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Who was the leader of the NAACP? James Weldon Johnson.
Who was Louis Armstrong? A Jazz musician from New Orleans who spread the music to the North.
Who was Charles Lindbergh? A pilot that flew not stop of the Atlantic
Who and what influenced concert music composer George Gershwin? Louis Armstrong and traditional music.
What was the significance of Ernest Hemingway? He was the author of The Sun Also Rises and introduced a
simplified style of writing.
What was the main significance of the trial of John T. Scopes? It highlighted the struggle between science and
religion in American schools.
What was forbidden to teach in Tennessee that was challenged by John T. Scopes? Evolution
What is the Harlem Renaissance? A celebration of African-American culture in literature and art.
What is the “Great Migration” of 1910-1920? it refers to the movement of African-Americans from the South to
northern cities.
What is “Double Standard”? it refers to stricter social and moral standards for women than for men in the 1920s
What did Fundamentalists believe? That the bible should be taken literally.
What are the 3 reasons it was difficult to enforce prohibition laws? A. many people were determined to break
the laws. B. insufficient funds were provided to pay for enforcement. C. many law officials took bribes from
smugglers and bootleggers.
What are speakeasies? Hidden nightclubs where drinkers went to obtain illegal liquor.
What 3 things did the NAACP do? A. Fight for legislation to protect African-Americans. B. work with anti-lynching
organizations. C. publish The Crisis.
What 3 groups were likely to approve of prohibition in the 1920s and early 1930s? A. rural residents of the
south. B. members of organized crime syndicates. C. the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
The following 3 things allowed women to shed their old roles in the 1920s: equal wages paid to women and
men, new managerial positions that were open to women and equality in the business world.
The crime rate increased in the 1920s.
F. Scott Fitzgerald describe the 1920s as the Jazz Age
Critical views of American culture marked the works of many famous writers of the 1920s, including the Lost
Generation.
According to most fundamentalists, alcohol caused these 3 things: urban slums, child abuse and crime.