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1920s Review
AP U.S. History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How long did prohibition last? | 13 years |
| Fundamentalists in the 1920s supported a literal interpretation of the Constitution | True |
| Known as the "Empress of the Blues," this singer was at one time the highest paid black artist in the world | Bessie Smith |
| W. E. B. Du Bois | NAACP leader |
| In what science course would the theory of evolution most likely be taught? | Biology |
| The people who most strongly supported prohibition tended to live in urban areas | False |
| William Jennings Bryan | Lawyer |
| Gerturde Ederle | athlete |
| He was a small-town pilot who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic | Charles Lindbergh |
| One result of prohibition was an increase in organized crime | True |
| This trumpet player's astounding sense of rhythm and ability to improvise has led many to consider him the single most important and influential musician in the history of jazz | Louis Armstrong |
| Which of the following was illegal under prohibition? | bringing alcoholic beverages into the US from Canada |
| Clarence Darrow | lawyer |
| This composer wrote original works like "Rhapsody in Blue", the first jazz work for symphony | George Gerswhin |
| Among the founders of this association of African-American and white reformers was W. E. B. Du Bois | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Which of the following decreased during the 1920s? | Birth rate |
| During the 1920s and early 1930s, all of the following were likely to approve of prohibition EXCEPT | members of organized crime syndicates |
| Prominent writers of the 1920s, both black and white, tended to hold a critical view of US society | True |
| Bessie Smith | singer |
| Wounded in WWI, this writer criticized the golorification of war and introduced a style of writing based on "hard little sentences." | Ernest Hemmingway |
| The term "Harlem Renaissance" refers chiefly to a | social movement |
| The Scopes trial prosecutor was Charles Darwin | False |
| It was difficult to enforce the laws governing prohibition for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that | prohibition banned only alcoholic beverages manufactured in the US |
| The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of | African Americans from the South to Northern Cities |
| This writer's poems celebrated youth and a life of independence and freedom from traditional restraints | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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