Question 1

What 4 types of mass media challenged traditional values during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

1) Radio
2) Movies
3) Newspapers
4) Magazines

Question 2

What new type of American music was played on the radio during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Question 3

Define "Fireside Chats."

Accepted Answer

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio talks to the American people

Question 4

How did movies help the American people during the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Provided an escape from daily life during the Depression

Question 5

What scientific theory challenged traditional religion during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Darwin's Theory of Evolution

Question 6

How did Darwin's Theory of Evolution go against traditional Christian beliefs?

Accepted Answer

Conflicted with the Bible's account of the creation and the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

Question 7

What trial made traditional religious values look old-fashioned and silly?

Accepted Answer

The Scopes Trial

Question 8

What two developments in the 1920s challenged the traditional role of American women?

Accepted Answer

1) Flappers
2) 19th Amendment

Question 9

What resulted from the challenge of open immigration to traditional American values?

Accepted Answer

Rise of a new Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Question 10

What resulted from the challenge of Prohibition to traditional American values?

Accepted Answer

1) Smuggling alcohol
2) Speakeasies

Question 11

What were speakeasies?

Accepted Answer

Illegal bars during Prohibition

Question 12

Why was radio advertising important during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Created national markets for consumer goods

Question 13

What became a major new form of entertainment during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Silent Films

Question 14

What was the first talking picture?

Accepted Answer

The Jazz Singer (1929)

Question 15

Name 4 movie stars in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

1) Rudolph Valentino
2) Mary Pickford
3) Clara Bow
4) Charlie Chaplin

Question 16

What were 2 fads in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

1) Crossword puzzles
2) Chinese game of Maj Jong

Question 17

Who was John Scopes?

Accepted Answer

A high school biology teacher in Tennessee who taught Darwin's theory of evolution

Question 18

What was the result of the Scopes trial?

Accepted Answer

1) Scopes was found guilty of breaking Tennessee law.
2) Darwin's Theory appeared to represent modern America and the future.
3) Tennessee law and the Bible's account of creation appeared backward.

Question 19

What did the 19th Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

Gave women the right to vote

Question 20

What had been the traditional role of women in 19th century Victorian America?

Accepted Answer

Wives and mothers

Question 21

For what did the flappers become a symbol?

Accepted Answer

Young, middle class women of the 1920s who were rebelling against the traditional role of women

Question 22

Describe the flapper.

Accepted Answer

1) Bobbed hair
2) Makeup
3) Short skirts
4) Smoked cigarettes
5) Drank alcohol

Question 23

What did the 18th Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

Prohibited (forbid) the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages

Question 24

What were unintended consequences of Prohibition?

Accepted Answer

1) Gangsters smuggled liquor into the United States.
2) Speakeasies
3) Attacked traditional values

Question 25

What were speakeasies?

Accepted Answer

Illegal bars during Prohibition

Question 26

What feeling developed among native-born Americans during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Anti-immigrant feeling

Question 27

What organization grew rapidly after World War I because of anti-immigrant feeling?

Accepted Answer

Ku Klux Klan

Question 28

During the 1920s, where was the KKK popular?

Accepted Answer

In different parts of the entire nation, instead of just in the South

Question 29

What groups did the KKK hate during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

1) Roman Catholics
2) Jews
3) African-Americans

Question 30

In the 1920s who did the KKK blame for many of America's problems?

Accepted Answer

1) Roman Catholic immigrants
2) Jewish immigrants

Question 31

How did Congress give in to anti-immigrant feeling during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Limited immigration, especially from southern and eastern Europe

Question 32

What did the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921 do?

Accepted Answer

Placed quotas on immigration from most countries

Question 33

What are quotas?

Accepted Answer

Numerical limits

Roaring Twenties

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Question	Answer
What 4 types of mass media challenged traditional values during the 1920s?	1) Radio 2) Movies 3) Newspapers 4) Magazines
What new type of American music was played on the radio during the 1920s?	Jazz
Define "Fireside Chats."	President Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio talks to the American people
How did movies help the American people during the 1930s?	Provided an escape from daily life during the Depression
What scientific theory challenged traditional religion during the 1920s?	Darwin's Theory of Evolution
How did Darwin's Theory of Evolution go against traditional Christian beliefs?	Conflicted with the Bible's account of the creation and the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
What trial made traditional religious values look old-fashioned and silly?	The Scopes Trial
What two developments in the 1920s challenged the traditional role of American women?	1) Flappers 2) 19th Amendment
What resulted from the challenge of open immigration to traditional American values?	Rise of a new Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
What resulted from the challenge of Prohibition to traditional American values?	1) Smuggling alcohol 2) Speakeasies
What were speakeasies?	Illegal bars during Prohibition
Why was radio advertising important during the 1920s?	Created national markets for consumer goods
What became a major new form of entertainment during the 1920s?	Silent Films
What was the first talking picture?	The Jazz Singer (1929)
Name 4 movie stars in the 1920s?	1) Rudolph Valentino 2) Mary Pickford 3) Clara Bow 4) Charlie Chaplin
What were 2 fads in the 1920s?	1) Crossword puzzles 2) Chinese game of Maj Jong
Who was John Scopes?	A high school biology teacher in Tennessee who taught Darwin's theory of evolution
What was the result of the Scopes trial?	1) Scopes was found guilty of breaking Tennessee law. 2) Darwin's Theory appeared to represent modern America and the future. 3) Tennessee law and the Bible's account of creation appeared backward.
What did the 19th Amendment do?	Gave women the right to vote
What had been the traditional role of women in 19th century Victorian America?	Wives and mothers
For what did the flappers become a symbol?	Young, middle class women of the 1920s who were rebelling against the traditional role of women
Describe the flapper.	1) Bobbed hair 2) Makeup 3) Short skirts 4) Smoked cigarettes 5) Drank alcohol
What did the 18th Amendment do?	Prohibited (forbid) the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
What were unintended consequences of Prohibition?	1) Gangsters smuggled liquor into the United States. 2) Speakeasies 3) Attacked traditional values
What were speakeasies?	Illegal bars during Prohibition
What feeling developed among native-born Americans during the 1920s?	Anti-immigrant feeling
What organization grew rapidly after World War I because of anti-immigrant feeling?	Ku Klux Klan
During the 1920s, where was the KKK popular?	In different parts of the entire nation, instead of just in the South
What groups did the KKK hate during the 1920s?	1) Roman Catholics 2) Jews 3) African-Americans
In the 1920s who did the KKK blame for many of America's problems?	1) Roman Catholic immigrants 2) Jewish immigrants
How did Congress give in to anti-immigrant feeling during the 1920s?	Limited immigration, especially from southern and eastern Europe
What did the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921 do?	Placed quotas on immigration from most countries
What are quotas?	Numerical limits

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