Question 1

Which of these terms best describes the economic policies of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Laissez-faire

Answer

Prohibition

Answer

Red Scare

Answer

Nativism

Question 2

True or False: By the end of the 1920s, more people lived in cities than in rural areas.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 3

Which war had recently ended at the start of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

World War I

Answer

World War II

Answer

Spanish-American

Answer

Civil War

Question 4

Which of these best describes the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

A flourishing of Black art, music, literature, and culture

Answer

A newspaper published by an anonymous group of Black writers

Answer

A rise in the stock market driven by Black investors

Answer

An unprecedented housing boom in Harlem, New York

Question 5

The "roar" of the Roaring Twenties most likely refers to ________.

Accepted Answer

the booming economy

Answer

the newly invented steam engine

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the animal rights group that formed during the decade

Answer

the global war effort

Question 6

Prohibition banned the sale of which of these?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol

Answer

Sugar

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Real estate

Answer

Stocks

Question 7

The Red Scare was a widespread fear of ________.

Accepted Answer

communists

Answer

soldiers

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Southerners

Answer

the stock market

Question 8

Which style of music became popular in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Answer

Classical

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Hip hop

Answer

Bluegrass

Question 9

True or False: By 1925, all Americans had access to electricity.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 10

When did the stock market crash?

Accepted Answer

1929

Answer

1923

Answer

1925

Answer

1920

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