Chapter 13 (The Americans) 2014 Flashcards
Was it difficult to enforce the laws governing prohibition for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. many people were determined to break the laws
b. insufficient funds were provided to pay for enforcement
c. many law enforcement officials took bribes from smugglers and bootleggers
d. prohibition banned only alcoholic beverages manufactured in the United States
d. prohibition banned only alcoholic beverage manufactured in the United States
To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as
a. speakeasies
b. penthouses
c. tenements
d. tea rooms
a. speakeasies
The Harlem Renaissance refers to
a. a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
b. a population increase in Harlem in the 1920’s
c. a program to promote African-American owned businesses
d. a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art
d. a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art
John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of
a. biology
b. evolution
c. creationism
d. fundamentalism
b. evoution
Fundamentalists believed that
a. evolution and creationism could coincide
b. prohibition should be repealed
c. the Bible should be taken literally
d. drinking alcohol was acceptable
c. The Bible should be taken literally
“Double Standard” refers to
a. stricter social and moral standards for women than for men in the 1920’s
b. lower wages women earned compared to those earned by men in the 1920’s
c. amount of work that women did both at home and outside the house in th1920’s
d. unfair treatment of women in the workplace in the 1920’s
a. stricter social and moral standards for women than for men in the 1920’s
F. Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920’s as th
a. Harlem Renaissance
b. Jaxx age
c. Prohibition age
d. roaring 20’s
b. Jazz age
Charles Lindbergh was famous as a(n)
a. politician
b. composer
c. inventor
d. pilot
d. pilot
The NAACP did all of the following EXCEPT
a. fight for legislation to protect African Americans
b. work with anti-lynching organizations
c. propose that African Americans move back to Africa
d. publish “The Crisis”
c. propose that African Americans move back to Africa
Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the Norths by such musicians as
a. Louis Armstrong
b. Zora Neale Hurston
c. Paul Robeson
d. Langston Hughes
a. Louis Armstrong
The people who most strongly supported prohibition tended to live in ______ areas
rural
The “double standard” of the 1920’s refers to the fact that women were judged by _______ standards than men were.
stricter
Fundamentalists in the 1920’s supported a literal interpretation of the __________
Bible
Prominent writers of the 1920’s, both black and white, tended to hold a _______ view f U.S. society
critical
The largest population increases during the 1920’s occurred in America’s ________
suburbs
