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Roaring 20s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Did people follow prohibition laws? | no |
| Speakeasy | A place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during prohibition |
| What did gangs battle over? | 1) illegal liquor sales 2) led to spike in crime |
| What type of boundaries were broken in the 20s? | technological, social, geographic |
| Where was the modern age born? | NYC |
| Importance of skyscrapers | 1) showed nobility 2) more ppl worked there than lived in small towns |
| Did more ppl live in urban centers or country towns? | urban centers, ppl moved to NYC |
| What did Wall Street represent? | expanding economic opportunities |
| Were people richer or poorer? | 1) richer, 400% more millionaires than past decade 2) everyone had maids & boats |
| Where did Jazz get popular? | 1) Harlem, led by African Americans 2) ppl came from all over to visit Harlem |
| Who lived in NY lower east side | European immigrants |
| importance of cities | where change occurred |
| Electricity impact | 1) first came to the cities 2) extended the day 3) new possibilities for fun and work 4) most homes had electricity by end of decade |
| Car impact | 1) gave American's freedom 2) big focus on national infrastructure 3) highways, bridges, tunnels built |
| Billboards | 1) lined highways 2) advertising increased |
| What happened with credit? | concept of buy now, pay later became popular |
| Radios | 1) 1st live radio transmission for big audience was pres election results 2)became popular 3) everyone had one |
| Women during 20s | 1) got the right to vote 2) lived for themselves 3) partied & wore revealing clothing 4) had short hair & wore makeup |
| What was women that partied a lot called? | flappers |
| Rural America life | 1) didn't like change 2) super religious 3) found cities threatening |
| Scopes Trial | 1) took place in Dayton Tennessee 2) John T Scopes taught evolution which was illegal in the state 3) trial received national attention 4) Scopes found guilty |
| What did William Jennings Bryan do in the Scopes Trial? | 1) helped prosecute Scopes, thought teaching evolution should be illegal 2) Clarence Darrow was on the defense |
| What happened outside of the Scopes Trial | 1) Carnival in Dayton 2) ppl brought monkeys 3) rise of preaching |
| Effect of Scopes Trial | 1) clash of Science vs Religion 2) legal win for prosecution 3) also a win for defense bc it showed hypocrisy of christain fundementalism |
| Why were some people against change | Ppl enjoyed all the technological advancements, but wanted things to stay how they used to be |
| Rise of the KKK | 1) membership soared to 4 million 2) expanded who they hated - jews, catholics, new women, asians 3) nationwide - spread to Northern cities |
| How many states did the KKK seize political control in? | 1) 7 states 2) helped pass anti-immigration laws 2) 50,000 members marched down DC |
| Sports during the 20s | 1) Sports fans grew 2) everyone knew Babe Ruth 3) Ruth was considered a hero |
| Flying during the 20s | interest in planes grew |
| What did Charles Lindbergh do | 1) 1st person to successfully fly nonstop from from US to Paris 2) considered a hero 3) Americans celebrated him like crazy 4) Parade down Broadway was biggest national celebration since end of WW1 |
| What did Admiral Byrd do? | 1) successfully flew over south pole |
| What happened with the Stock Market? | 1) investors cashed in overpriced stock 2) ppl panic and started to sell their stocks 3) $30 billion vanished 4) ppl lost all their money and went broke 5) suicide 6) led to Great Depression |
| What happened to the birth rate? | 1) declined because more women using birth control 2) sex is now being seen for pleasure instead of procreation |
| examples of new inventions | electric vacuum cleaner, fridge, freezer, washing machine |
| Did country ppl experience the roarings 20s? | no, farm prices hit rock bottom after war |
| What led to Great Depression | 1) stock market crash 2) workers reach limit 3) ppl could only buy so much- consumer demand decreases |
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