1920s 8TH Grade History Question Preview (ID: 59147)


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Who promised a return to normalcy- the way things were before the war and was associated with the Teapot Scandal?
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Warren G. Harding
c) Calvin Coolidge
d)

The president at the end of the decade when the Great Depression began was
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Calvin Coolidge
c) Warren G. Harding
d)

The policy of interfering very little that all 3 presidents believed that the government should interfere very little in the economy and the lives of the people
a) Foreign Affairs
b) Lasssez-Faire
c)
d)

Many African Americans migrated from the rural south to northern cities to escape the poor conditions in hope to find jobs in the industrial cities was called
a) The Great Migration
b) The Harlem Renaissance
c) The Jazz Age
d)

The ___________ centered in Harlem in New York City when African American culture and pride flourished in music, art, dance, poetry, and literature
a) The Jazz Age
b) The Great Migration
c) The Harlem Renaissance
d)

During this a new style of music that blended ragtime and the blues, included new and unique rhythms and harmonies as well as a lively beat. Some people involved in this were Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Bessie Smith
a) The Great Migration
b) The Jazz Age
c) Prohibition
d)

This amendment was the 18TH amendment, called the Noble Experiment, didn't work, and there speakeasies, bootleggers, , and illegal alcohol was a new market so organized crime grew-gangsters like Al Capone , was called
a) Prohibition
b) Equal Suffrage
c)
d)

Which amendment gave women the right to vote, that went into effect in 1920 which was a part of an era of change for women?
a) Prohibition 18TH Amendment
b) Equal Suffrage Amendment 19
c)
d)

_____________ was the fear of communism in the U.S. when thousands in America were arrested on suspicion of being communist and some were deported.
a) The Red Scare
b) Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
c) Racial Unrest
d)

The ________________ trial was a trial where they were accused of robbery and murder, evidence was limited, convicted then executed. Some Americans believed they were convicted because of who they were and what they believed.
a) Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
b) The Scopes Trial
c)
d)

This trail dealt with the role of religion in society, a biology teacher tested Tennessee's law that said that the theory of evolution could not be taught in schools- he was arrested, tried, and found guilty. This trial gained national attention.
a) The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
b) The Scopes Trial
c)
d)

The following , the East St. Louis Riots, the Silent March, and the Ku Klux Klan were all due to
a) Labor Unrest
b) Racial Unrest
c)
d)

A large steel strike in 1919 where there were often clashes between workers and employers, and the steel company tried to connect the strikers to communism and then they lost a lot of support from the public were due to
a) Labor Unrest
b) Racial Unrest
c)
d)

Leisure time activities during the 1920s included
a) drive -in movies, four-wheeling, playing video games
b) sports, jazz music, radio, movies (silent)
c)
d)

Famous Figures and heroes of the 1920s are
a) Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs
b) Charles Lindbergh, Bessie Coleman
c)
d)

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