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5th Grade Ch. 6 History Test

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(true/false)Prohibition was a ban on the flapper fashions   false  
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(BW,DW,AW)Skirts worn above the ankles BW-before war; DW-during war; AW-after war   AW  
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Do you think the Prohibition was a good law? Why or why not?   answers vary - be thorough; 2-3 sentences and in Christ-like answers or they will be counted wrong  
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star of silent films   Rudolph Valentina  
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promised a "return to normalcy" after the war   Warren Harding  
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two New York police officers who were famous for their disguises and raids of speakeasies   Izzy and Moe  
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(BW,DW,AW) ticker tape parades   AW  
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(true/false) The Spirit of St. Louis was the name of a popular speakeasy in New York   false  
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(BW,DW,AW) people buying on credit   AW  
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Explain what Calvin Coolidge meant when he said, "The business of America is business."   people felt that American would prosper as long as businesses were donig well.  
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professinoal baseballl player who became an evangelist after getting saved   Billy Sunday  
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(BW,DW,AW) Susan B. Anthony   BW  
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gradually paying the bank back in small payments   installments  
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girls who wore shorter skirts, wore cosmetics, and bobbed their hair   flappers  
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(BW,DW,AW) food rationing   DW  
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(BW,DW,AW) Nineteenth Amendment   AW  
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(true/false) Meetings held by evangelists are called revivals   true  
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How did the assembly lines in automobile production affect people's lives during the 1920's?   cars were produced more quickly and in greater number, lowering the price of each automobile. Lower prices allowed more people to have cars. More jobs.  
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those women who promoted women's right to vote   suffragettes  
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wealthy and powerful mobster who was blamed for the murders of seven people in the St. Valentine's Day massacre   Al Capone  
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(true/false) Radios helped Americans feel closer to each other   true  
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(BW,DW,AW) prohibition   AW  
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(BW,DW,AW) doughboys coming home   AW  
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made the first successful solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927   Charles Lindbergh  
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called the automobile a "picture of the arrogance of wealth"   Woodrow Wilson  
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codes of behavior we learn are called   manners  
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(BW,DW,AW) lists of men who died   DW  
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(true/false)In 1924 and 1925, the most popular way to invest money was to buy real estate in Hawaii   false  
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famous author whose stories refelcted the behavior and attitudes of the 1920s   F. Scott Fitzgerald  
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contributed to the Harlem Renaissance by starting a collection of books, pamphlets, poems, and pictures either by or about African Americans   Arthur Schomberg  
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(BW,DW,AW)Warren Harding elected president   AW  
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Choose one of the following names for the 1920s and explain why that name is appropriate: "The Roaring Twenties," "The Golden Age of Sports," "The Dazzling Decade," "The Lost Generation," "The Get-Rich-Quick Era," and "The Dry Decade"   Answers vary - Answers must be 2-3 sentences and in complete sentences; must be Christ-like answers and relate to the topic or they will be counted wrong  
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Three sport heroes druing the 1920s   Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Gertrude Ederle  
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a new style of music   jazz  
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Compare the attitudes and behaviors of the 1920s to the attitudes and behaviors today.   answers vary - answer in 2-3 sentences - People just wanted to have fun, and enjoy life. They neglected what was important, took risks and lived for themselves  
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