The Roaring Twentys Study Guide

Question 0

American writers of the 1920s were called the “………………“because they expressed feelings of separation from American society.

Answer 0

Last Generation

Question 1

Warren G.Harding’s campaign strategy was based on a promise to restore ……….., or stability and prosperity.

Answer 1

Normalcy

Question 2

1927 was a fundamental year in motion pictures because it brought the first film with ………. or ……………..

Answer 2

Sounds or talkies

Question 3

……………… Was elected by a large majority of votes because he promised to continue the economic boom.

Answer 3

Herbert Hoover

Question 4

The ……………… represented the conflict between fundamentalists beliefs and scientific ideals about evolution.

Answer 4

Scopes Trail

Question 5

Ernest Hemingway was one of a group of writers in the 1920s whose writing criticized ………..………

Answer 5

American Society

Question 6

The effects of ……….…… increased government corruption, as local police and politicians took bribes from gangsters to ignore the movement and sale of alcohol.

Answer 6

Prohibition

Question 7

….…………… was a black leader who encouraged an independent black economy.

Answer 7

Marcus Garvey

Question 8

Until 1924, Native Americans did not have access to adequate legal protection from the government because they were not.…………… of the United States.

Answer 8

Citizens

Question 9

Trumpeter .………….…….… invented the jazz solo, when one musician steps out from the band to play alone.

Answer 9

Louis Armstrong

Question 10

The ..……..….…… Scandal caused people to question the judgement and honesty of government officials.

Answer 10

Teapot Dome

Question 11

In the 1920s high school attendance .……..…..…… during the decade.

Answer 11

Increased

Question 12

After WW1, the U.S. .……………….… suffered a downturn that led to hard times as the 1920s began.

Answer 12

Economy

Question 13

The Quota Act of 1921 limited the total .…………… allowed into the country.

Answer 13

Immigrants

Question 14

……………… ended prohibition in 1933.

Answer 14

21st Amendment

Question 15

.………………… system that uses conveyor belts to move parts to different groups of workers.

Answer 15

Moving Assembly Line

Question 16

…………….… fear of communist infiltration after the Russian Revolution.

Answer 16

Red Scare

Question 17

.……….…… painter famous for creating detailed paintings of flowers.

Answer 17

Georgia O’ Keeffe

Question 18

.…………… people who leave their home countries to live elsewhere.

Answer 18

Expatriots

Question 19

………………… young women who challenged society’s ideas about womanhood.

Answer 19

Flappers

Question 20

…………….. flourishing of African American literature and art in the 1920’s.

Answer 20

Harlem Renaissance

Question 21

…………………..1928 pact in which the United States and other countries agreed not to engage in war.

Answer 21

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Question 22

………………. affordable automobile in vented by Henry Ford.

Answer 22

Model T

Question 23

……………… Republican candidate for Vice President in 1920.

Answer 23

Calvin Coolidge