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Roaring 20s #02
GA 5th Grade Common Core Social Studies Standards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was Henry Ford's most successful automobile? | The Model T |
| Before the Model T how had cars been made? | Before the Model T cars were made one at a time by small groups of workers |
| What was the secret to Ford’s manufacturing success? | The assembly line - it allowed him to produce cars more cheaply and much faster |
| What is jazz? | A style of music characterized by a strong, flexible rhythm and use of improvisation. |
| What is a broadcast? | A program sent out over a radio or television station. |
| Where did most people in the United States live in the early 1900’s? | On farms or in small country towns |
| How did World War I change where people lived? | During World War I rural people began moving to cities in large numbers. They took jobs in factories and other businesses. |
| What were some technological advances of the 1920s and how did they change people's lives? | • Cars – people traveled long distances more easily • Paved roads – made travel easier • Electricity – people had lights and appliances for their homes • Vacuum cleaners – gave people more free time • Washing machines – gave people more free time |
| What was the nickname for the 1920s? | “Roaring Twenties” because people felt like life was “roaring” forward like a speeding car. |
| What were some things women started to do in the 1920s that they had not done before? | play sports go to college work outside their homes drive cars fly airplanes vote |
| Who was Duke Ellington? | A bandleader in the 1920’s |
| When was the first radio signal sent across the Atlantic and who sent it? | The first radio signal was sent across the Atlantic in 1901 by Guglielmo Marconi. |
| Who was the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season? | Babe Ruth |
| Who was Langston Hughes? | An African American poet who lived in Harlem |
| Who was Louis Armstrong? | A singer and trumpeter who was popular in the 1920s. |
| What is improvisation? | Musicians decide which notes to play as they perform |
| How did jazz begin? | Jazz began among African Americans who lived in the South. |
| Where is Harlem and what is it famous for? | Harlem is a neighborhood in New York and it is famous for jazz |
| What important information was in the first radio broadcast? | The first radio broadcast announced that Warren Harding had been elected President of the United States. |
| What is an aviator? | A person who flies an aiarplane |
| Who made the first successful airplane flight? | The Wright Brothers |
| Where was the first successful airplane flight made? | Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
| When was the first successful airplane flight made? | 1903 |
| Who was the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean? | Charles Lindbergh |
| What does transatlantic mean? | Across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Who was Amelia Earhart? | A female pilot who set many flying records |
| What happened to Amelia Earhart? | No one knows - she was flying around the world and her plane disappeared |
| Who was Bessie Coleman? | The first African American woman pilot |
| What groups of Americans still faced prejudice in the 1920’s? | Women African Americans Asian Americans Mexican Americans |
| What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)? | A group of mostly white men who spread hatred against immigrants, African Americans, Jewish people, and Catholics. The Klan had as many as five million members by the mid-1920’s. They dressed in robes and hoods to hide their faces. They attacked and sometimes killed people they felt were “un-American”. |
| What is the 18th Amendment? | It made selling and drinking alcoholic beverages against the law in the United States. This was called Prohibition. |
| What does Prohibition mean? | The act of forbidding something |
| What is the 21st Amendment? | Ended Prohibition - people could in the United States could legally drink alcohol again |
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