Mini Jazz Age Test 2 : 12/10/14

Question 1

Having won the right to vote in _____, women sought to break free from traditional roles.

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

______, ______, and ______ became linked to ___________ _______.

Answer 2

Romance, pleasure, friendship, successful marriages

Question 3

______ _____’s theories also affected people’s ideas about relationships, especially his theories about human sexuality.

Answer 3

Sigmund Freud

Question 4

Some women known as _______, smoked cigarettes, drank prohibited liquor, and wore makeup and sleeveless dresses with short skirts

Answer 4

Flappers

Question 5

______ _____’s research led to a dramatic drop in the death rates of ________.

Answer 5

Florence Sabin, tuberculosis

Question 6

_________ ______ believed that families could improve their standard of living by limiting the number of children they had.

Answer 6

Margaret Sanger

Question 7

______ founded the _______ _____ ______ _____ in 1921 to promote knowledge about birth control.

Answer 7

Sanger, American Birth Control League

Question 8

_____ _____ increased dramatically, particularly in the ______ _____.

Answer 8

Birth control, middle class

Question 9

Many people joined a religious movement known as ___________.

Answer 9

Fundamentalism

Question 10

_____________ believed that the Bible was literally true and without error.

Answer 10

Fundamentalists

Question 11

__________ rejected Charles Darwin’s theory of ______.

Answer 11

Fundamentalists, evolution

Question 12

______ is the scientific theory that humans and other forms of life have evolved over time.

Answer 12

Evolution

Question 13

Fundamentalists would embrace _______.

Answer 13

Creationism

Question 14

_________ is the belief that God created the world and everything in it, usually in the way the Bible described it.

Answer 14

Creationism

Question 15

The __________ ______ _______ _______ ( ? ) advertised for a teacher willing to be arrested for teaching evolution.

Answer 15

American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU )

Question 16

_____ __ ______, a biology teacher in _____, _________ volunteered

Answer 16

John T. Scopes, Dayton, Tennessee

Question 17

At the trial, _____ _______ ____, a three time presidential candidate, was the prosecutor representing the creationists.

Answer 17

William Jennings Bryan

Question 18

_______ _____, one of the country’s most celebrated trial lawyers, defended Scopes.

Answer 18

Clarence Darrow

Question 19

The ____ amendment went into effect in January 1920 which prohibited the manufacture and/or sale of alcohol.

Answer 19

18th

Question 20

The ________ ____ gave the U.S. Treasury Department the power to enforce Prohibition.

Answer 20

Volstead Act

Question 21

In the 1920s, __________ ________ agents made more than ____ arrests, but Americans still ignored the law.

Answer 21

Treasury Departments, 540k

Question 22

People would flock to ________.

Answer 22

Speakeasies

Question 23

________ were a where alcoholic beverages were sold illegally.

Answer 23

Speakeasies

Question 24

Liquor also was readily available in rural areas through _________ - the illegal production and distribution of alcohol.

Answer 24

Bootlegging

Question 25

__ _____, one of the most successful and well-known gangsters of the era, had many police officers, judges, and other officials on his payroll.

Answer 25

Al Capone

Question 26

The ___ amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed the 18th amendment,

Answer 26

21st

Question 27

Many artists, writers, and intellectuals flocked to ________ _______ _____ in _____’s ____ _____.

Answer 27

Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, Chicago’s South Side

Question 28

Among the great writers of the time was ______ ________, who wrote moving novels about war and its aftermath, such as __ ______ __ ___.

Answer 28

Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

Question 29

__ ____ ________criticized society’s superficiality in ___ _____ _______.

Answer 29

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Question 30

In 1927 the golden age of Hollywood began with the first “talking” picture, ___ ____ ______.

Answer 30

The Jazz Singer

Question 31

Famous songwriter _______ ________ worked in NYC’s ___ ____ _____, where composers wrote popular music.

Answer 31

Irving Berlin, Tin Pan Alley

Question 32

_____’s famous song include “____ __ ___ ____” and “______ ______.”

Answer 32

Berlin, Puttin’ on the Ritz, White Christmas

Question 33

The most popular comedy of the time was ____ __ ____, a radio show where the troubles of two African American characters captured the nation’s attention.

Answer 33

Amos ‘n’ Andy

Question 34

Baseball star _____ _____ was a national hero, even though he was a drunk.

Answer 34

Babe Ruth

Question 35

Fans also idolized boxer ____ ________, who was world heavyweight champion from 1919- 1926, when he lost the title to ____ ______.

Answer 35

Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney

Question 36

College football’s most famous player of the 1920s was ___ _____ of the University of ______ and was known as the “________ ______.”

Answer 36

Red Grange, Illinois, Galloping Ghost

Question 37

_____ ______, was the best golfer of the decade.

Answer 37

Bobby Jones

Question 38

Nightclubs and music filled northern cities, particularly the ____ neighborhood of ______.

Answer 38

NYC, Harlem

Question 39

Artistic development, racial pride, and political organization combined in a flower of African American arts known as the _______ __________.

Answer 39

Harlem Renaissance

Question 40

______ ______was the first important writer of the Harlem Renaissance.

Answer 40

Claude McKay

Question 41

In 1922 _____’s poetry collection, _____ _____, expressed a proud defiance and bitter contempt of racism.

Answer 41

McKay, Harlem Shadows

Question 42

______ ______ was a prolific, original, and versatile writer. He became a leading voice of the African American experience in America.

Answer 42

Langston Hughes

Question 43

New Orleans native _____ _______ moved to Chicago in 1922.

Answer 43

Louis Armstrong

Question 44

There _______ introduced an early form of _____ which was an American style of music that developed from ragtime and blues and that used syncopated rhythms and improvisation.

Answer 44

Armstrong, jazz

Question 45

Composer, painter, and bandleader ______ “____” __________ got his start at the _____ ____, the most famous nightclub in Harlem.

Answer 45

Edward “Duke” Ellington, Cotton Club

Question 46

______ _____ symbolized soul and became known as the ______ ___ ____ _____.

Answer 46

Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues

Question 47

______ sang of unfulfilled ____, ______, and ________- classic themes of the blues.

Answer 47

Smith, love, poverty, oppression

Question 48

_____ was a style of music evolving from African American spirituals and noted for its ________ sound.

Answer 48

Blues, melancholy

Question 49

In 1928 African American voters in Chicago helped elect ______ _________ as the first African American representative in Congress from a ________ state.

Answer 49

Oscar DePriest, Northern

Question 50

A dynamic leader from ______, ______ ______ captured the imagination of millions of African Americans with his “______ __________”.

Answer 50

Jamaica, Marcus Garvey, Negro Nationalism

Question 51

Garvey founded the ________ ______ _______ _______ ( ? ), aimed at promoting black pride and unity.

Answer 51

Universal Negro Improvement Association ( UNIA )