roaring 20’s

• What name was given to the 1920s in the US due to increased prosperity and changes in society?

  The "Roaring Twenties"
• What contributed to the increased prosperity that Americans experienced after World War I?

  The end of the war
• What did some Americans spend their new wealth on during the 1920s?

  Entertainment
• What were some characteristics of the "flapper" lifestyle for young women in the 1920s?

  Shorter skirts and bobbed hair
• What activities became more common for young women during the 1920s?

  Smoking in public
• What type of music did many young women dance to in nightclubs during the 1920s?

  Jazz
• Which dance became popular during the 1920s?

  The Charleston
• What freedom did the car provide to Americans in the 1920s?

  Freedom of movement
• What did the car enable Americans to easily visit in the 1920s?

  Clubs, cinemas, and restaurants
• For whom was the image of the "Roaring Twenties" more of a reality?

  Minority of the population
• What did cinema provide for people during the "Roaring Twenties"?

  Opportunity for escape
• By what year did cinema audiences more than double, reaching 95 million?

  1929
• Name one of the new stars created by Hollywood during the "Roaring Twenties"?

  Charlie Chaplin
• In what year did "talkies" arrive with the release of "The Jazz Singer"?

  1927
• Who starred in the first "talkie" film, "The Jazz Singer"?

  Al Jolson
• What concern did some Americans express about films during the 1920s?

  Corrupted public morals
• In what community did jazz music originate?

  African-American community
• What was jazz linked to that led to the formation of many nightclubs?

  Dance music
• Who was one well-known jazz performer during the "Roaring Twenties"?

  Duke Ellington
• Why did jazz appeal to young white people during the 1920s?

  Exciting, dynamic, and modern
• What did radio broadcast to a mass audience during the "Roaring Twenties"?

  Light musical entertainment
• How did radio affect variety theaters?

  Caused them to decline
• What did radio provide for many artists as variety theatres declined?

  A fresh start
• What became a form of mass entertainment during the "Roaring Twenties"?

  Sport
• What sport attracted huge crowds during the "Roaring Twenties"?

  Baseball
• What were established Americans fearful of during the 1920s?

  Those who threatened traditions
• What groups did many established Americans see as threats to the American way of life?

  New immigrants and communists
• What does WASPs stand for, referring to a dominant group in the 1920s?

  White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant community
• What was the "Red Scare" caused by?

  Immigrants from southern/eastern Europe
• What happened to suspected agitators during the "Red Scare"?

  Arrested and deported
• What evidence was offered to support the idea of a conspiracy against the state during the Red Scare?

  Bomb blasts in 1919
• What was the outcome for Sacco and Vanzetti?

  Found guilty and executed
• What was uncovered during the Red Scare?

  No evidence of a threat
• How was the Red Scare fueled?

  Hysteria in the press
• What did the fundamentalists succeed in doing in six states?

  Outlawing evolution's teaching
• What theory did Urban Christians accept?

  Darwin's theory of evolution
• In what state did John Scopes deliberately break the law regarding evolution?

  Tennessee
• In what year did the "monkey trial" occur?

  1925
• What was the outcome of the Scopes trial?

  Scopes was found guilty
• What was the long-term impact of the Scopes trial on the fundamentalists?

  They lost the argument