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1
Who wrote
The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S. Eliot
Gertrude Stein
Ernest Hemingway
2
From the East, where does the route 66 start
St Louis
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
3
Route 66 ends with the Santa Monica Pier, which is located in...
New Mexico
Oregon
Kansas
California
4
What was the effect of the assembly line on the production time of the
Model T Ford?
production time increased causing fewer cars to be built
It took 10 years for an effect to be seen on the production
there was no effect on production time
production time decreased dramatically producing more cars quicker
5
What is the Red Scare?
An economic theory
Fear of Communist Immigrants
Fear od Capitalism
Fear of Democracy
6
The Automobile helped to create
the suburbs
mad employees
birth rates to increase
socialism
7
True or False: Amelia Earhart was an aviator.
True
False
8
Prohibition drastically
reduced
alcohol consumption in America
True
False
9
The booming stock market in the 1920s
discouraged people from borrowing money to buy stocks
encouraged people to borrow money to buy stocks
ended unemployment in the United States
made most Americans wealthy
10
Gatsby tells Tom...
"I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me."
"Daisy never loved you."
"You've made illegal deals yourself, old sport"
"No evil can happen to a good man, in life or after death."
11
Why were the Negro leagues created?
Blacks were not accepted in major/minor leagues
Whites were intimidated by superior skills of blacks
They were used to scout blacks for major league teams
They were created to intimidate and threaten white leagues
12
What did Jay Gatsby and Meyer Wolfsheim Own many of?
Convenience (drug) Stores
Nightclubs
Dog Pounds
Barber shops
13
Gatsby dismisses his servants because. . .
they might spread rumors about Daisy.
he's low on money.
he is expecting trouble with the law.
they weren't dismissed, but instead quit.
14
Define Nativism
Northern support for immigrants from Swaziland
Southern hostility to people from Canada
Western support for Native Americans
Country-wide hostility and fear of immigrants
15
Art Deco is characterized by...
a focus on commercial and pop culture, comic book style
distortion of reality and dream like images
geometric shapes, related to architecture and furniture
spontaneity, wild colours and shapes
16
What did Prohibition cause?
Organized crime and bootlegging
A rise in drug overdoses
The growth of alcohol advertising on radio
Homelessness, starvation, not enough government help
17
Where was Gatsby born?
North Dakota
Hawaii
Michigan
New York
18
What sport did Tom Buchanan play?
polo
golf
tennis
none of the above
19
What were illegal bars during the prohibition called?
talkies
the brass rail
bootleggers
speakeasies
20
Popular Blues Singer of the 1920s.
Louis Armstrong
Zora Neal Hurston
Bessie Smith
Marcus Garvey
21
This was the term used for purchasing stocks with borrowed money
Laissez Faire
Bull Market
Margin Buying
Consumerism
22
Which characteristic of the 1920s is illustrated by the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
intolerance and Nativism toward immigrants
hostility toward woman's suffrage
The expansion of Flapper rights
support for segregation
23
Who was the Ku Klux Klan
not
hostile toward?
Catholics
Jews
White Protestants
African Americans
24
What does George Wilson think about the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg?
He wants to take the billboard down
He compares them to God's eyes--All-seeing!
He thinks they are an artistic masterpiece
He thinks they are cameras watching his business
25
The 1920s are sometimes called the "Roaring Twenties" because...
foreign trade prospered during this time
widespread social and economic change
of the popular television shows during this time
the government became more republican
26
The KKK supported African American rights.
True
False
27
Where did Tom and Daisy get married?
France
Chicago
Louisville
New Orleans
28
After Gatsby dies, Daisy…
Is devastated by the news of Gatsby’s death.
Leaves with Tom when Nick tries to call her and doesn’t even send a flower.
Comes to Gatsby’s funeral with Tom and doesn’t shed a tear.
Tells Nick she can’t attend the funeral, but sends along flowers.
29
How did the economic boom of the 1920s alter consumerism in the US?
it caused the repeal of the Treaty of Versailles
it created new forms of advertising and expanded credit
it led to the "Lost Generation"
it spurred the creation fo Bessemer steel
30
1920s Consumerism depended on what?
The Assembly line
Mass production
All of these
Installment buying (credit)
31
The Great Gatsby takes place immediately after ______________.
World War I
The Depression
World War II
The 1919 World Series
32
WHAT WAS THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE ?
A NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT in 1925
A celebration of African American Art and Literature
The name that was given to a new dance style
The first expansion team in Negro Baseball League
33
Emerging African American artistic movement of the 1920s
K-Pop Revival
Compton Revival
Detroit Movement
Harlem Renaissance
34
American painter, known for urban scenes & for the art of the Southwest Region of the US...
Georgia O'Keeffe
Gabrielle Montoya
Bessie Smith
Langston Hughes
35
Who said "you are worth the whole rotten bunch together?"
Daisy
Tom
Nick
Myrtle
36
The 19th amendment in 1920 did what?
Made teaching evolution illegal
Gave African American men the right to vote
Gave women the right to vote
Made selling and drinking alcohol illegal
37
What ideas does surrealism embrace?
Neat, organized patterns
Only nature and animals
Randomness, imagination, unrealistic images
Ordinary portraits
38
Best known Harlem Renaissance poet
Babe Ruth
Rogers Hornsby
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
39
What is Margret Sanger known for?
Inventing the Flapper culture
Inventing ibuprofen
Inventing the phonograph
Inventing the birth control pill
40
On
September 30, 1927
,
Babe Ruth calls,
and hits his----- home run of the 1927 season! A record standing for
34 years!
80th
100th
60th
70th
41
For the first time ever, the decade of the 1920s saw most Americans living in...
farms
the city
skyscrapers
the suburbs
42
Which class is Tom and Daisy Buchanan from?
Old Money
Some Money
New Money
No Money
43
Rural societal reaction to changing values in the 1920s
Protestantism
Fundamentalism
Catholicism
Quakerism
44
What was the Great Migration?
Northerners moving south
Americans moving out west to San Fransisco
Largest Zebra migration ever recorded
The movement of African Americans from the South to the North
45
The
initial Crash
of the Stock Market was on
Black Friday
Black Thursday
Black Monday
Black Tuesday
46
All of these are characteristics of a flapper in the 1920s EXCEPT
traditional views
short, bob hairstyles
short skirts
smoking
47
Aviator who made the first transatlantic solo flight from NY to Paris
The Great Gatsby
Charles Lindbergh
Glenn Curtiss
Amelia Earhart
48
What was the most popular music genre in the 1920s?
Swing
K-Pop
Alternative
Jazz
49
Where did Gatsby say he graduated from?
Stanford
Harvard
Cambridge
Oxford
50
Government policy of leaving the economy alone
Laissez Faire
Socialism
credit
Communism
51
Which amendment passed prohibition?
18th amendment
22nd amendment
21st amendment
2nd amendment
52
Who lives on East Egg?
Nick
Tom and Daisy
Jordan
Gatsby
53
What dance was popular during the 1920s?
Hip Hop
The Flamingo
The Charleston
The Belly Flop
54
Meyer Wolfsheim...
Has had four marriages
Fixed the World Series
Is a former slave owner
Fought in WWI
55
What does Jordan say Gatsby wants Nick to do?
Invite Daisy over for tea and secretly invite Gatsby
Kill Tom
Bring Daisy to one of Gatsby's parties
Wash his car
56
Gatsby's real name was
James Gatsby
James Gatz
Jay Gatz
Jay Carroway
57
Nick and Gatsby live in what New York Suburb?
Brooklyn
Manhattan
West Egg
East Egg
58
What does Daisy hope her Daughter will grow up to be?
A jazz singer
A beautiful little fool
A volleyball star
Rich and Famous
