1920s Cultural & Political Controversies | Heimler 7.8

By 1920, what percentage of Americans lived in cities?

• Exactly 50%

• Less than 40%

• More than 50%

• About 75%

What were middle class women in the 1920s expected to do?

• Travel abroad for education

• Lead political movements

• Have babies and make the home a haven of rest

• Join the workforce in large numbers

Who were known as the flappers?

• Politicians of the 1920s

• International immigrants

• Women symbolizing liberation

• Male jazz musicians

What was the response to the large influx of immigrants after World War I?

• A wave of nativism

• Expansion of cities

• A decrease in urban population

• Increased job opportunities for all

What did the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 limit immigration to?

• No limit, it encouraged immigration

• 5% of the population measured by the 1920 census

• 3% of the population measured by the 1910 census

• 2% of the population measured by the 1910 census

What was the Great Migration?

• A movement of the rural white population to urban areas

• A movement of Americans to Canada

• A movement of international immigrants to the U.S.

• A movement of the southern black population to the North and Midwest

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

• A political movement

• A revival of arts and intellectual pursuits by the black population

• A nativist campaign against immigrants

• A construction boom in New York

Who were part of the Lost Generation?

• Politicians of the 1920s

• Nativist leaders

• Writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway

• Jazz musicians

What was the main theme of the Lost Generation's works?

• The excitement of the Roaring Twenties

• The beauty of rural America

• Pervasive materialism and the waste of World War I

• The joys of urban living

What was the outcome of the Scopes Monkey Trial?

• John Scopes was acquitted

• Darwin's theory of evolution was banned nationwide

• John Scopes was convicted but the conviction was overturned

• The trial was inconclusive