The Roaring 20’s - Quiz
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- Q1The Harlem Renaissance refers toa program to promote Southern culturea women's basketball team.a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s.a celebration of African-American culture in literature, music, and art.30s
- Q2John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching ofcreationism.evolution.fundamentalism.biology.30s
- Q3The Scopes trial highlighted the growing conflict between these two aspects of American societyCommunism vs. CapitalismReligion vs. ScienceMoney vs. KindnessEast vs. West30s
- Q4The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of ___.immigrants from Europe to AmericaAfrican Americans from the United States to Africapeople from rural areas and towns to large citiesAfrican Americans from the South to northern cities30s
- Q5Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicians as -Taylor SwiftBillie EyelashLouis Armstrong.Langston Hughes.30s
- Q6After Russia had a communist revolution during WWI, people feared it could happen in the US. This caused the:Dust bowlPovertyRed ScareSupport of communism30s
- Q7Another word for communists was:hippieredslibpatriots30s
- Q8All of the following were outcomes of the Red Scare EXCEPT:Mass arrests and deportations called the Palmer raidsQuota System limiting immigration from certain countriesProhibition of consumption and sale of alcoholExecution of Sacco and Vanzetti30s
- Q9All of the following describe women in the 1920s except:Greater freedom of TravelMore job opportunitiesComplete equality with menGreater freedom of expression30s
- Q10Women who participated in this new modern lifestyle were called:EmoOGNew waveFlappers30s
- Q11This word describes something that is made illegal, and is used to reference the time when alcohol was illegal.DryWork studyProhibitionRenaissance30s
- Q12Henry Ford's "assembly line" invention made producing cars much faster than ever before. This resulted in cars:becoming fuel efficient than ever beforebecoming affordable to most people for the first timebecoming faster than ever beforebecoming more expensive than they had been30s
- Q13Which of the following was not a consequence of prohibition:Liquor was imported illegally by bootleggersillegal speakeasies popped up all over the countryWW IIOrganized crime increased30s
- Q14In the 1920's, the KKK broadened their terrorism against African Americans to now include:All of the aboveItaliansCatholicsJews30s
- Q15Jazz, Blues, and Swing areCharacters in a new children's tv showNew forms of music in the 20s that changed the worldThree new teams added to the NFL during the 20sThe three Presidents during the 20s30s
