US History Chapter 5 Practice Test

Question 1

Who was one of the most famous American poets of all-time, he infused jazz and blues rhythms into much of his work?

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 2

What style of music became popular during the Roaring Twenties?

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Question 3

What Amendment gave women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

19th Amendment

Question 4

What was the battle line between France and Germany called?

Accepted Answer

Western Front

Question 5

Who did Austria-Hungary declare war against to start World War I?

Accepted Answer

Serbia

Question 6

What year did World War 1 start?

Accepted Answer

1914

Question 7

Were Automobiles affordable for the average family during the Roaring Twenties?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What was the "New Negro?"

Accepted Answer

A new sense of identity and dignity among blacks

Question 9

When did the United States declare war on Germany?

Accepted Answer

April 6, 1917

Question 10

Who were the flappers?

Accepted Answer

Young women, who embraced freedom from traditional contraints

Question 11

When were the Roaring Twenties?

Accepted Answer

1920s

Question 12

How did Marcus Garvey differ from W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington?

Accepted Answer

separatism

Question 13

What nickname was given to World War One?

Accepted Answer

The Great War

Question 14

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

Treaty ending World War I

Question 15

What was the only continent that did not have a nation involved in World War I?

Accepted Answer

Antarctica

Question 16

All of the following were famous musical artists during the Jazz age EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Langson Hughes

Question 17

Where is Harlem located?

Accepted Answer

New York City

Question 18

What was Prohibition?

Accepted Answer

Legally prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transport of ALCOHOL

Question 19

What new military invention contributed to trench warfare?

Accepted Answer

Machine Gun

Question 20

What kind of foreign policy did the U.S. maintain pre-WW1?

Accepted Answer

Isolationism

Question 21

What was the Great Migration?

Accepted Answer

Movement of African-Americans from rural South to urban North

Question 22

What did Marcus Garvey notice during his travels in regards to the treatment of Blacks/African-Americans?

Accepted Answer

exploited

Question 23

What was the state of the economy during The Roaring Twenties?

Accepted Answer

Prosperity

Question 24

What did the artists during the Harlem Renaissance most want to?

Accepted Answer

Document the experiences of their people

Question 25

What nation did the Allied Powers (except for the United States) blame for World War I?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 26

What Constitutional Amendment prohibited the purchase, sale, and consumption of Alcohol?

Accepted Answer

18th Amendment

Question 27

After the economic boom, many Americans migrated. Where did they migrate to?

Accepted Answer

South to North

Question 28

What year did America enter WW1?

Accepted Answer

1917

Question 29

What was The Zimmerman Note?

Accepted Answer

Telegram proposing a military alliance between Germany and Mexico

Question 30

What was the most important factor in the decision of the US to join WWI?

Accepted Answer

The sinking of 3 US ships by U-boats in February 1917

Question 31

What was the US President's list of ideas to solve the problems that lead to WWI and create lasting peace called?

Accepted Answer

Fourteen Points

Question 32

What term best describes the fighting along the Western Front during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Trench Warfare

Question 33

What war ended right before the Roaring Twenties?

Accepted Answer

World War I

Question 34

Who was the President during WW1?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 35

What does the Harlem Renaissance refer to?

Accepted Answer

Intellectual and cultural revival of African American various art forms

Question 36

One-sided information that aims to convince people of a certain point of view is called

Accepted Answer

Propaganda

Question 37

Which alliance of countries is considered the victor of WWI?

Accepted Answer

The Allied Powers

Question 38

What were the two main alliance groups fighting against each other during WWl?

Accepted Answer

The Allied Powers and the Central Powers

Question 39

When was the armistice signed that ended WW1?

Accepted Answer

Nov. 11, 1918

Question 40

During the Roaring Twenties three things became more popular due to technological advances EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

parties

US History Chapter 5 Practice Test

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US History Chapter 5 Practice Test

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