The Jazz Age- The 1920s

1.

Multiple Choice

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ALL women were granted the right to vote with the ___________ Amendment.

19th Amendment

20th Amendment

21st Amendment

2.

Multiple Choice

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An illegal bar that operated during prohibition was known as

Bathtub Gin

Moonshine

Speakeasy

3.

Multiple Choice

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Another name for the 18th Amendment was the ______________________ Act

Volstead

Prohibition

Temperance

4.

Multiple Choice

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One of the most famous African Americans writers of the 1920s was

Duke Ellington

Langston Hughes

Louis Armstrong

5.

Multiple Choice

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Because people were making more money and had more leisure time in the 1920s people

had more disposable income.

saved more money.

worked longer hours.

6.

Multiple Choice

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Henry Ford is credited with creating

the radio.

the assembly line.

the first automobile.

7.

Multiple Choice

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The automobile changed how Americans lived because

people could travel on vacations more easily.

dating practices changed.

both answers are correct.

8.

Multiple Choice

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What was the policy of taking a limited role in world affairs called?

isolationism

Installment buying

normalcy

9.

Multiple Choice

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This group of people opposed organized government.

nativists

emmigrants

anarchist

10.

Multiple Choice

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The two immigrants put on trial during the Red Scare were Sacco and

Mussolini

Vanzetti

Macaroni

11.

Multiple Choice

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A _______ system is a set number of immigrants from each nation.

immigration

quota

government

12.

Multiple Choice

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In the Scopes Trial, John Scopes was on trial for teaching

Creationism

the Bible

the Theory of evolution.

13.

Multiple Choice

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Young women who rebelled against traditions were known as

Hoochy mommas!

Hussies!

Flappers!

14.

Multiple Choice

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Something that is popular for a short period of time is a

flapper.

notion.

fad.

15.

Multiple Choice

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__________was one of the most well-known gangsters/mobsters of the prohibition era.

Al Capone

Louie Armstrong

Rudolph Valentino

16.

Multiple Choice

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Consumer debt grew because

people refused to use banks.

Installment buying became popular.

more Americans were paying cash for big ticket items.

17.

Multiple Choice

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Disarmament was the goal of

Herbert Hoover.

the Treaty of Versailles.

the Kellog-Briand Pact.

18.

Multiple Choice

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One of the most famous novels of the 1920s was

The Great Gatsby

Romeo and Juliet

I, to am America

19.

Multiple Choice

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Quota systems were created to set limits on the number of immigrants coming from each nation, especially from

Asia.

Mexico.

eastern European countries.

20.

Multiple Choice

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Presidents Harding and Coolidge both believed in

disarmament.

increasing taxes.

Laissez-faire economics.

21.

Multiple Choice

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The rebirth of the Klu Klux Klan in the 1920s was a result of

WWI.

the fear of change.

Hoover's election.

22.

Multiple Choice

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Died in office

Coolidge

Harding

23.

Multiple Choice

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The Ohio Gang was tied to this president.

Coolidge

Harding

24.

Multiple Choice

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This president signed The Kellogg Briand Pact

Coolidge

Harding

25.

Multiple Choice

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This president was known as Silent Cal

Coolidge

Harding

26.

Multiple Choice

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The Tea Pot Dome Scandal was associated with

Coolidge

Harding

27.

Multiple Choice

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Promised a return to "normalcy".

Coolidge

Harding

28.

Multiple Choice

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One of the most well-known silent screen stars of the 1920s was

Louis Armstrong

Charlie Chaplin

Langston Hughes

29.

Multiple Choice

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Jazz, the first music to be considered truly American, originated in

Chicago

New York

New Orleans

30.

Multiple Choice

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The fear of communism was known as the

Red Scare

Yellow Fever

Green Lateran

31.

Multiple Choice

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Automobile sales helped the economy grow in the 1920s because

suburbs grew.

other business grew because of the auto industry.

the cars were expensive.

32.

Multiple Choice

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These people smuggled alcohol during prohibition.

Moonshiners

Forty-niners

Bootleggers

33.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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The _____ended prohibition by getting rid of the 18th Amendment

19th Amendment

20th Amendment

21st Amendment

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