US History- 1920s & Great Depression Review

Question 1

The amendment ratified in 1920 gave women the right to vote

Accepted Answer

19th Amendment

Question 2

The 18th Amendment legalized prohibition which was supposed to make society better but led to

Accepted Answer

an increase in crime, speakeasies, bootleggers, an increase in violence

Question 3

This new style of music combined ragtime, blues, and other styles during the Harlem Renaissance

Accepted Answer

jazz

Question 4

Which of the following was a cause of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

unequal distribution of wealth, bank failures, easy credit, high tariffs

Question 5

This was the first affordable car that Americans were able to buy

Accepted Answer

Ford Model T

Question 6

This photo of the migrant mother was a result of this event during the Depression

Accepted Answer

The Dust Bowl

Question 7

The KKK, a white supremist group, target which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

Jews, Catholics, Immigrants, African Americans

Question 8

What event triggered the start of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

The Stock Market Crash

Question 9

An underground bar or nightclub that alcohol was sold at during the Prohibition Era

Accepted Answer

speakeasy

Question 10

The growth of this mass medium in the 1920s contributed to the growth of advertising

Accepted Answer

Radio

Question 11

This man of the 1920s led a black pride movement and encourage a return to Africa

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey

Question 12

What ethnic group wrote about their experiences in America during the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

African Americans

Question 13

Many Americans living in the Dust Bowl region of the country migrated to this state for work

Accepted Answer

California

Question 14

President Warren Harding wanted the U.S. to return to normal times following this event

Accepted Answer

World War I

Question 15

These were young daring women of the 1920s

Accepted Answer

flappers

Question 16

Shantytowns made out of shacks in the 1930s were nicknamed this after the President

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 17

This writer, helped to expose the superficiality of 1920s society in "The Great Gatsby"

Accepted Answer

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 18

Langston Hughes was a writer in the 1920s during this movement centered in NYC

Accepted Answer

The Harlem Renaissance

Questions 18