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. What was meant by the term “Prohibition” in the 1920s?
a) no one in the US could buy, sell or transport alcohol
b) women were not allowed to wear bathing suits
c) men were forbidden to travel to Communist countries
d) women were not allowed to vote in political elections

The KKK, Jim Crow Laws, and black codes led to the _____________
a) 19th Amendment
b) Great Migration
c) Harlem Renaissance
d) Cold War

African American artists such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Bessie Smith were some of the best known ______________.
a) opera singers
b) writers
c) jazz musicians
d) painters

The period of time when African Americans in urban areas had the opportunity to allow their culture to flourish is known as the ______________________
a) Harlem Renaissance
b) Harlem Reconstruction
c) Harlem Recovery
d) Harlem Revolt

Which answer most closely represents what African Americans found in the north during the Great Migration?
a) many jobs and much fairer treatment
b) no jobs but social equality
c) worse conditions than they faced in the south
d) better job opportunities but continued discrimination and segregation

What happened as a result of the women’s suffrage movement?
a) women were no longer allowed to do certain jobs in factories or on farms
b) Congress passed the 19th amendment
c) women were allowed to enter the military as soldiers
d) Congress passed the 18th amendment

. The “Roaring Twenties” was not a good time for all Americans. For example, ______________________ weren’t able to afford the new advances in technology that improved standard of living because the boll weevil was destroying their profits.
a) African Americans
b) immigrants
c) factory workers
d) sharecroppers

Which of the following innovations led to a ability to communicate nationally at the same time.
a) radio
b) movie
c) airplane
d) automobile

Why are the 1920s often called the “Roaring Twenties?”
a) The government began to prevent women from voting
b) Agricultural trade with foreign nations prospered during this time.
c) African Americans moved out of northern cities looking for jobs in the South
d) Many social and economic changes took place affecting the lives of Americans.

how did movies change in the 1920s
a) theyw were made in color
b) they had talking in them
c) they had dance in them
d) they had special effects

. In the 1920’s, African Americans still faced discrimination in the south because of?
a) lynchings and slavery
b) Jim Crow Laws and lynchings
c) slavery and prohibition
d) suffrage and lynchings

the 18th amendemt did not allow the selling, movment, or manufacturing of alcohol. This is known as
a) Harlem Renaissance
b) Prohibition
c) leaglization
d) Great Migration

Which amednemt gave wonen the right to vote
a) 15th
b) 18th
c) 19th
d) 21st

whihc of the following was not a famous artist during the Harlem Renaissance?
a) Susan B. Anthony
b) Louis Armstrong
c) Duke Ellington
d) Fletcher Henderson

Which of the following was not a reason for the Great migration ?
a) to obtain jobs
b) to avoid discrimination
c) to meet with family
d)

What was the Great Migration in the U.S.?
a) the relocation of immigrants to America
b) the relocation of African-Americans from the south to the north and Midwest
c) when northerners moved to the south in search of a better life
d) relocation of women who demanded their right to vote

3. During Prohibition, some people made alcoholic beverages illegally and sold to individuals and clubs. These people were known as what?
a) smugglers
b) bootleggers
c) environmentalists
d) hijackers

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