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Mrs. Dupuis Name: ____________________________________

S.S. 221 Date: __________________ Period: _____

The Roaring Twenties

Pre-Assessment

Directions: Before we start our next unit it is important to determine what you already know about the unit. This pre-assessment will also help to provide a sneak peek and an overview of what we will be studying. This will NOT be graded and it is ok if you are not sure – just take an educated guess!

1. What does TTQ stand for?

2. Who designed the first affordable automobile? (Hint: A major car company today still bears his name)

3. How much do you think the first Model T car sold for in 1908?

4. _____ True or False: After WWI many Americans wanted to move away from their small towns and expand their horizons.

5. Why do you think the 1920s were called the Roaring Twenties?

6. During the Roaring 20s, Congress passed Prohibition – a law that prohibited the sale or consumption (drinking) of ______________________.

7. _____ Yes or No: Have you heard of Al Capone?

8. If you answered yes to # 7, what do you know about him?

9. _____ True or False: The KKK was on the rise in the 1920s.

10. _____ Which 1920s slang word means ‘elegant appearance’?

a. Peppy b. Spiffy c. Joe Zilch d. Big Cheese

11. Check off which items were invented / sold in the 1920s.

_____ Refrigerator

_____Radio

_____ Television

_____ Air conditioner

_____ Electric fan

_____ Washing machine

_____ Microwave

_____ Vacuum cleaner

_____ Electric stove

12. _____ Which picture represents women’s fashion in the 1920s?

A. [pic] B. [pic]

13. _____ What type of music was new and popular in the 1920s?

A. [pic] B. [pic]

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