1920s Test Review

The Cotton Club was a nightclub in Harlem that featured Black entertainers but only allowed white audiences.

World War II help ____________ the unemployment rate.

What war helped end the Great Depression by creating new jobs and sources of income?

I am responsible for the creation of the assembly line with the production of my cars.

Who was the President for the majority of the Great Depression?

This man flew his plane across the Atlantic non-stop and solo (for the first time in history).

Renaissance means:

What event really helped pull American out of the Great Depression?

Warren G. Harding promised the American people, as President, that he would establish a "Return to ______"

World War II provided more jobs because of increased need in factories.

This person was the Empress of Blues.

Flapper girls wore long dresses that covered any visible skin on their legs, chest, and arms.

Which of the following are true of Zora Neale Hurston?

What was the event that "started" the Great Depression?

Jacob Lawrence painted a 60 panel series depicting the experience of Black Americans during the:

Most did not care about sports because they couldn't attend games due to long work weeks and days.

What was the name of the plans F.D.R. implemented to try and help the economy.

This writer used musical rhythms in his poetry to speak to his audience about racial discrimination & Black achievement

The Harlem Renaissance was right after the Roaring 20s from 1929-1939

Prohibition led to increased organized crime, leading to millionaire gangsters.

African Americans left the south because of:

People became more interested in sports because they were excited to see athletes break records.

Credit allowed people to buy now and pay later.

Franklin D. Roosevelt began implementing these to help provide Americans jobs and relief during the Depression.

The Scopes Monkey Trial surrounded what scientific theory?

Which of the following is true about radio?

W.E.B. was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Because of the assembly line, cars became much more expensive.

Al Capone was behind the murder of 7 men in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in what city?

Which of the following are true about jazz?

The assembly line allowed workers to make more cars, faster.

Prohibition resulted in people disrespecting law enforcement.

Steamboat Willie was the first Walt Disney cartoon with sound featuring this character:

This man became famous at the Cotton Club as a band leader and convinced the owner to start allowing Black audiences.

Flapper girls had looser moral standards, shorter hair styles, drank alcohol and smoke cigarettes.

Why was the NAACP's magazine, The Crisis, significant?

Prohibition made it illegal to do what with alcohol?

Electricity lead to a decrease in products available to sell.

In 1922, this Egyptian pharaoh's tomb was discoverd and believed to have cursed the team who disturbed it.

The stock market crash of 1929 ended the Roaring 20s and began the: