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100

The mass movement of Black people from the South to cities in the industrialized North during the early 20th century. 

Great Migration

100

The outlawing of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol in the US between 1920 and 1933.

Prohibition

100

  • Famous Black poet of the Harlem Renaissance.

  • Innovator of “jazz poetry.”

  • Author of plays, short stories, and essays.

Langston Hughes

100

Which of the following is NOT true of Charles Lindbergh?

  1. His plane was called The Spirit of Saint Louis.

  2. The kidnapping of his infant son was called “the crime of the century.”

  3. U.S. presidential candidate in 1921.

  4. First person to fly solo from New York to Paris.

3. U.S. presidential candidate in 1921

100

See Question #5

B. Flappers

200

  1. They rejected traditional 1920s ideas of what was acceptable behavior for women.

  2. They smoked cigarettes, went out dancing at night clubs, drank alcohol, and wore “short” skirts.

  3. They “bobbed” their hair (cut it short) and listened to jazz music.

  4. They worked outside the home at different jobs not previously available to their mothers and grandmothers.

Flappers

200

A French Resistance agent, civil rights activist, and the first Black American to star in a Hollywood movie.

Josephine Baker

200

See Question #8

B. Segregation

200

  1. Which of the following was NOT a popular type of music during the Roaring Twenties?


  1. Rock n’ Roll

  2. Jazz

  3. Swing

  4. The Blues

1. Rock n Roll

200

Which of the following people was a writer and educator who helped legalize contraception?

  1. Margaret Sanger

  2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  3. Jane Addams

  4. Eleanor Roosevelt

1. Margaret Sanger

300

See Question #11

C. Immigration Quotas

300

_______________ became a common theme of American life in the 1920s. This means Americans were encouraged to buy and use more mass-produced goods. This included new appliances, inventions, and cars.

Consumptionism

300

The major issue debated during the Scopes Trial was the teaching of -

Evolution

300

Which of the following was NOT part of the Harlem Renaissance? 

  1. Music.

  2. Novels and short stories.

  3. Black American shared experience and culture.

  4. The Liberian independence movement.

4. The Liberian independence movement

300

American overreaction to the threat of communism.

The Red Scare

400

Which of the following was connected to the Wall Street Crash of 1929? 

  1. Charles Lindbergh’s construction company.

  2. Black Tuesday.

  3. Immigration quotas.

  4. Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy.

2. Black Tuesday

400

What resulted in speakeasies?

Prohibition

400

Which of the following is NOT true of F. Scott Fitzgerald?    


  1. He and his wife Zelda lived a wild lifestyle.

  2. He wrote “The Great Gatsby.”

  3. His work highlighted the decadent lifestyle of wealthy Americans during the Roaring Twenties. 

  4. He was an immigrant from Ireland who arrived at Ellis Island with only $2 in his pocket.

4. He was an immigrant from Ireland who arrived at Ellis Island with only $2 in his pocket.

400

What did the 19th Amendment do?

Gave women the right to vote

400

Who wrote the Harlem Renaissance novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God?”

  1. Langston Hughes

  2. Claude McKay

  3. Zora Neale Hurston

  4. Palmer Hayden

 

3. Zora Neale Hurston

500

Who was the most popular celebrity in the 1920s?

Babe Ruth

500

What defined a drink as intoxicating if it contained more than 1% of alcohol?

The Volstead Act

500

The murder trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was directly related to ---- ? 

The Red Scare

500

What 1920s leader started a movement that included encouraging Black people to move to the country of Liberia in West Africa?

Marcus Garvey

500

See Question #23

D. Marcus Garvey

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