Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. If groups of people are ______, they have been separated from other groups because of a characteristic such as their race.
- 'segregated' ✓
- What happened to the prices of agricultural goods in the USA after 1920?
- rose
- stayed the same
- fell ✓
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- Where did most recent immigrants in the USA come from in the 1920s?
- southern and eastern Asia
- southern and eastern Europe ✓
- northern and western Asia
- northern and western Europe
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- What name was often given to established groups of immigrants in the USA in the 1920s?
- BEEs
- BUGs
- FLYs
- WASPs ✓
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- Which example best demonstrates that Native Americans did not enjoy a boom in the 1920s?
- land on Reservations was usually of poor quality ✓
- Native American population grew between 1920 and 1930
- Native Americans were indigenous to the Americas
- some forms of Native American worship were outlawed ✓
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- Which example best demonstrates that American farmers suffered from tariffs?
- new technology led to American farmers overproducing food
- extra taxes on American food exports made them less competitive ✓
- the number of people employed in American agriculture fell
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Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. Films produced with sound were known as '...'.
- 'talkies' ✓
- Match each of the individuals with their correct career.
- Al Capone⇔gang leader ✓
- Babe Ruth⇔baseball player ✓
- Charlie Chaplin⇔film star ✓
- Ma Rainey⇔jazz singer ✓
- When did the USA introduce Prohibition?
- 1918
- 1920 ✓
- 1922
- 1924
- 1926
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- Which of the following arguments did 'dries' make about Prohibition?
- alcohol helped people have fun
- alcohol was too expensive
- alcohol harmed families ✓
- alcohol was good for work
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- Which statement is most accurate?
- alcohol consumption became more common after Prohibition began ✓
- alcohol consumption became less common after Prohibition began
- alcohol consumption remained the same after Prohibition began
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Prohibition introduced
- 2⇔criminal gangs smuggle alcohol into the USA and set up speakeasies
- 3⇔competing gangs violently attack one another in order to maximise their profits
- 4⇔Prohibition ended
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Key learning points
- The 1920s have been referred to as the 'Roaring Twenties'.
- Entertainments like mass sports, cinema and jazz became more popular duirng the 1920s.
- Prohibition was introduced in 1920.
- Prohibition law was regularly broken by ordinary Americans and corrupt officials.
- There was a rise in organised crime during the Prohibition era.
Common misconception
Prohibition led to a fall in alcohol consumption in the USA.
A rise in the number of bars and alcohol-related offences after 1920 suggests that drinking became more common during the Prohibition era.
Keywords
Talkies - talkies were films which included sound
Prohibition - Prohibition was the name given to the ban on alcohol in the USA from 1920-1933
Enforcement - enforcement refers to processes such as policing which are used to make sure people obey the law
Speakeasy - a speakeasy was an illegal bar set up during the period of Prohibition in the USA
Smuggled - if something is smuggled, it is brought into a country illegally
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