The Roaring 20's Quiz

All of the following describe women in the 1920s except:

• Greater freedom of Travel

• Greater freedom of expression

• Equal pay

• More job opportunities

The Harlem Renaissance refers to

• a women's basketball team.

• a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s.

• a program to promote Latino culture

• a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art.

After Russia fell to Communism during WWI; _______________ swept across America.

• Dust bowl

• Support of communism

• Poverty

• Red Scare

John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of

• biology.

• evolution.

• creationism.

• fundamentalism.

Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicians as

• Louis Armstrong.

• Zora Neale Hurston.

• Paul Robeson.

• Langston Hughes.

F. Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920s as the -

• Harlem Renaissance.

• Jazz Age.

• Prohibition Age.

• Roaring Twenties.

The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of ___.

• immigrants from Europe to America

• people from rural areas and towns to large cities

• African Americans from the United States to Africa

• African Americans from the South to northern cities

Langston Hughes was a

• politician.

• Writer.

• Actor.

• musician.

What is the main reason the 1920s are known as the "Roaring 20s"?

• Most people were able to buy cars.

• Jazz music became popular

• Women were given more rights.

• It was a time of prosperity and cultural change.

What event marked the end of the Roaring Twenties?

• The start of World War II.

• The Stock Market Crash

• The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

• The end of World War I.