Impact of the 1920s on America

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How did industrialization and technology affect the United States during the 1920s?

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They brought an increase in income and growth in the GNP.

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How did assembly line jobs affect the United States after World War I?

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They increased the productivity and prosperity of the nation.

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Why did the automobile have a major impact on the United States in the twenties?

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By the end of the decade, automobile ownership had increased dramatically.

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What are the radios, telephones, electricity, and indoor plumbing of the 1920s evidence of?

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the influence of technology on American life

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Which 1920s trend favored individual experiences, emotions, and the expression of personal freedom in contrast to an earlier emphasis on consensus and reason?

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Modernism

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Which phenomenon were dating, high school activities, and longer school enrollments in the 1920s all signs of?

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youth culture

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What was the Harlem Renaissance?

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an African American cultural movement that included literature, drama, music, art, and dance

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Which groups objected to immigration, responded to the Red Scare, and believed white Protestants were better than others?

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Nativists and the Ku Klux Klan

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What did the Eighteenth Amendment bring about?

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Prohibition

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Why was John T. Scopes put on trial?

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for teaching evolution in a public school