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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did Prohibition fail? A) It was too difficult to enforce B) Everyone stopped drinking C) Alcohol was no longer available D) The government supported it | A |
| Who was being hunted by the Palmer raids? A) Immigrants B) Communists C) Bootleggers D) Anarchists | B |
| What was the main theme of America’s policy during the 1920s? A) Imperialism B) Isolationism C) Expansionism D) Interventionism | B |
| Republican presidents of the 1920s supported business by reducing? A) Regulation B) Taxes C) Labor unions D) Tariffs | B |
| Prohibition failed for all of the following except… A) It was hard to enforce B) Bootleggers thrived C) Everyone stopped drinking D) Organized crime increased | C |
| Which was NOT a president that served during the 1920s? A) Warren G. Harding B) Calvin Coolidge C) Woodrow Wilson D) Herbert Hoover | C |
| Which was NOT an effect of the Great Migration? A) Urban population growth B) Increased black political power C) 19th Amendment D) Cultural flourishing in cities | C |
| Term for someone who illegally deals or smuggles alcohol during Prohibition? A) Rumrunner B) Bootlegger C) Speakeasy D) Al Capone | B |
| The Communist Revolution in Russia resulted in the… A) Red Scare B) New Deal C) Harlem Renaissance D) Scopes Trial | A |
| Which US policy loaned Germany money for reparations payments? A) Dawes Plan B) Monroe Doctrine C) Marshall Plan D) Good Neighbor Policy | A |
| Who was the American hero that was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic? A) Amelia Earhart B) Charles Lindbergh C) Howard Hughes D) Orville Wright | B |
| What political party dominated the Oval Office throughout the 1920s? A) Democrats B) Republicans C) Progressives D) Socialists | B |
| Which organization became known for violent tactics and nativism? A) NAACP B) The KKK C) AFL D) Red Cross | B |
| The Jazz Singer was the first movie to have… A) Color B) Sound C) Animation D) Subtitles | B |
| Which trial exemplified America's struggle between modernism and fundamentalism? A) Nuremberg Trials B) Scopes Trial C) Watergate D) Salem Witch Trials | B |
| During the 1920s, the most severe prejudice was against blacks and? A) Catholics B) Immigrants C) Women D) Native Americans | B |
| Term for underground club/bar that served drinks during Prohibition? A) Bootlegger B) Speakeasy C) Saloon D) Jazz club | B |
| Term used to describe the fear of communism in American society. A) Red Scare B) Cold War C) McCarthyism D) Blacklist | A |
| The most popular music of the decade was… A) Country B) Jazz C) Rock D) Blues | B |
| What caused labor unrest in the United States after World War I? A) High wages B) Cost of living rose significantly C) Government interference D) Decrease in jobs | B |
| One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was A) Decrease in crime B) Rise of organized crime C) Decline in alcohol consumption D) End of smuggling | B |
| Writers who were pessimistic and searching for new meaning after WWI were part of A) The Lost Generation B) Beat Generation C) Harlem Renaissance D) Modernists | A |
| Why did some schools ban the teaching of evolution? A) It contradicted the Bible’s account of creation B) It was too complicated C) It was illegal D) It was not scientific | A |
| Which 1920s president raised tariffs with the Fordney-McCumber Tariff? A) Harding B) Coolidge C) Hoover D) Roosevelt | A |
| Zora Neale Hurston was known for? A) Jazz music B) Writing “Their Eyes Were Watching God” C) Political activism D) Painting | B |
| Immigration rates during the 1920s A) Increased B) Decreased C) Stayed the same D) Were not recorded | B |
| Which word best summarizes the 1920s in America? A) Stability B) Change C) War D) Depression | B |
| Where did most people live by the 1920s? A) Rural areas B) Cities C) Suburbs D) Small towns | B |
| Immigrant whose murder conviction provoked controversy? A) Giuseppe Zangara B) Nicholas Sacco C) Bartolomeo Vanzetti D) Both B and C | D |
| The role of women during ____ contributed greatly to changes for women in the 20s A) WWI B) The Great Depression C) The Civil War D) The Cold War | A |
| Who was a popular jazz trumpeter and singer? A) Duke Ellington B) Louis Armstrong C) Bessie Smith D) Count Basie | B |
| Which president's administration was marred by scandal? A) Harding B) Coolidge C) Hoover D) Wilson | A |
| Who was the greatest hero of the 1920s? A) Al Capone B) Charles Lindbergh C) Babe Ruth D) F. Scott Fitzgerald | B |
| Which organized crime boss rose to power in Chicago during Prohibition? A) Lucky Luciano B) Al Capone C) John Dillinger D) Bugs Moran | B |
| Which president's popularity lasted throughout his administration? A) Harding B) Coolidge C) Hoover D) Roosevelt | B |
| Literary life flourished among African Americans as part of a movement called the? A) Harlem Renaissance B) Beat Generation C) Lost Generation D) Civil Rights Movement | A |
| An unforeseen consequence of Prohibition was the rise of A) Organized crime B) Temperance movements C) Alcohol imports D) Increased taxes | A |
| Who was the African American author depicting the struggle of blacks in the US? A) Claude McKay B) Langston Hughes C) Zora Neale Hurston D) W.E.B. Du Bois | A |
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