Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In the 1920's, about how
many people were lynched in the U.S.?
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In the 20's, this New York
street became a symbol for the theatre.
a. | Harlem
Ave. | c. | Broadway | b. | Wall St. | d. | Madison Ave |
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What is most responsible for
the new freedom enjoyed by women in the 20's?
a. | labor saving household
technology | c. | right to
vote | b. | women in the workplace | d. | the radio |
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4.
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Duke Ellington was a
a. | Black musician/band
leader | c. | poet | b. | writer | d. | Founder of the
NAACP |
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Which Constitutional Amendment
gave women the right to vote?
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The title of the video is
"Boom to Bust". What does the title mean?
a. | All of these are
true | c. | The decade of the 20's started
with war and ended with depression | b. | The decade started with prosperity and confidence and ended with the stock
market crash and the Depression | d. | Politics were loud at the start of the decade and quiet at the
end |
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What were
"Speakeasy's?"
a. | Place where people went to quietly
voice contempt for the government | c. | Place where people went to consume alcohol | b. | Place where people went to use
marijuana | d. | Place where anarchists and
communists met, quietly |
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In the 1920's, social and
technological change was most profound in the
a. | urban
areas | c. | superb | b. | rural areas | d. | south |
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9.
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The capital for jazz music in
the 20's was
a. | Chicago | c. | Harlem | b. | Detroit | d. | Hollywood |
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10.
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Prohibition was created with
the _____ amendment to the constitution.
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In the 20's, this New York
street became a symbol for business.
a. | Madison
Ave | c. | Wall
St. | b. | Harlem Ave. | d. | Broadway |
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In the 20's, this New York
street became a symbol for advertising.
a. | Wall
St. | c. | Harlem
Ave. | b. | Broadway | d. | Madison Ave |
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In the 20's the ethnic
group who did the menial household work for the rich were _____. This work consisted of cooking,
cleaning and laundry.
a. | Mexican
Americans | c. | Irish
Americans | b. | Puerto Ricans | d. | African Americans |
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In the 1920's there was a
rebirth in African American pride and creativity. This rebirth was called
a. | the Harlem
Revolution | c. | the Harlem
Renaissance | b. | the "Back to Africa" movement | d. | the civil rights movement |
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What was the name of the young
pilot who made a solo flight from the U.S. to Paris?
a. | Louis
Armstrong | c. | Lou
Gehrig | b. | Charles Lindbergh | d. | William Jennings Bryan |
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16.
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Women won the right to vote in
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In the 1920's, about how
many people belonged to the KKK?
a. | 4,000,000 | c. | 100,000,000 | b. | 10,000,000 | d. | 1,000,000 |
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What was the John Scopes trial
about?
a. | a teacher accused of teaching Darwin
as fact | c. | an anarchist who
tried to rob a warehouse | b. | the deportation of an alien who was advocating the violent overthrow of the
U.S. government | d. | a teacher accused of communist
activity |
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What organization defended John
Scopes by hiring Clarence Darrow, a famous Chicago Lawyer, to defend him?
a. | AARP | c. | NAACP | b. | John Birch Society | d. | American Civil Liberties Union |
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In the 1920's, many
Americans migrated from the _____ areas to the _____ areas of the country.
a. | rural
urban | c. | city
farm | b. | eastern southern | d. | urban rural |
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