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The Roaring Twenties: Culture, Society, and Events: Multiple Choice
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- 01What were the illicit, hidden establishments that illegally sold alcoholic beverages during the Prohibition era called?
- 02What new form of mass media became a central part of American family life in the 1920s, broadcasting news, music, and entertainment?
- 03Which mass-produced automobile, made affordable by Henry Ford's assembly line, became a symbol of 1920s American prosperity and mobility?
- 04The term for fashionable young women in the 1920s known for their energetic freedom, bobbed hair, and new styles of dress was what?
- 05The 1925 Scopes Trial, also known as the "Monkey Trial," revolved around the controversial teaching of what scientific theory in a Tennessee public school?
- 06Author F. Scott Fitzgerald is credited with coining what popular nickname for the 1920s era?
- 07Who became a national hero in 1927 after completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris?
- 08Which U.S. Constitutional amendment established the nationwide prohibition of alcoholic beverages, beginning the Prohibition era?
- 09What was the name of the intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, art, and literature centered in New York City during the 1920s?
- 10What major event in October 1929 is considered the dramatic end of the Roaring Twenties' economic prosperity?
- 11The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, granted which group the right to vote?
- 12The 1927 film "The Jazz Singer" is historically significant for being the first feature-length film to include what?