How did high schools in the 20s differ from those prior to the decade?

They offered a broad range of courses

What is an expatriate?

Someone who takes up residence in a foreign country

What is the Lost Generation?

Group of writers living in Paris who rejected American values and culture

Many writers during the 20s wrote what?

Critical views of American culture

Why were mass-circulation magazines so popular?

Summarized domestic and foreign news

Why were spectator sports such a big part of pop culture?

Sports stars were glorified as superstars by mass media

What new challenge did public schools meet?

Teaching immigrant children who didn’t speak English

Why did radio become so popular?

They created a shared national experience of hearing news as it happened

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21.3: Education and Pop Culture of the 1920s

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How did high schools in the 20s differ from those prior to the decade?
They offered a broad range of courses
Schools began to teach farming methods needed for agriculture
Education was free for all genders/races and was taught in a communal space
The schools catered only to college-bound students
2
What is an expatriate?
A person who spends all their money on entertainment
Someone who takes up residence in a foreign country
Those who followed new fashion trends
WWI veteran
3
Who was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in literature for their novel titled “Babbitt”?
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sinclair Lewis
Edward Hopper
T.S. Eliot
4
What is the Lost Generation?
Women who advocated for suffrage and formed unions
African Americans who fought and died for civil rights in the 1920s
American painters never recognized for their artwork
Group of writers living in Paris who rejected American values and culture
5
Many writers during the 20s wrote what?
War tragedies
Civil rights
Education being offered to immigrants
Critical views of American culture
6
Why were mass-circulation magazines so popular?
Summarized domestic and foreign news
Entertaining gossip columns
Only local news was reported
Advertisements promoted useful products
7
What was the first major movie with sound?
The Jazz Singer
West Side Story
The Sound of Music
The Hairy Ape
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Who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
Charles A. Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Orville Wright
Eddie Rickenbacker
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Why were spectator sports such a big part of pop culture?
Sports competition was exciting to watch
Sports stars were glorified as superstars by mass media
Almost everyone played sports
The plays could be heard on the radio
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Which theme was NOT addressed in 1920s literature?
Conformity
Materialism
Negatives of freedom
Importance of tradition
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What new challenge did public schools meet?
Teaching immigrant children who didn’t speak English
Whether to teach evolution or not
Larger class sizes
Segregation
12
Who was NOT an influential writer of the 1920s?
George Gershwin
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
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What was the most powerful means of communication?
Telegraph
Telephone
Radio
Mail
14
Which factor did NOT greatly impact 1920s pop culture?
Movies
Sports
Mass media
Economical finances
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Which was NOT a popular novel of the time?
The Great Gatsby
The Sun Also Rises
To Kill a Mockingbird
This Side of Paradise
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Why did radio become so popular?
They were the cheapest way to communicate
They were a sign of wealth and fame
They were needed in order to hear war warnings
They created a shared national experience of hearing news as it happened

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