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AH Chapter 6 - The Roaring 20s
AH Chapter 6 - The Roaring 20s
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The Roaring 20s - AH
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1
Which of the following was one of the leading jazz performers in New York during the 20s?
Louis Armstrong
Paul Robeson
Langston Hughes
Marcus Garvey
2
Which famous movie brought cartoon characters to the big screen?
Gone with the Wind
Mickey Mouse's Adventure
Steamboat Willie
Birth of a Nation
3
The Scopes trial argued about the validity of what?
Speakeasies
Urbanization
Prohibition
Evolution
4
This was the first person to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
Al Capone
Herbert Hoover
Charles Lindbergh
5
Who discovered a treatment for diabetes?
Jonas Edward Salk
Alexander Fleming
Frederick Banting
Marie Curie
6
This new technology was used to convey information from one place to another using airwaves
Microwave
Radio
Motion picture
Television
7
The 18th Amendment brought about what?
Fundamentalism
Women’s Suffrage
Prohibition
Income taxes
8
The 1920 census showed for the first time in US history, more people lived in urban areas than where?
In tenements
In cities
In rural areas
In coastal locations
9
What did Americans begin to do after the stock market crash?
Purchased only the necessities
Put kids up for adoption
Invest more in stocks
Moved out of the country
10
This is the theory that the species alive today are the result of millions of years of development.
The Big Bang Theory
Creationism
Evolution
Fundamentalism
11
What famous novel has become most synonymous with the Roaring 20s?
The Weary Blues
The Great Gatsby
All Quiet on the Western Front
Poor Richard's Almanac
12
Bootleggers were people who smuggled what?
Cigarettes
Car parts
Alcohol
Weapons
13
Young women, who dressed & acted out against social norms were nicknamed what?
Wingers
Bootleggers
Flappers
Speakeasies
14
This term means the total value of all goods and services produced in the nation.
Total Economic Value
Monopoly
Economy
Gross National Product
15
During the 1920’s, why did many Americans begin investing in stocks?
Stock market value consistently rose
To find financial stability
To help fuel the economy
To send their kids to college
16
Which of the following most clearly signaled economic weakness in the 1920s?
Purchase of factory goods by families
Good times in coal mining
The large number of shares being traded
Uneven distribution of wealth
17
The Teapot Dome scandal revealed Secretary Albert Fall’s willingness to
Lobby legislators to stop nature preserves
Secretly pay for private oil
Allow Britain to avoid import taxes
Accept bribes allowing oil drills on federal land
18
In the 1920s, the distribution of illegal liquor became what?
Employment for African Americans
Response to the 20th Amendment
Start of wealthy criminal empires
Funding for the KKK
19
What kind of message did Harding offer to Americans as the future president?
World peace agreements
An end to Prohibition
Square deals for all
Return to normalcy
20
Who was the first female governor in the United States?
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Sebelius
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Miriam Ferguson