The Roaring Twenties

For the first time in U.S. history, in the 1920s more people lived in cities than in rural areas.

• True

• False

In the 1920s, the increasing availability of affordable _____ changed the lives and routines of urban residents.

• housing

• consumer goods

• land

• credit cards

In the 1920s the American economy was booming, and many people had extra money to spend.

• True

• False

The decade of the 1920s also became known as the _____, because companies began marketing products nationwide.

• Age of Advertising

• Progressive Era

• Jazz Age

• Great Depression

For the 1st time, people rushed to buy household appliances such as microwaves, televisions, and CD players.

• True

• False

Texas musicians such as "Blind" Lemon Jefferson and Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter shaped the _____ tradition.

• jazz

• Tejano music

• blues

• country music

Commercial radio, record albums, and movies became very popular in the ________.

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1820s

• 1830s

A few companies made movies in Texas in the 1910s, but by the 1920s, __________, ___________ had become the nation’s moviemaking capital.

• Hollywood, California

• San Antonio, Texas

• Ney York, New York

• Chicago, Illinois

_____, the first movie to win an Academy Award® for best picture, was shot at Kelly Field in San Antonio.

• Gone with the Wind

• Flying Heroes

• The Gold Rush

• Wings

The role of women in American society had little to no change during the 1920s.

• True

• False