The Roaring Twenties

Question 1

What is one nickname for the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Jazz Age, Roaring Twenties

Question 2

What was the result of the Stock Market crash in 1929?

Accepted Answer

suicide, The Great Depression, unemployment, poverty

Question 3

What right was given to women with the passage of the 19th Amendment?

Accepted Answer

the right to vote

Question 4

What genre, or kind, of music became popular with young people in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

jazz

Question 5

What were the young, wild women called who wore short dresses and short hair?

Accepted Answer

flapper

Question 6

What was banned with the passage of the 18th Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol could not be sold., Alcohol could not be manufactured., Alcohol could not be transported.

Question 7

What is something people spent their money on during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

washing machines, radios, cars, refrigerators

Question 8

Who took control of the sale and distribution of alcohol?

Accepted Answer

gangsters, Al Capone, criminals

Question 9

What object would families use to get news and entertainment in the home?

Accepted Answer

radio

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