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1
What was the impact of Harlem Renaissance?
Marked the beginning of black urban society
Jazz, Poetry, Art, and Activist
Set the Civil Rights movement of 1950s and 60s
The better understanding of the African American Culture
2
Young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion were called...
Fakes
Flamingos
Flappers
3
Why did women wear shorter dresses and hair in the 1920s?
They wanted to look more like men.
Longer hair and dresses were more expensive.
As a sign of their independence and freedom.
Shorter hair and dresses were easier to care for.
4
Harlem Renaissance is also known as.....
The Struggle
The New Negro Movement
The Slave Movement
The Hurt
5
Which Amendment is aligned with the Women's Suffrage Movement?
19th
15th
18th
16th
6
Liquor Smugglers were called
The Bee's Knees
The Mob
Anarchists
Bootleggers
7
Which is NOT a reason that the 1920's were called "Roaring"?
People were hungry and their stomachs growled loudly. .
People were happy and joyous..
People enjoyed a higher standard of living
People were hopeful and content..
8
Famous book (later a film) that showed off wealth in the roaring 20s...
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hamlet
Gold diggers
The Great Gatsby
9
Why are the 1920s known as the "Roaring twenties"?
People were poor,and their cries sounded like animal`s roar
Because of the crash on Wall Street
There were a lot of wild animals in the cities "Rrrroar!"
People had more money, and time to spend their money
10
In the 1920s, women began having fewer children
False
True
11
The final result of the Scopes Trial was
TN put evolution back in schools.
Scopes was found guilty and fines $100
Scopes was found guilty and fined $10,000
Teaching evolution was legal
12
Why was Jazz so popular?
It captured their attention.
It was a new style of music that everyone was interested in.
It made the listener feel emotions.
It captured the mood of the 20s.
13
The 1920s success of African-American music, art, & literature in New York City is called...
The Harlem Renaissance
Reconstruction
The Jazz Age
The Roaring 20s
14
This image most likely refers to what major rebirth during the Roaring 20's ?
Dance Clubs
Ballroom Music
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz Age
15
Why were nativists opposed to immigration?
Fear of David Stephenson being elected president
Fear of the loss of jobs and American traditions
Fear of Americans being forced to move to other countries
Fear of the Red Scare
16
The Scopes trial illustrated a divide between
blacks and whites
french and americans
Men and women
modernism and fundamentalism.
17
What is a consumer society?
A society were people drink a lot of soda and alcohol
A society based on getting more and more stuff
A society where people eat a lot
18
Why did so many African-Americans migrate north throughout the 1920s?
To serve in the military.
For a chance at a better future.
For the milder climate.
To save money.
19
Women who flaunted their disdain for what was considered acceptable behavior were called ...
Flappers
Cat's Meow
Bobs
Babe Ruth
20
John Scopes won the Scopes Trial
True
False
21
What was a speakeasy?
Slum housing
Illegal bar during prohibition
Slang word during 1900's
Popular dance move
22
What new influential technology developed in the roaring twenties and influenced its culture.
Vinyls
Dish washers
Radio
Television
23
The 18th amendment is also known as ...
Women's right to vote
Prohibition
National Origins Act
Laissez-Faire
24
What is a double standard?
Unfair treatment for women in the workplace
Women having to work both in and out of the house
Lower wages for women than men
Stricter moral standards for women than men
25
Why did people favor Prohibition?
Men spent money on alcohol rather than on their families.
Alcohol abuse affected people’s work and home life.
Drunkenness had become a national problem.
All of the above.
26
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Multiple stock crashes occurred
Artists, writers, and musicians thrived in Harlem
A joyful time when the country was thriving
A time where artistic people expressed themselves in Harlem
27
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A factory for African Americans
A railroad system
African American culture flourished across the US.
A march across the US.
28
How was the name of the movement for women to obtain voting rights called?
Suffering
Suffrage
Surfing
all of these
29
What is fundamentalism?
When you're unhappy.
When a person yells at you.
A loose belief of religion.
Religion that upholds a strict interpretation of scripture.
30
Henry Ford invented this - it is the most important economic invention of the 1920s
buying on margin
assembly line
Ford Model T
installment buying
31
A type of credit in which a small down payment is followed by monthly payments is called...
Assembly Line
Installment Buying
Model T
Buying on Margin
32
Large numbers of African Americans moved to the North from the South in what was called ..
The Great Migration
The birth of the Ku-Klux Klan
A symbol of individual freedom and independence
The temperance movement
33
Installment buying is...
Paying the whole price for an item all at once
Buying something and promising to pay small, regular amounts
When a person buys something for a horse stall
34
The Scopes Trial involved
Presidential Corruption
A teacher who taught the theory of Evolution
Spying against the US
Famous murder trial
35
The KKK is a racist terrorist group that hates all of the following people, EXCEPT:
Jews
Whites
African Americans
Immigrants
36
What is it called when a large quantity of products are made at one time?
Bull Market
Muckraker
Renaissance
Mass Production
37
Where was the Harlem Renaissance?
Detroit
Georgia
Chicago
New York
38
The Scopes Trial was about...
Rights of students in school
The teaching of evolution as a theory in schools
Sex education in schools
Rights of teachers in school
39
What was the most powerful communication medium in the 1920s?
Newspaper
Radio
Telegraph
Televison
40
Prohibition made it illegal to do all of the following, EXCEPT:
Sell Alcohol
Drink Alcohol
Make Alcohol
Transport Alcohol
41
Why was it called the "Roaring" Twenties?
The culture was no longer quiet
People were very loud at this time
Due to the exuberant, freewheeling popular culture
42
Which of the following is NOT a push factor that led to the Great Migration?
Jim Crow laws
Land for the taking
Lack of economic opportunities
Hardships of sharecropping
43
What were important household products in the 1920s?
Electronic Vacuum
Washing Machine
Radio
All of the above
44
What did the term "Flappers" referred to in the 1920s?
African Americans who defied traditional social Ideas
Women who supported prohibition in the 1920
Immigrants who stood up for equal opportunities
women who defied traditional ideas of proper behavior.
45
Who is this famous Baseball Player?
Harold Lloyd
Louis Armstrong
Babe Ruth
Chris Hahn
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the scopes trial was the first trial ever broadcasted
True
false
