1920's Quiz
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- Q1To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known asNightclubsTea RoomsSpeakeasiesTenements30s
- Q2The Harlem Renaissance refers toa movement of African Americans from the South to the Northan outpouring of African-American culture in music, literature and art.a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACPa population increase in Harlem in the 1920s30s
- Q3The Scopes trial was about challenging a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching ofBiologyChristianityCreationEvolution30s
- Q4Charles Lindbergh was famous forbeing the first person to create a radiobeing the first President of the League of Nationsbeing the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Oceanbeing the first man to fly a plan30s
- Q5This map shows the movement of African Americans in what is calledThe Trail of TearsThe Great MovementThe Great MigrationThe Harlem Renaissance30s
- Q6The Prohibition of Alcohol in the US was passed with the19th Amendment18th Amendment17th Amendment20th Amendment30s
- Q7Women in the US gained the right to vote with the19th Amendment17th Amendment20th Amendment18th Amendment30s
- Q8The illegal distribution (movement) of alcohol during prohibition was calledBootleggingSpeakeasyProhibition bustingThe Great Migration30s
- Q9Which is NOT a nickname for the 1920's?The Great DepressionThe Roaring 20'sThe Jazz Age30s
- Q10What was consumer culture in the 1920's?People only bought what they could afford, afraid of the economy fallingComing back from WWI consumers continued to ration goodsThe illegal consumption of alcoholPeople bought luxury items on credit30s
- Q11In the 1920's the KKKDeclined as African Americans moved to the NorthWas outlawed and made ineffectiveGrew, especially in Northern areas (4 million members)Was very pro Catholic trying to get people to convert to the religion30s
- Q12Flapperswere women that believed their roles should be restricted to being houswivesfought for women's right to voterefused to leave the industrial jobs they worked during WWIchallenged ideas of barriers for women with the way the dressed, danced, and drank30s
- Q13Jamaican born advocate of Pan-Africanism and pride in African roots of African Americans.Lanston HughesWEB DuBoisBooker T WashingtonMarcus Garvey30s
- Q14Many Americans bought this new item in the 1920s that greatly impacted culture, allowing them to have new entertainment and access to information.TelevisionWashing MachineRadioComputer30s
- Q15Notorious gangster in Chicago that made money from bootlegging during prohibition.Langston HughesJimmy HoffaAl CaponeMarcus Garvey30s
