Chapter 21 Test This is a TEST! There is to be absolutely NO talking during the Test. ANYONE suspected of talking will receive a zero on the TEST! GOOD.

Chapter 21 Test

This is a TEST! There is to be absolutely NO talking during the Test. ANYONE suspected of talking will receive a zero on the TEST!

GOOD LUCK!

1. What is the term for the Protestant movement that was grounded in the belief that all

information from the Bible was literal truth?

• A. Fundementalism

• B. Anarchist

• C. Skepticism

• D. Evolution

2. What small town pilot received national recognition when he

became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

• A. Calvin Coolidge

• B. Charles Chaplin

• C. George Gershwin

• D. Charles Lindberg

3. What was the name of his plane?

• A. The Spirit of New York

• B. The Spirit of St. Louis

• C. The Spirit in the Sky

• D. The Spirit of the United States

4. What set of principles pressured women to follow a much stricter

code of ethics than men?

• A. Double Jeopardy

• B. Sexism

• C. Double Standard

• D. None of the above

5. What state did the teacher put on trial for teaching evolution in the

1920’s come from?

• A. Alabama

• B. Mississippi

• C. Georgia

• D. Tennessee

6. What was the name of the teacher put on trial during the

“monkey” trial?

• A. Clarence Darrow

• B. William Jennings Bryan

• C. John T. Scopes

• D. Charles Darwin

7. Who was the defending attorney during the “monkey” trial?

• A. William Jennings Bryan

• B. John T. Scopes

• C. Clarence Darrow

• D. Charles Lindberg

8. Who was the prosecuting attorney during the “monkey” trial?

• A. Clarence Darrow

• B. William Jennings Bryan

• C. Charles Chaplin

• D. John T. Scopes

9. What was the name of the teacher accused of teaching

evolution in the “monkey” trial?

• A. Clarence Darrow

• B. William Jennings Bryan

• C. Charles Lindberg

• D. none of the above

10. What publicity stunt became a popular means of advertisement during the 1920’s. “Shipwreck”

Kelly was one of the best around at this stunt.

• A. sword swallowing

• B. flagpole swinging

• C. flagpole sitting

• D. skydiving

11. What city in the U.S. had the most people according to a 1929

census?

• A. Detroit

• B. Chicago

• C. Los Angeles

• D. New York City

12. What All-American music found its roots in Southern gospel and

blues? It originated in New Orleans?

• A. Jazz

• B. ragtime

• C. classical

• D. country

13. How did state governments pay for new high schools during the

1920’s. This is still the way schools are paid for today.

• A. donations

• B. contributions

• C. taxes

• D. parking tickets

14. What era was characterized by a growth in organized crime and

lawlessness, although it began as an attempt to protect the public

from the effects of alcohol?

• A. Roaring Twenties

• B. Prohibition

• C. Reconstruction

• D. none of the above

15. What is the term for people who hid illegal liquor in articles of

clothing in the time period when alcohol was illegal?

• A. speakeasies

• B. soothsayers

• C. fundamentalists

• D. none of the above

16. What composer, bandleader, and musician became famous as a

headliner at the Cotton Club?

• A. Louis Armstrong

• B. Duke Ellington

• C. Bessie Smith

• D. Charles Lindberg

17. This famous black poet became very famous for his poems that

described life as a poor black. His poems could also be set to music.

• A. Langston Hughes

• B. Paul Robeson

• C. George Gershwin

• D. none of the above

18. This urban neighborhood was home to a unique literary and

artistic movement which shaped the lives of black people in the

1920’s.

• A. The Bronx

• B. Harlem

• C. Queens

• D. none of the above

19. American fundementalists opposed educators teaching what?

• A. religion

• B. creationism

• C. evolution

• D. civics

20. The 1920 census showed that most Americans chose to live

where?

• A. urban areas

• B. small towns

• C. farming communities

• D. suburbs

21. This was the most powerful communications medium of the

1920’s.

• A. newspaper

• B. television

• C. word of mouth

• D. radio

22. She was known as queen of the blues singers in the 1920’s.

• A. Aretha Franklin

• B. Bessie Thomas

• C. Bessie Jones

• D. Bessie Smith

23. This was a term which described the exodus of blacks

from the south to northern cities.

• A. Trail of Tears

• B. Great Migration

• C. Reconstruction

• D. none of the above

24. This organization lead an anti-lynching campaign in the 1920’s.

• A. NAACP

• B. UNIA

• C. AAA

• D. OMEGA PSI PHI

25. This ‘Farewell to Arms’ author was one of the most popular writers of his time. To bad he committed

suicide.

• A. F. Scott Fitzgerald

• B. Langston Hughes

• C. Ernest Hemmingway

• D. Charles Lindberg

26. This was the term used to describe a ‘free thinking’ woman of

the 1920’s.

• A. feminist

• B. flopper

• C. flapper

• D. communist

27. What professional sport became very popular during the

1920’s?

• A. football

• B. basketball

• C. baseball

• D. flagpole sitting

28. Al “Scarface” Capone set up his crime syndicate in what US city

during the 1920’s?

• A. New York City

• B. Miami

• C. Chicago

• D. Detroit

29. Known as the “King of the Trumpet” this jazz musician was

often one of the most sought after musicians of his time.

• A. Duke Ellington

• B. Louis Armstrong

• C. Stretch Armstrong

• D. Billy Holiday

30. This popular man of the 1920’s encouraged blacks to move back to Africa and start their own society.

Of course, under the condition that he would be president.

• A. Malcolm X

• B. Marcus Garvey

• C. Bob Marley

• D. Louis Armstrong

31. This was a hidden saloon that operated during the period when alcohol was illegal in the U.S..

• A. hideout

• B. nightclub

• C. speakeasy

• D. none of the above

32. It took the pilot of the 1st transatlantic flight how long to fly from New York City to London,

England?

• A. 35 hours, 18 minutes

• B. 33 hours, 29 minutes

• C. 40 days, 40 nights

• D. 31 hours, 11 minutes

33. Who broke Babe Ruth’s homerun record?

• A. Hank Aaron

• B. Willy Mays

• C. Barry Bonds

• D. Mark McGwire

Bonus: How many homeruns did Babe Ruth hit in his career?

• A. 716

• B. 715

• C. 714

• D. 713