Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Prohibition was created with
the _____ amendment to the constitution.
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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 "Back to
Africa" movement | b. | the Harlem Renaissance | d. | the civil rights movement |
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The capital for jazz music in
the 20's was
a. | Chicago | c. | Hollywood | b. | Detroit | d. | Harlem |
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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. | the
radio | b. | right to vote | d. | women in the workplace |
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In the 20's, this New York
street became a symbol for the theatre.
a. | Broadway | c. | Madison Ave | b. | Harlem Ave. | d. | Wall St. |
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In the 20's, this New York
street became a symbol for business.
a. | Wall
St. | c. | Madison
Ave | b. | Broadway | d. | Harlem Ave. |
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In the 1920's, many
Americans migrated from the _____ areas to the _____ areas of the country.
a. | urban
rural | c. | city
farm | b. | eastern southern | d. | rural urban |
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Which Constitutional Amendment
gave women the right to vote?
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What was the John Scopes trial
about?
a. | the deportation of an alien who was
advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. government | c. | a teacher accused of teaching Darwin as fact | b. | a teacher accused of communist
activity | d. | an anarchist who tried to rob a
warehouse |
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Duke Ellington was a
a. | poet | c. | Black musician/band
leader | b. | writer | d. | Founder of the
NAACP |
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What organization defended John
Scopes by hiring Clarence Darrow, a famous Chicago Lawyer, to defend him?
a. | AARP | c. | American Civil Liberties
Union | b. | John Birch Society | d. | NAACP |
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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. | 100,000,000 | c. | 10,000,000 | b. | 4,000,000 | d. | 1,000,000 |
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What was the name of the young
pilot who made a solo flight from the U.S. to Paris?
a. | Lou
Gehrig | c. | Charles
Lindbergh | b. | Louis Armstrong | d. | William Jennings Bryan |
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In the 1920's, social and
technological change was most profound in the
a. | superb | c. | south | b. | rural areas | d. | urban areas |
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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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In the 20's, this New York
street became a symbol for advertising.
a. | Madison
Ave | c. | Harlem
Ave. | b. | Broadway | d. | Wall St. |
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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. | Puerto
Ricans | c. | African
Americans | b. | Mexican Americans | d. | Irish Americans |
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What were
"Speakeasy's?"
a. | Place where people went to use
marijuana | c. | Place where
anarchists and communists met, quietly | b. | Place where people went to quietly voice contempt for the
government | d. | Place where people went to consume
alcohol |
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In the 1920's, about how
many people were lynched in the U.S.?
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