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1
Throughout the movie, how many total wives did Babe Ruth have?
five
one
three
two
2
What city and station was the first major radio station in the country?
Philadelphia, KDKA
Philadelphia, KIX
Pittsburgh, KDKA
Pittsburgh, KIX
3
What sport did Babe Ruth excel at?
boxing
baseball
tennis
golfing
4
What terrorist organization rose again with new targets due to the idea of Nativism?
KKK
KKK
KKK
KKK
5
What two Italian anarchist, radical immigrants were arrested, tried, found guilty and executed for murder?
Helen & Claire
Sacco & Vanzetti
Capone & Torio
Richardson & Jameson
6
What did the Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act limit?
farming
immigration
alcohol
segregation
7
Who was Babe Ruth's biggest competition on the Yankees (and has a disease named after him)?
Harry Frazee
Colonel Rupert
Jumping Joe
Lou Gehrig
8
What was the popular type of music in the 1920s?
Country
Rap
Jazz
Classical
9
What did the 18th amendment prohibit?
cars
gambling
alcohol
crime
10
What organization was created during this time & battled through the courts to end discrimination and lynching?
Lost Generation
NAACP
KKK
Harlem Renaisance
11
What mass media innovation led to the forming of a national culture because it was able to reach all people?
radio
telegraph
telephone
newspaper
12
Which of the following was NOT a nickname for Babe Ruth?
George
Bambino
Gig
Sultan of Swat
13
What was the most famous nightclub in Harlem during the Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance?
Cotton Club
Rocking Rockets
Louis's Lounge
Duke's Domain
14
Who took/adopted Babe Ruth at the age of 19 and he left St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys in Baltimore, Maryland?
Baltimore Hornets
Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Bananas
Baltimore Orioles
15
When large groups of African Americans moved north from the south it was called the?
Roaring Twenties
Great Migration
Jazz Age
Harlem Renaissance
16
Which of the following was NOT a member of the Harlem Renaissance?
Zora Neale Hurston
Helen Willis
Claude McKay
Langston Hughes
17
Are you allowed to have your phones out, in use, or physically on you during class?
Yes
No
18
Should students be opening classroom doors according to school safety procedures?
No
Yes
19
Do you need a pass to leave a classroom to go anywhere (unless the bell has rung or an announcement has been made)?
Yes
No
20
What team did Babe Ruth get traded TO from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000?
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
21
What was the flowering of African American culture also known as?
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Heights
Harlem Beginnings
Lost Generation
22
What was the first movie with sound and action taking place at the same time called?
silent film
miracle
nickelodeon
talkie
23
What did John T. Scopes--a teacher in Tennessee--get arrested for teaching and found guilty?
Big Bang Theory
Fundamentalism
Theory of Evolution
Theory of Relativity
24
Ossified, struggle buggy, Dumb Dora and banana oil were all slang terms from the 1920s.
True
False
25
Which of the following is a nickname for an illegal bar of the 1920s?
moonshine
speakeasy
bootlegger
rum runner
26
What President had many scandals during his time as the president in the 1920s?
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Warren Harding
27
Are you allowed to wear slippers or crocs or uggs?
Yes
No
28
In what sport was Red Grange known for being a "hero" ?
football
tennis
baseball
boxing
29
Are you EVER supposed to have two air pods or headphones in/covering both ears on campus?
No
Yes
30
What nickname was given to the new style of woman in the decade due to their style of clothing and behavior?
fun ladies
the 20s Tootsies
flappers
frugal Frannies
31
What was the most famous scandal that came out of Harding's presidency?
Floodgate
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Watergate
Teapot Dome Scandal
32
Who was the president after Harding that was silent & let the business of America be business (laissez-faire economics)?
Coolidge
McKinley
T. Roosevelt
Wilson
33
The owner of the Boston Red Sox had to sell Babe Ruth because he was losing money in his theater/musical business.
True
False
34
Bessie Smith, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were popular musicians of this Jazz Age era?
True
Falses
35
What was NOT a "gift" that Babe gave to Helen to win her over/back?
200 acre farm
car
horses
baby
36
Who was the first Cabinet member in history to be arrested while he was serving as a cabinet member?
Charles Evans Hughes
Albert Fall
Andrew Mellon
Herbert Hoover
37
What was the name of Babe Ruth's first wife?
Esther
Helen
Claire
Gertrude
38
Did George Herman Ruth, the Babe, have a normal home and family life?
No
Yes
39
What was the MOST famous dance of the 1920s?
swing
Lindy
Charleston
Fox Trot
40
What was the name of Harding's cabinet also known as?
Friendly Floridians
Harlem Heroes
Chicago Bandits
Ohio Gang
41
Who was the most famous gangster and "ran" Chicago during this time period?
Johnny Torio
Lucky Luciano
George "Bugsy" Moran
Al Capone