1920s America- History quiz- 41-60
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Pole Sitting
Give one example of a crazy craze from the 1920s?
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Babe Ruth
Name one famous baseball star of the Roaring 20s
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Cinema
Where did 100 million Americans go every week by 1929?
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Los Angeles
Where was Hollywood?
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Charlie Chaplin
Which film star became known for his silent comedy in the 1920s?
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A “talkie”
What film type was produced for the first time in 1927?
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Ban on production and sales of alcohol
What was prohibition?
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Temperence
Which type of societies campaigned for prohibition?
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1920
When was prohibition introduced?
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Volstead Act
Name the Act that introduced Prohibition
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1500
How many prohibition agents were there to enforce the law
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bootlegging
What was smuggling illegal alcohol across the border known as?
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a speakeasy
What was an illegal bar called?
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Chicago
which city did Al Capone run?
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Bugs Moran
Which rival gang did Al Capone target on St. Valentine’s day?
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1933
When was prohibition ended?
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$2 million a week
How much money was Al Capone making at the height of prohibition?
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Jewish/ Catholic
Which religion were many of the new immigrants?
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40 million
How many people emigrated to America between 1850 and 1914?
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1917
When did the Russian Revolution happen making many people fear foreigners?
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