Roaring 20's

What was the root of most societal issues of the 1920s?

• Politics

• Nativism

• Job Competition

• World War I

How did people embrace or become familiar with "mass culture"?

• factories
• movies and radios
• electricity

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

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CCSS.RF.5.3A

How were new inventions such as automobiles and appliances "mass produced"?

• assembly lines
• farms
• garages

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 19th Amendment

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Why did many African Americans move from rural southern areas to urban northern areas?

• economic prosperity in the South
• economic hardships in the South
• economic boom in the South

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why was the decade of the 1920s referred to as the "Roaring 20s"?

• Because there was a big wildfire that roared through California

• Because the Ringling Bros. circus was started and their lions roared a lot

• Because the sound of airplanes fighting in WWI roared in the skies of America

• Because the economy was "roaring" after WWI and Americans were able to afford more luxuries (movies, cars, radios, etc)

What does the word Renaissance mean?

• redone

• rebirth

• change

• ridiculous

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following was NOT a push factor of the Great Migration?

• lynchings

• new job opportunities

• Jim Crow laws

• effects of the boil weevil

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which of the following is NOT a luxurious technology that became affordable to Americans during the 1920s because of the booming economy?

• automobile

• radio

• airplane

• computer

Which of the following was a major contribution to American popular culture made by African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance?

• classical music

• jazz music

• rock n roll music

• country western music

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9