1920s Review

What was the African America literary artistic awakening of the 1920s centered a neighborhood of New York City?

Where did race riots occur in the 1920s?

• Tulsa, Oklahoma

• East St. Louis, Illinois

• Chester, Pennsylvania

• Houston, Texas

What was the name of the mass movement of African Americans from the South after WWI?

A famous Black musician from the 1920s-

• Louis Armstrong

• Zora Neal Hurston

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Marcus Garvey

How did writers such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald influence literature in the 1920s?

• Their novels focused on accurate portrayals of life for poor and disadvantaged Americans.

• Their novels focused on themes of disillusionment and a search for meaning.

• Their novels glorified the ideas of socialism, communism, and anarchy.

• Their novels perpetuated the ideas of fundamentalism and Victorian traditions.

After World War 1, the number of strikes increased. Many Americans were distrusting of labor unions because they associated labor unions with _____.

• Increased prices for consumer goods

• Radicalism (Anarchy and Communism)

• The federal government using injunctions to stop strikes.

• A desire to replace native-born American workers with foreign workers

The term used to describe the migration of African American families north-

• The Great Migration

• The Civil War

• Garveyism

• Prohibition

The Sacco & Vanzetti demonstrated which characteristic of the 1920s?

• discrimination of immigrants

• changes to women's fashion

• clash of traditional and modern values

• new consumer spending habits

What term describes a hands-off approach to economics?

• Communism

• Consumerism

• Laissez-Faire

• dirigisme

What movie was created to promote the KKK?

• Gone with the Wind

• Birth of a Nation

• The Great Gatsby

• Their Eyes were Watching God