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1
What amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol?
18th
17th
19th
20th
2
What was the most popular music of the 1920s?
Country
R&B
Ragtime
Jazz
3
Warren G. Harding was a former teacher from Ohio who eventually became president
False
True
4
One of the biggest scandals in American history was called Coffee Pot Dome
True
False
5
What were nightclubs called that sold alcohol illegally?
Silent Spot
Speakeasy
Hush Pub
Quiet Bar
6
Investing in stocks with only 10% down is called buying on what?
Line
Time
Credit
Margin
7
What president received women's votes for the first time?
Wilson
Coolidge
Harding
Roosevelt
8
What is the name for young, unconventional women of the 1920s?
Flappers
Floppers
Flommers
Flippers
9
After WWI, America wanted to...
Stay Militarily Active
Remain Isolated
Trade with Mexico
Spread Democracy
10
Who was the star of "Steamboat Willie"?
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Mighty Mouse
11
Who was the most famous actor of the time?
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Chan
Charlie Brown
12
What happened to the stock market in 1929 because of buying stock with no backing?
Nothing
Boomed
Crashed
Leveled off
13
Calvin Coolidge's nickname in office was "Do Nothing Cal"
True
False
14
The fear of immigrants coming in and taking our jobs is known as what?
Nativism
Nationalism
Isolationism
Xenophobia
15
What constitutional amendment made alcohol legal again?
21
18
20
19
16
What was the name given to the first sound movies?
Soundies
Flicker shows
Talkies
Musicals
17
Who was the most famous baseball player of the decade?
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Pee Wee Reese
18
What was the name given to homemade alcohol?
Toilet Vodka
Basin Brandy
Couch Whiskey
Bathtub Gin
19
Because of the invention of barbed wire, the American frontier closed in 1890
True
False
20
The 1920s were a transition from rural to urban lifestyle.
True
False
21
What political party are they most associated with?
Republicans
None of these
Tea party
Democrats
22
What president said "The business of America is business?"
Wilson
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Harding
23
Who was considered the greatest of all heroes in the 1920s?
Babe Ruth
Charles Lindbergh
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Ford
24
What is the economic theory where you give money to the and it will get to the workers?
Socialist economic theory
Market economy
Capitalism
Trickle down economics
25
What was the name of his plane that crossed the Atlantic Ocean?
The Ronald Reagan
The Enola Gay
The Concorde
The Spirit of St. Louis
26
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to swim the English Channel
True
False
27
What year did the 19th amendment (women's right to vote) get passed?
1920
1921
1918
1919
28
Which president led America through WWI?
Harding
Wilson
Roosevelt
Coolidge
29
The slang term for a car in the 1920s was "Tin Lizzy"
False
True
30
Sacco and Vanzetti were German born immigrants who were executed for money laundering
True
False
31
What 1920s president was nicknamed "Boy Wonder" because he became a young millionaire?
Coolidge
Harding
Hoover
Wilson
32
What was the problem with Hoover's presidency?
He was busy creating a new vacuum cleaner
Said government wouldn't help
Poor timing
Appeared insensitive
33
The original name for radio was called wireless
False
True
34
What is the name of someone who produces and provides alcohol illegally?
Bootlegger
Suffragist
Prohibitionist
Fundamentalist
35
What color did Americans call communists, anarchists, and radicals?
Blacks
Whites
Reds
Blues
36
Close minded individuals who do not like change are known as what
Liberals
Conservatives
37
Who suffered the most in the 1920s?
Women
Blacks
Farmers
Whites
38
The idea of buying on credit is to do what?
Use cards
Get into debt
Buy now, Pay later
Buy now, Pay now
39
Urban areas were more attractive for their laid back lifestyle
False
True
40
Who developed the assembly line to help with mass production?
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
Eli Whitney
John Rockefeller
