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1
What is one freedom women gained in the 1920s?
Freedom to join the military
The right to open a bank account
The right to equal pay
The right to vote
2
What were people who lived in rural areas considered to be?
Cold and moneymakers
Hardworking and Friendly
Strangers and indifferent
Weird and distant
3
Which state made the first law against teaching evolution in 1925?
Texas
Tennesse
Illinois
Missouri
4
How would people illegally obtain liquor?
By attempting to make their own
Buying from bootleggers
Using a fake ID to buy
Going to Hidden Saloons
5
Who was Al Capone?
A famous trial lawyer
A biology teacher who taught about evolution
A Democratic presidential nominee
A famous smuggler of liquor
6
What did Americans spend $4.5 billion on in 1929?
Cars
Radios
Entertainment
Liquor
7
What became the most popular news medium?
Magazines
Newspapers
Blogs
Radios
8
Which two organizations helped enforce the 18th amendment?
"NAACP" & "ACLU"
"Women's Christian Temperance" & "Anti- Saloon League"
"AHA" & "UNIA"
"Anti- Saloon League" & "NAACP"
9
By the mid-1920s, what percent of Americans supported Prohibition?
19%
30%
90%
0%
10
Who led a march of black men in NY to protest violence?
Babe Ruth
Marcus Garvey
Langston Hughes
W.E.B Dubois
11
What mainly caused the mass-circulation of newspapers and magazines?
The luring news headlines /fake news
An increase in literacy
The rise in fashion trends
The want for more entertainment
12
Who taught their students about evolution going against the law?
Al Capone
Clarence Darrow
John Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
13
What was the phrase F. Scott Fitzgerald used to describe the 1920s?
"The age of Jazz"
"Times of Jazz"
"Jazz Age"
"Jazzy Age"
14
What area became the largest black urban community?
SoHo, New York
Tribeca, New York
Harlem, New York
Flushing, New York
15
Which amendment led to the Prohibition era?
18th
17th
20th
21st
16
Fundamentalists clashed with what philosophy over the truths of science?
Epistemology
Secularism
Phenomenology
Metaphysics
17
In the 1920s, what did the increasing population in cities cause?
Gentrification
Segregation
Deforestation
Urbanization
18
During the Great Migration, where were African Americans moving to?
North to big cities
Westcoast to coastal areas
Midwest to small towns
South to the countryside
19
In 1927 who became the highest-paid black artist in the world?
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
20
Which school system educated millions of immigrants?
Boarding schools
Private Schools
Public Schools
Charter Schools
