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20: The Roaring 20s
20: The Roaring 20s
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1
The Volstead Act was passed to enforce
women's rights
the Harlem Renaissance movement
Fundamentalism
the 18th Amendment
2
When African American soldiers returned from serving in WWI, they found
a population shift from urban to rural areas
a shortage of jobs
widespread acceptance as a result of their military service
decreased racial tensions in northern cities
3
The writings of _________ helped create the image of the flapper of the 1920s.
Edna St. Millay
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sinclair Lewis
Willa Cather
4
The unofficial capital of African-American culture and activism in the US in the 1920s was
St. Louis
Chicago
Harlem
Detroit
5
The most controversial of Darwin's ideas is known as
evolution
stability
values
fundamentalism
6
Women in many parts of the US disliked flappers because flappers
campaigned against drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes.
did not were makeup
were more interested in their own pleasure than women causes
rebelled against loose, skimpy clothing
7
In a decade full of firsts, the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic was
Amelia Earhart
Willa Cather
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edith Wharton
8
Name three reasons that were given in support of enacting a ban on alcohol
would help maintain discipline among the troops.
alcohol hurt families
alcohol promoted crime
grain for producing alcohol was needed for food in Europe
9
The _____ gave voting rights to women
NAACP
speakesies
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
10
The main goal of the NAACP was to
improve safety for African Americans on assembly lines
provide health care for Africa American school children
end discrimination and mistreatment throughout the US
end illiteracy among the nation's poor
11
In the Great Migration, African Americans moved from
urban centers to farmland
the South to the North
the Deep South to the West
high employment areas to depress areas
12
In the 1920s, the public's devotion to movie stars was matched by the idealization of people in
politics
sports
medicine
science
13
Speakeasies allowed citizens to get around the consequences of
illegal gaming
Prohibition
laws protecting free speech
the 19th Amendment
14
The Scopes Trial pitted religious beliefs against
the healing technique used by Aimee Temple McPherson
academic freedom and science
fundamentalism and creationsim
the theology preached by Billy Sunday
15
A wholly original form of American music, jazz
depended on every note being plotted in advance
blended several different musical forms from the Deep South
relied on classical melodies from European composers
was defined by clear rules
16
What segment of society was more likely to adopt the dress and manner exhibited by flappers?
Grandmothers
Rebellious girls
African Americans
Feminists
17
The prosecuting attorney in the Scopes trial was
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Charles Darwin
Aimee Semple McPherson
18
Harlem Renaissance poet _____ dealt with issues of African American culture and heritage.
Langston Huges
Paul Robeson
Josephine Baker
F. Scott Fitzgerald
19
Writing about flappers and tycoons, which author dubbed the 1920s as "The Jazz Age?"
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Dos Passos
Ernest Hemingway
20
Prohibition led to
fundamentalism
the Great Migration
World War I
a rise in organized crime
21
Clarance Darrow never got a chance to appeal the Scopes Trial to the Supreme Court because
William Jennings Bryon died in his sleep after the trial
The "boy orator" had become an elderly figure.
a higher court had overturned Scopes' conviction.
other states passed laws similar to Tennessee's
22
Beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible are called
urbanization
evolution
values
fundamentalism
23
What is one reason that many people were in favor of restricting alcohol use in 1917?
They felt it would help maintain discipline of US troops.
Many people felt banning alcohol would hurt families
Environmentalists felt it would produce fewer glass bottles
Americans viewed alcohol as a small town problem