Which was NOT a technical innovation during the 1920's?

Small black and white televisions

How were Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston important to the Harlem Renaissance?

They made contributions to literature and influenced future Black writers

Why did women's roles change in the 1920's?

They gained the right to vote and wanted more freedom after World War I

Radio, cinema, and magazines helped to create a mass national culture by

spreading news and entertainment across the country

Which BEST describes the Harlem Renaissance?

A flowering of Black culture that spread into mainstream American society

How did women's roles change in the 1920's?

Many dressed more freely and made independent choices

Buying items on credit impacted the economy and culture because

Americans could purchase items the couldn't afford and support consumerism

What caused the Red Scare in the United States?

A communist revolution in Russia

American writers Such as F.Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Sinclar Lewis focus on what in their writings

The underlying problems and sadness of the 1920's

New technological innovations at work and at home allowed people more leisure time because

machines were more efficient and saved people time

Mass production (like the assembly line) imacted the economy and culture by

making affordable products than many Americans could own

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1
The Volstead Act, Organized Crime, Speakeasies and the 18th and 21st Amendment are related to which 1920's issue?
The Teapot Dome Scandal
prohibition
the Red Scare
independent isolationism
2
Which was NOT a technical innovation during the 1920's?
Radios produced on a mass scale
Small black and white televisions
Refigerators, vacuums, and other household items
Inexpensive cars made by Henry Ford and airplanes
3
How were Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston important to the Harlem Renaissance?
they were important jazz musicians that gained fame and fortune
They made contributions to literature and influenced future Black writers
They were movie stars in Black silent movies of the times
They were the first politicians to run for Congress
4
Which was NOT a modern, progressive aspect of the 1920's?
Jazz music and Dancing
consumerism
the KKK
new technology like radios, cars, and airplanes
5
Why did women's roles change in the 1920's?
They continued to fight against suffrage
Evangelical Christians were scandalized by "flappers"
They were forced back into the home to care for children
They gained the right to vote and wanted more freedom after World War I
6
Since most Americans could liten to the news, sports, and entertaiment on the radio, this created an American
mass culture
love of all things European
depression, with hyperinflation
rejection of modern times
7
Radio, cinema, and magazines helped to create a mass national culture by
rejecting modern ideas
spreading news and entertainment across the country
developing the assembly line to make cheaper goods
having only one channel and movie available for listening/viewing
8
Which BEST describes the Harlem Renaissance?
The first efforts at African American civil rights
A "back to Africa" movement celebrating black nationalism
A flowering of Black culture that spread into mainstream American society
A movement during World War I that supported African American soldiers
9
How did women's roles change in the 1920's?
Many dressed more freely and made independent choices
Women grew more conservative in their actions and fashion
Women's rights were taken back and women retreated from public society
Many begain to run for political office and dominate corporate businesses
10
Buying items on credit impacted the economy and culture because
It encouraged saving money and not spending money on non-essential items
Americans could purchase items the couldn't afford and support consumerism
Big business controlled all access to credit
It demonstrated how strong the economy was
11
What caused the Red Scare in the United States?
The end of World War I
A communist revolution in Russia
The end of World War II
The rise of Hitler
12
Unfortunately, Harding's presidency is known for which scandal?
The "Peggy Eaton" Affair
the "Teapot Dome" Scandal
Watergate
the Credit Mobilier Scandal
13
The 1920 Quotas and the Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti indicated nativism, which means fear of
immigrants
big business
labor unions
communists
14
Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover took a "hands off" approach to
immigration
Americans who were communists
big business and the economy
organized crime
15
American writers Such as F.Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Sinclar Lewis focus on what in their writings
The devastation of Europe after World War 1
The underlying problems and sadness of the 1920's
Political commentary supporting the Presidents.
The glitz and glamour of the Jazz Age
16
Which was NOT a traditional -- anti-modern--reactionary aspect of the 1920's
Rise of Big Business
Red Scare & Palmer Raids
Nativism
KKK
17
New technological innovations at work and at home allowed people more leisure time because
Labor Unions were against the assembly line
machines were more efficient and saved people time
Many workers were unemployed.
The government was anti-business in their legislation
18
Mass production (like the assembly line) imacted the economy and culture by
replacing workers with robots.
making affordable products than many Americans could own
freed women up from their jobs
making products more expensive and harder to obtain
19
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial was a clash over religion and modern science related to the idea of
political scandal
women's rights
prohibition
evolution
20
What event searched for anarchists and communists and violated citizen's civil rights in 1919?
Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
Labor Strikes
The Palmer Raids
The Rise of the KKK

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