Name:______________________
Take Home Test for the 1920s 50 points
Due: Friday, December 7th (in class – first thing)
– automatic -5 pts for every period late
- 10 pts if absent Friday
TURN IT IN EARLY IF YOU FINISH IT OR ARE NOT GOING TO BE HERE!
Part 1 - 1920s Newspaper Questions
Sports Section Questions
Lou Gehrig had how many home-runs?
How much does the Ford Model T cost?
How many teams participated in the Hockey part of the 1920 Olympics?
What is the soap in the advertisement said to do?
Who won the boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier?
Music and Entertainment Questions
What profession did Paul Whiteman have before becoming the director of his orchestra?
How much does a one hour radio broadcast cost?
What type of music was mainly played in the dance halls?
Not everyone liked jazz, what did they refer to it as?
Fashion and Lifestyle Questions
Why lucky cigarettes are considered nicer than others?
Who was one of the earliest Flappers of all time?
What made modern women rebel against the standard dress code?
What women inspired all young girls to change their lifestyle?
Who was the first Miss America?
Movies and Entertainment Questions
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
What is the name of the main character in, “The Jazz Singer?”
What two things about “The Jazz Singer” had changed the thoughts of people throughout
the world?
Who invented the vitaphone?
What movie made Valentino an instant star?
Politics and Scandal Questions
What was President Harding’s political friends and contributors referred to?
What did President Harding die from?
Named two things mentioned in the article regarding the Japanese and the Comprehensive
Immigration Act?
What product does Michelin sell (according to its ad)?
Who said “we shall soon with the help of God be in sight of the day when poverty will be
banished from this land?”
Current Events - Prohibition Questions
Who was named the new Chief of Police of Chicago during this time?
Which two amendments are associated with prohibition?
The White Star Line is what type of transportation?
Name two “dry” states?
What images were used to promote voting against the sale of liquors?
Crime Questions
What did Dillinger say to Sam Cahoon?
How much was a package of Wrigley’s Gum?
What three cities does the Pere Marquettes travel to?
Who was George “Bugs” Moran?
What was the name of Walter Berndt’s comic strip?
Part 2 – Create a Crossword Puzzle
Go to the link on my website – Discovery Education – Puzzlemaker
On the left side of the screen you will see:
You must create a 15 CLUE CRISS-CROSS PUZZLE
The Clues must come from the following 4 notesheets (*these are all Power Point Slides)
1)
2)
3)
4)
The 1920s (American Postwar Issues)
Labor Strikes (Coal Miners)
Labor Strikes (Police Strike, Steel Strike) and Palmer Raids
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial, KKKExample of clue (GOOD) –
Who was called in by Governor Calvin Coolidge when the Boston police went on strike seeking
wage increases and right to unionize in 1919?
Answer – National Guard
Example of clue (BAD) –
Sid _______________________ - charged with murder?
Whose murder? When? Where?
 Answer – Hatfield