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The Roaring Twenties
Study Guide for The Roaring Twenties-Test is Thursday, 11-21-13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the basis of Warren G. Hardings campaign strategy? | It was to restore normalcy, or stability and prosperity |
| Why were some American writers of the 1920s called the "Lost Generation"? | They expressed feelings of separation from American society. |
| Why was 1927 a fundamental year in motion pictures? | It brought the first film with sound. |
| What was the main reason Herbert Hoover was elected by a large majority of votes? | Hoover promised to continue the economic boom. |
| What conflict did the Scopes Monkey Trial represent? | It represented fundamentalists beliefs and scientific ideals about evolution. |
| There were a group of writers in the 1920s that included Ernest Hemingway. What did their writing do? | It criticized American Society. |
| What are some of the effects of Prohibition? | Some effects were: increased government corruption, as local police and politicians took bribes to ignore the movement and sale of alcohol. |
| What was one of the main goals of Marcus Garvey's black nationalism? | One main goal was for African Americans to have their won businesses and communties. |
| Until 1924, Native Americans did not have access to adequate legal protection from the government. Why? | They were not citizens of the United States. |
| Who invented the jazz solo (where one musician steps out from the band)? | Trumpeter Louis Armstrong |
| Did immigration to the United States fall dramatically or rise sharply in the 1920's? | It rose sharply. |
| What 1920's scandal caused people to question the judgement and honesty of government officials? | It was the Teapot Dome Scandal. |
| Young women who challenged society's ideas about womanhood in the 1920's were known as what? | Flappers |
| What is the term for people who leave their home countries to travel elsewhere? | Expatriots |
| What is the name of the 1928 pact in which the U.S. and other countries agreed not to engage in war? | Kellogg-Briand Pact |
| Henry Ford invented the first affordable automobile. What is the name of this automobile. | Model-T |
| What is the Harlem Renaissance? | It is the flourishing of African American literature and art in the 1920s. |
| What is the term for a system that uses conveyor belts to move parts to different groups of workers? | This is the moving assembly line. |
| What was the Red Scare? | It was the fear of Communist infiltration after the Russian Revolution. |
| In 1933, what ended Prohibition? | The Twenty-First amendment ended Prohibition. |
| Who was the Republican candidate for vice-president in 1920? | His name was Calvin Coolidge. |
| Who was Georgia O' Keefe? | He was a painter famous for creating detailed paintings of flowers. |
| Which directions did African Americans move during The Great Migration? | They moved from South to North. |
| How would you describe the economy at the beginning of the 1920s? | It was booming. Jobs were plentiful and people were prosperous. |
| Was high school attendance negatively affected as young people flocked to the cities to take advantage of high paying jobs and nightclubs of the new youth culture? | No, it was not affected. |
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