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1920s culture, movements, and people
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Describe the image of the flapper?
submissive and motherly
rebellious, short skits, dancing, cutting their hair short
tomboy with short hair and individual
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What was the purpose of prohibition?
curb the violence, accidents, and crime caused by alcohol
to keep people from sin
to make people stay home and be responsable
3
Recall who were popular Jazz artists of 1920s
Duke Ellington, George Gershwin
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong
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How is the great migration connected to the Harlem Renaissance?
African Americans moving north and creating new culture
African Americans reliving African culture led to movement
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What was the 18th amendment?
granted slaves freedom
made voting legal for women
prohibited alcohol manufacture, distribution and sale
equal rights
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Which of the following did Fundamentalist movement challenge?
Darwin’s theory of evolution (Scopes Trial)
traditional religious ideas
religious revivals in the South and West
biblical teachings and history
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What event was Al Capone notorious for?
Robbing 25 banks in one day
in 1929 splitting the mafia in US to 5 families
started the Lincoln County War
Saint Valentines day massacre 1929
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On what charges did the FBI finally able to convict Al Capone of?
bootlegging
setting up prostitution rings
tax evasion
organized crime
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Who were influential figures, groups, and places of the Harlem Renaissance?
Apollo Theater, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, NAACP
NAACP, Apollo Theater, Cotton Club, and Charlie Chaplin
Apollo Theater, Louis Armstrong, Will Smith
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What was Bootlegging?
To illegally copy dvds and cds
to sell illegal products on the black market
smuggle liquor and beer across boarders such as Canada
To steal boots from a store
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what was the nickname for the trial involving John Scopes?
darwin trial
monkey trial
Bible belt trial
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How did criminals benefit from prohibition?
profits went up due to bootlegging and owning speakeasys
paid the law men to leave them alone
black market became popular
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This artist was known for painting colorful paintings with flowers and skulls in the southwest
Michaelangelo
Georgia O'Keeffe
Leonardo Da Vinci
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What was the impact of widespread access to radio beginning in the 1920s?
literacy and reading declined
a mass popular culture began to emerge across the US
regional cultures became distinct
newspapers and magazines gained readers
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What main issue did the Scopes Trial address?
religion being taught in schools
evolution being taught in schools
16
The 1920s was known as the what_____________ due to the popular music of the time.
swing age
Charleston age
jazz age
ragtime age
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This famous writer was wounded in WWI and most famous work was The old Man and The Sea.
Robert Frost
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tennessee Williams
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This famous writer wrote The Great Gatsby and the book captured life during 1920s.
Tennessee Williams
F.Scott Fitzgerald
Robert Frost
Ernest Hemingway
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How did famous gangster Al Capone raise to fame?
tax evasion and gerrymandering
bootlegging, gambeling, led to organized crime empire
famous for rum running and prostitution rings
came from a famous italian American family from Brooklyn
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Define speakeasy
somewhere were one has to speak quietly
a place with a mix of upper and lower class
hidden underground bars or saloons
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How did the flapper embody the changing attitude of women in 1920s?
became more motherly and less rebellious
new freedom, more liberal, became equals of men
liberated, went out, but still valued traditional roles
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The Harlem Renaissance promoted African American culture by
increasing factory employment opportunities for minorities
bringing an end to legalized racial segregation
encouraging immigration from Africa
focusing attention on artistic contributions
