South
Paris
Harlem, NY
9
James Weldon and Zora Hurston were important during the
Harlem Renaissance
Speakeasy era
Great Migration
Trans Atlantic Flight
10
Cheaper automobiles made on an assembly line lead to
Chains of gas stations
both of the above
Growth in the suburbs
none of the above
11
Americans were going into debt to buy things they could not afford with their income
False
True
12
The primary reason Coolidge won the election in 1924 was
He ran against HIllary
He had the best slogan
The Democrats like big business
The Republicians like big business
13
The style of music during the 1920's was
jazz
blue grass
Harlem Renaissance
Migration music
14
His nickname was Satchmo
Charles Lindburgh
Langston Clark
Sinclair Lewis
Louis Armstrong
15
The movement of African Americans to the north during the 1920s was called..
The Lindy hop
The Great Migration
The United Negro Improvement Association
The Roaring 20s
16
Who was a celebrated baseball player in 1920?
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Helen Willis
Bobby Jones
17
Flew first transatlantic flight in 1927
Langston Hughes
Sinclair Lewis
Charles Lindbergh
Louis Armstrong
18
During the the 1920s for the 1st time in history the general public began to buy stock.
False
True
19
What was the 18th Amendment?
anti-Communism
Isolationism
Women's suffrage movement
Prohibition
20
"A chicken in every pot" was wos campaign slogan?
Alfred Smith
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
21
Which invention encouraged tourism in the 1920s?
The radio
The automobile
the assembly line
Talkies
22
The booming stock market in the 20s
People borrowed $ to buy stock
Made most Americans millionaires
Ended unemployment in the US
People stayed away from buying stocks
23
Sinclair Lewis was a popular
Singer
war hero
Musician
Novelist
24
The end of WWI was followed by
Economic recession
Economic prosperity
A religious revival
Increase in trade between US and Germany
25
A major problem for the farmers in 1920 was
Surpluses that could not be sold
Lack of crops
To much government protection
Expanding foreign markets
26
What was the teapot dome
A code name for afternoon tea at the white house
Harding - era scandal dealing with the Boston tea party
Harding - era scandal named after an oil reserve in Wyoming
Harding's federal budget - slashing program
27
Wrote poems that were like jazz
Louis Armstrong
Sinclair Lewis
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindbergh
28
Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston all have what in common?
All part of the Great Migration
Founding members of the KKK
Members of the Harlem Renaissance
Scientists who can up with a cure for the boll weevil
29
The 19th amendment
Women could vote in the presidential election
African Americans could vote in the presidential election
Stopped making, selling and transporting alcohol
Caused prohibition to end
30
Pole sitting and Mahjong were popular fads
False
True

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