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What was the first movie with sound called?
Talkie
Speakeasy
Silent film
Movie
2
What limited the total number of immigrants allowed into the US?
National Origins Act of 1924
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Homestead Act
Buatte Act
3
What was the Harlem Renaissance? Choose 3 individuals to explain the impact they had during the time period!
A period of African American artistic accomplishment
A period to talk about Buatte’s accomplishments
A period of artistry
A period for women to outshine everyone
4
How did the people of the 1920s react to immigration?
Some believed there was a general fear of outsiders
Didn’t really care about it
Thought positively of immigration
Some Americans believed they were a threat to jobs and their culture
5
Who was the President plagued by scandals throughout his administration?
Truman
Jones
Harding
Hoover
6
What was the Red Scare and what were events that occurred due to it?
A riot for the right to teach evolution
A time period of fear for communists-held responsible for crimes
When Italian anarchists were arrested
A rioting period-women rioted for better rights
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What was the amendment that ended prohibition?
18th
21st
14th
16th
8
Who was the famous baseball player of the 1920s?
Jackie Robinson
Georgia O’Keeffe
Louis Armstrong
Babe Ruth
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Who was famous for writing about the lives and experiences of African American women during this decade?
Bessie Smith
Claudia McKay
Georgia O’Keeffe
Zora Neale Hurston
10
What was the name of Henry Ford’s vehicle during the 1920s?
Chevrolet
Ford
Model T
Automobile
11
What was a religious belief characterized by a literal interpretation of the Bible called?
Catholicism
Fundamentalism
Christianity
Transcendentalism
12
List 3 ways in which WW1 impacted the US economy.
A new youth culture developed
Over half of the countries population lived in urban areas by 1920
Young people moved to the cities
Access to education grew
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Who used poetry to speak out against discrimination during the Harlem Renaissance?
Claude McKay
Georgia O’Keeffe
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
14
What was the widespread fear of communism?
Red scare
Blue scare
Commie scare
15
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
French anarchists
Polish anarchists
German anarchists
Italian anarchists
16
List 3 effects that the automobile had on the US during the 1920s. (Know how to explain them too!)
Made everything easier
Gave people a sense of freedom/adventure
Created installment plans
People could take jobs further from their living situation
17
What was the amendment that started prohibition?
17th
18th
14th
21st
18
What were some of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s major accomplishments during this decade?
Wrote about the loss of morality
Wrote “The Great Gatsby”
Made famous paintings
Won the first Nobel Prize in literature
19
What was a film that included sound called?
Talkie
Play
Movie
Silent film
20
Who became president after Harding died in office?
Calvin Coolidge
John T. Scopes
Marcus Garvey
Herbert Hoover
21
What is the scandal under Harding where government officials were accused of taking bribes allowing oil to be mined?
Watergate scandal
Scopes scandal
Monkey scandal
Teapot dome scandal
22
Name 4 major people of the 1920s. Know how to explain why they were important.
Marcus Garvey, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Armstrong, Sinclair Lewis
Langston Hughes, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Claude McKay, Bessie Smith
All of these listed are people you could choose!
Babe Ruth, Georgia O’Keeffe, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover
23
What was the name for the decade for the decade of the 1920s based on the popularity of jazz?
The 1920s
The meowing 20s
The roaring 20s
The barking 20s
24
Who was the well known painter of detailed flowers in the Southwest?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Georgia O’Keeffe
Babe Ruth
Louis Armstrong
25
What banned immigration from East Asia?
National Origins Act of 1924
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
East Asian Immigration Act
Prohibition Act
26
What was the period of African American movement from the South to cities in the North called?
The Great Depression
The Harlem Renaissance
The Stone Age
Great Migration
27
Who wrote poems, plays, and novels about African American life during the 1920s?
Langston Hughes
Ernest Hemingway
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
28
What impact did the invention of the assembly line by Henry Ford have on the automobile industry?
Saved production time
Allowed customers to use an installment plan
Made driving easier
29
What was the trial in which an individual was accused of teaching evolution illegally?
Teapot dome trial
Watergate trial
Scopes trial
Monkey trial
30
Explain the new opportunities that women had during the 1920s.
They got new jobs
New roles in politics
Women became flappers to combat the traditional idea of a woman
31
Who was the Secretary of the Interior who was convicted of accepting bribes?
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Albert Fall
Vanzetti