Roaring 20s Learning Stations: Review

What would NOT be considered a definition of modernism?

• Making things new and strange

• A challenge to orthodox thinking

• Writings of hope and innovation

• Themes of loneliness and despair

Why were people disillusioned after the war?

• Lack of purpose

• Having witnessed death on such a huge scale

• Focus on material wealth

What would NOT be considered a way to define the Lost Generation?

• People who lost their formative years to war

• People who lost their lives to war

• People who lost their families to war

• People who lost hope after returning from war

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What was the biggest reason why the rich got richer? (Wealth gap increased)

• Everyone was able to purchase stocks

• Less than 1% of Americans owned stock

• The Dow Jones Industrial average increased 6X from 1921-1929

• Mo money mo problems

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What is NOT a reason why it also a good time to be middle-class?

• Real wages for urban workers increased

• Stock prices increased rapidly

• Cars were more affordable

• Goods and services available for wealthy became available for all

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During Prohibition, alcohol consumption... _____________________________

• Increased

• Decreased

• Stayed the same

• Was lit

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What major historical event occurred in 1920?

• WWI

• Women's suffrage

• Civil Rights

• Model T Ford created

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These practices of women would have all been socially accepted in the 1920s except:

• Smoking

• Having short hair

• Being sexually provocative

• Fighting

What appliances made music more popular and accessible than ever before?

• Cassette Tape

• Radio

• Phonograph

• PS5

Why was the Jazz Age so important for African-American culture?

• Jazz became massively popular in America

• African-American art was respected for the first time

• Jazz gave African-Americans a platform

• The music slapped

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