WorksheetsRoaring 20s Learning Stations: Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What would NOT be considered a definition of modernism?
Making things new and strange
A challenge to orthodox thinking
Writings of hope and innovation
Themes of loneliness and despair
Why were people disillusioned after the war?
Lack of purpose
Having witnessed death on such a huge scale
Focus on material wealth
What would NOT be considered a way to define the Lost Generation?
People who lost their formative years to war
People who lost their lives to war
People who lost their families to war
People who lost hope after returning from war
What was the biggest reason why the rich got richer? (Wealth gap increased)
Everyone was able to purchase stocks
Less than 1% of Americans owned stock
The Dow Jones Industrial average increased 6X from 1921-1929
Mo money mo problems
What is NOT a reason why it also a good time to be middle-class?
Real wages for urban workers increased
Stock prices increased rapidly
Cars were more affordable
Goods and services available for wealthy became available for all
During Prohibition, alcohol consumption... _____________________________
Increased
Decreased
Stayed the same
Was lit
What major historical event occurred in 1920?
WWI
Women's suffrage
Civil Rights
Model T Ford created
These practices of women would have all been socially accepted in the 1920s except:
Smoking
Having short hair
Being sexually provocative
Fighting
What appliances made music more popular and accessible than ever before?
Cassette Tape
Radio
Phonograph
PS5
Why was the Jazz Age so important for African-American culture?
Jazz became massively popular in America
African-American art was respected for the first time
Jazz gave African-Americans a platform
The music slapped
