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JA.CK 1920S REVIEW
JA.CK 1920S REVIEW
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US History #highschool #ushisory #roaring1920s
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Composer, pianist, and bandleader whose sound was a blend of improvisation and orchestratio.
Rudolph Valentino
Lon Chaney
Duke Ellington
Charlie Chaplin
2
Cotton Club was
a Hollywood nightspot
a Chicago speakeasy where gangsters went
a fictitious Chicago nightclub featured in the famous movie
Harlem nightspot where African American entertainers began
3
The rebellious young women of the 1920s were known as
sufferagettes
flappers
thespians
feminists
4
Warren G Hardings Presidential slogan
The Business of America is Businesss
Back to the Good Ole days
Return to Normalcy
Keep Cool with Coolidge
5
What was the most popular form of Mass entertainment in the 1920s?
concert tours
television
radio
speakeasies
6
man of a thousand faces starred in Hunchback of Norte Dame: Horror film
Al Capone
Jack Dempsey
Lon Chaney
Langston Hughes
7
Singer who seemed to symbolize soul: emprChess of blues
Lillian Gish
Rosie Cheik
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
8
Developer of Frozen Food
Ernest Hemingway
Hunter Shelton
Clarence Birdseye
Louis Armstrong
9
Louis Armstrong, Count Baise, and Duke Ellington were all famous
businessmen
musicians
actors
athletes
10
Star of the first "talkie" called the jazz singer
Brian Fritz
Hunter Sheltonn
Clarence Birdseye
Al Jolson
11
Writer who became leading voice of African American experience in the US
Bessie Smith
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
F Scott Fitzgerald
12
Which group benefitted the most from the economic growth in the 1920s
african americans
farmers
business owners
factory workers
13
The ___ Amendment to the Constitution outlawed "intoxicating beverages"
17th
20th
18th
19th
14
Prosecuting attorney of scopes trial
Herbert Hoover
WIlliam Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Brian Fritz
15
W.E.B. Dubois was a leader of the ___ movement
anti-war
women's sufferage
prohibition
civil rights
16
An establishment that served illegal alcohol was called a
cotton club
underground
tavern
speakeasy
17
One reason Prohibition failed was
people got less religious
too difficult to enforce
alcohol manufacturers bribed politicians
soldiers in WWI wanted to drink
18
"The Sheik was the first "talking" picture
true
false
19
The increasing availability of ____ helped encourage people to buy new technology and machines
electricity
cars
credit cards
radios
20
What style of music gained popularity during the 1920s?
jazz
rhythm and blues
folk
western swing
21
The National Origins Act of 1924
allotted a small portion of the quota to immigrants from Mex
exempted Mexicans from the quota act
allotted a large portion of the quota to immigrant from mex
banned Mexican immigrants from entering the US
22
________ were Italian anarchists accused of murder and executed
Sacco and Vanzetti
Mario and Luigi
Caprietti and Fellini
DeNiro and Scorcese
23
What nativist group became popular during the 1920s?
NAACP
Know-Nothing Party
John Birch Society
KKK
24
Calvin Coolidge stated the business of America is business
true
fase
25
The growth and popularity of the automobile led to
more factory jobs
people moving to the suburbs
all of the above
new industries and businesses
26
Golden Age of Hollywood began in 1927 with the release of
first motion picture
first animated film
first motion picture with sound
feature full length film
27
One of the first commercial radio broadcast in history, listeners of station KDKA in Pittsburgh
amos n andy show
Dempsey-Tunney title fight
new of warren g hardings victory in the presidential elec.
news of teh fist successful transatlantic flight.
28
The ___ Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote
19th
18th
20th
17th
29
Defending attorney in scopes trial
William Jennings Bryan
Louis Armstrong
Ernest Hemmingway
Clarence Darrow
30
President during the end of the 1920s and start of Great Depression
Roosevelt (FDR)
Hoover
Coolidge
Harding
31
The KKK hated
Jews
African-Americans
all of the above
Catholics
32
The National Origin Act in 1924 restricted immigration from
Everywhere
Southern and Eastern Europe
Mexico and Latin America
Asia
33
American foreign policy in the 1920s was
aggresive
isolationist
pacifist
interventionist
34
Purpose of the Volstead Act was to
enfore prohibition
prohibit lynching
ban the teaching of evolution
limit immigration
35
Some of the lost generation after WWI became disillusioned with society
FALSE
TRUE
36
What was NOT an effect of prohibition
crime increases
fewer people drink
co ed drinking becomes more popular
government gets more taxes
37
pseudo-science that deals with the improvement of hereditary trait (to create a supreme race)
eugenics / evolution
Red Scare
Speakeasies
Big Bang Theory
38
Which innovation in manufacturing did Henry Ford first develop
Assembly Line
Interchangeable Parts
Unionized Factories
Vertical Integration
39
The economy of the 1920s____
grew rapidly
was very good for poor and minorities
collapsed quickly
had many problems
40
People used___ to buy expensive new technology like cars and radios
factory jobs
the internet
installment plans (credit)
taxes
41
Thomas Edison was responsible for the founding of General Electric Company
false
true
42
Famous Boxer of the 1920s
Bill Tilden
Babe Ruth
Red Grange
Jack Dempsey
43
The target of the Palmer Raids was
communists
all of the above
immigrants
anarchists
44
Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover could all be described as
pro-regulation
corrupt
pro-business
civil rights supporters
45
_____ made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean (New York to Paris)
Bruno Huaptmann
Charles Lindberg
Amelia Erhart
Manfred von Richtoven
46
John T. Scopes was put on trial for
teaching creationism
being a leader of the kkk
violating prohibition laws
teaching evolution
47
What was the term for someone who made or sold illegal alcohol?
jive turkey
hepcat
flapper
bootlegger
48
Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston, and James Weldon Johnson were leaders of
the Prohibition movement
the Harlem Renaissance
the KKK
Organized Crime (mafia)
49
President marred by scandals; cabinet known as the Ohio Gang
Hoover
Coolidge
Harding
Washington
50
The Teapot Dome scandal was caused by
Sale of Government Land
Paying bribes to get Government jobs
Lease of Naval Oil Reserves
Harding's Affair (caught at the Teapot Dome Hotel)
51
It girl of the 20s
Mary Pickford
Bessie Smith
52
Many people believed Sacco & Vanzetti were guilty because of their anarchists beliefs and immig
true
false
53
The 1st "Red Scare" in the US was mainly caused by
The Russian Revolution
The Palmer Raids
World War 1
all of the above
54
The NAACP was an organization devoted to
fighting communists
civil rights
helping farmers
organizing unions
55
______ was the leader of the "Back to Africa" movement
W.E.B Dubois
Marcus Garvey
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.