Pop-Culture 20s-60s MP Exam

This film is considered to be the most influencial movies of the 20th century because it was the first to use talking dialogue throughout the movie.

• The Wizzard of Oz

• The Jazz Singer

• Citizen Kane

• The Jazz Age

He is considered to be one of the most important and polorizing figures in Sports figure during the 20th century and played for the New York Yankees.

• Chris Gibson

• Shoeless Joe Jackson

• Jesse Owens

• Babe Ruth

It was during this decade that radio was mass produced and changed the way news and events were covered.

• 1890s

• 1900s

• 1920s

• 1940s

The 1920s saw the rise in...

• Television viewership

• Rock N Roll music

• Color films

• Commercialism and Materialism

Popular Culture of the 1930s was influenced by this world-wide event...

• The Great Depression

• The Great Compression

• WWI

• WWII

The 18th Amendment and 21st Amendment deal with...

• The Dust Bowl

• Prohibition

• Womens Right to Vote

• Terms a President can serve

This movie was filmed in black and white, then switches to color, and back to black and white...

• House of Wax

• Wizzard of Oz

• Citizen Kane

• It's a Wonderful Life

Music from the 1930s can best be described as...

• Jazz

• Rock N Roll

• Country

• Jazz and big band

World War II influenced pop-culture during which decade?

• 1930s

• 1950s

• 1940s

• 1960s

AFI has this movie number one all of all-time...

• Rocky

• Citizen Kane

• It's a Wonderful Life

• Tropic Thunder