Roaring 20s

Period of economic prosperity after WWI?

• The Roaring 20s

• The Wild Years

• The Roaring 30s

• The Wild 40s

Which music became popular during the 20s?

• Blue Grass

• Jazz

• Rock 'n Roll

• Classical

The Harlem Renaissance spanned which decade?

• 1900s

• 1910s

• 1920s

• 1930s

The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as

• an organization created to help promote African-American businesses

• a period of great achievement by African American writers, artists, and performers

• a movement that sought to draw people back to the inner cities

• a relief program to provide jobs for minority workers

Who was Langston Hughes?

• First man to fly across the Atlantic

• Introduced mass production of automobiles

• Legendary jazz musician

• Black writer during Harlem Renaissance

Why did the economy experience a "boom" after WWI?

• African Americans were moving back to the farms to grow cotton and soybeans

• Consumers were preparing for a war and needed to bring extra supplies

• New technologies and consumer goods were being developed and people wanted to buy them

• Foreign trade grew after WWI

What did the 18th amendment to our Constitution state?

• Americans had to be 18 years old to purchase alcohol

• The making and selling of alcohol was banned

• Alcohol could only be sold in government-run stores

• Only alcohol from foreign countries could be sold

What technology became an "affordable luxury" in the 1920's and allowed people to travel more freely?

• Telephones

• Toasters

• Railroads

• Automobilies

Which group of Americans did not have a good economic time in the 1920's?

• Doctors, lawyers, accountants

• African Americans, Asian Americans, sharecroppers

• Sharecroppers, farmers, underpaid factory workers

• Teachers, ministers, farmhands

In the 1920's, which group of people were the "last hired, first fired"?

• Irish Immigrants

• White Americans

• African Americans

• Chinese Immigrants