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