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A general quiz on the Roaring 20's #roaring20s
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1
Put Presidents in Chronological order: A-Calvin Coolidge, B-Herbert Hoover, C-Warren Harding
B, C, A
C, A, B
B, A, C
A, B, C
2
Which classic novel of the 1920's is depicted in these film clips?
The Great Gatsby
This Side of Paradise
Manhattan Transfer
The Age of Innocence
3
This American author criticized the glorification of war, and wrote the novels in the picture?
William Faulkner
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Willa Cather
Ernest Hemingway
4
This jazz pianist, and one of America’s greatest composers, played at the famous Cotton Club.
"Duke" Ellington
Paul Robeson
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
5
The Roaring 20's happened immediately after which war?
World War I
Civil War
World War II
Revolutionary War
6
From 1910-20, the Great Migration saw hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved to _____
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
All 3
7
President during the Oct. 1929 Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday) -started the Great Depression
President Roosevelt
President Coolidge
President Hoover
President Harding
8
Women earned the same as men and worked many traditional male jobs during the 1920s.
True
False
9
This famed composer merged traditional elements with American Jazz
Beethoven
Sorcerer Mickey
Duke Ellington
George Gershwin
10
Name of the famous trial in Tennessee that pitted Christian Fundamentalism with Evolutionist
Dred Scott case
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Scopes Monkey Trial
Topeka v Board of Education
11
The 1920's was the first time that more Americans lived in cities than in rural areas.
False
True
12
Who was America's most beloved hero?
Prince Charles of Wales
Charles Lindberg
Charles de Gaul
Charlie Chaplin
13
The _________ was an emergence of black culture and heritage in the 1920's.
Manhattan Movement
Harlem Reniassance
New York Wave
Brooklyn Revival
14
Which Constitutional Amendment Prohibited the sale, manufacture and distribution of alcohol?
20
21
19
18
15
During the Prohibition underground hidden saloons, called ___ is where illegal liquor was sold.
Underground Railroad
Speakeasies
Flappers
Bootleggers
16
____ was an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes.
jelly beans
fly boy
flat tire
flapper
17
Who coined the phrase "Jazz Age"?
Franz Kafka
Stephen King
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
18
Many American writers and artist left America for this non-American city.
Havana
Belgaria
Paris
Munich
19
The first movie with sound was called ________
The Jazz Singer
Wizard of Oz
Steamboat Willie
All that Jazz
20
This son of a slave, became a major dramatic actor.
"Duke" Ellington
Langston Hughes
Paul Robeson
Louis Armstrong
21
_____ is considered the most important and influential musician in the history of jazz
Louis Armstrong
"Duke" Ellington
Langston Hughes
Paul Robeson
22
Which Constitutional Amendment gave the right to vote to women?
21
20
19
18
23
Who was America's first Sports Hero?
Babe Ruth
Hank Aaron
Jack Dempsey
Jack Johnson
24
His poems, which were put to music, described the difficult lives of working-class blacks
Paul Robeson
"Duke" Ellington
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
25
What was the most powerful communications medium to emerge in the 1920s?
the television
the radio
the telephone
Mass produced newspapers