The Roaring Twenties

1. Which of the following were new products of the 1920s? (Select 7.)
a) automobiles
b) radio
c) movies
d) ready-made clothes
e) battery
f) canned food
g) printing press
h) steam boat
i) record players
j) eyeglasses
k) appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators

2. People began using ____________ to buy new items.
a) checks
b) credit
c) cash

3. The Eighteenth Amendment _______________________.
a) gave people the right to keep and bear Arms
b) gave Americans the freedom of speech
c) gave women the right to vote
d) made it unlawful to make or sell any alcoholic drink except for medical, industrial, or religious reasons

4. The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed _____________ years later.
a) 4
b) 100
c) 50
d) 40

5. People began doing silly things for entertainment such as _______________.
a) eating goldfish and stuffing themselves into closets and other small places
b) burping the tunes of popular songs
c) wearing their clothes inside out

6. ________________flew his plane The Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris in just over 33 hours
a) "Shipwreck" Kelly
b) Jack Dempsey
c) Babe Ruth
d) Charles Lindberg

7. Congress hurt farmers by ________________.
a) not allowing farmers to sell their goods overseas
b) placing a higher tariff on goods from other countries
c) refusing to pay insurance to damaged crops



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1. (a) (b) (c) (d) (f) (i) (k)
2. (b)
3. (d)
4. (a)
5. (a)
6. (d)
7. (b)