Quiz Me! - Era: Roaring 20'sTest your knowledge about the Roaring 20's! 1 / 10What was a major cause of the Palmer Raids? Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy Anger over the verdict in the Scopes trial American’s fear of communism Communism’s rapid spread across Europe 2 / 10Clarence Darrow was both a lawyer and civil rights advocate. He became notable because of his defense of a public school teacher accused of violating the Butler Act. Darrow’s arguments are considered a landmark defense of the Fifth Amendment First Amendment Sixth Amendment Eighth Amendment 3 / 10This lawyer famously told a Tennessee court, “If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools...At the next session you may ban books and the newspapers…” Stephen A. Douglas William Jennings Bryan Clarence Darrow W.E.B. DuBois 4 / 10Which best completes the outline above? 1950s and the Beatnik Movement The Tin Pan Alley Movement America’s Great Artist Community 1920s and the Harlem Renaissance 5 / 10The person whose company built the largest fleet of airplanes used during World War I and manufactured a seaplane that was the first to be able to take off and land on the deck of a ship was also known as the “Father of Naval Aviation.” Alfred Thayer Mahan Glenn Curtiss Philip Bazaar Alvin York 6 / 10Which of the following 1st Amendment rights were involved in the Gitlow decision? The Petition and Assembly rights The Free Speech and Assembly rights The Free Speech and Free Press rights The Establishment and Free Exercise Religious rights 7 / 10Which statement explains the cause of Russia’s withdrawal from World War I? The Spanish Flu caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers. Lenin and Trotsky overthrew the Czar in a communist revolution. The war created shortages that were especially difficult on the Russian people and army. Germany stopped defending the trenches on the eastern front. 8 / 10Which place in New York City attracted vaudeville musicians, actors, and dancers who hoped to audition and sell their acts and music? Apollo Club Tin Pan Alley The Cotton Club Hip Hop Alley 9 / 10What is the best title for the list above? The Teapot Dome Scandal The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial Causes Unrest The Palmer Raids and the First Red Scare Effects of the Russian Revolution 10 / 10This memoir was titled after the name of the plane where Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first nonstop, solo transatlantic flight from the United States to Paris, France. The memoir and plane were called the - Lone Eagle Spirit of St. Louis Lucky Lindy Cross of Gold Your score is Try another 10!
