CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS OVER A NEW CULTURE DURING THE 1920S
1. What factors do you think influenced consumerism the most during the 1920s?
2. If you had to rank the 4 biggest impacts of the automobile, which would you choose? Explain your choices…
3. After reading the section over "Entertainment" why do you think the radio & movies transformed entertainment in America?
4. After reading "Popular Heroes", what do you think made some of the celebrities mentioned, instant heroes during the 1920s?
(Jack Dempsey, Gertrude Ederle, Jim Thorpe, Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Charles Lindbergh)
6. In your opinion, what celebrities does our country make out to be popular heroes today & why do you think that is?
7-13. Explain how Gender Roles, Family & Education Changed during the 1920s:
- Voting patterns for women
- Women at Home
- Women in the Labor Force
- Revolution in Morals
- Flapper Movement
- Divorce
- Education
14-16. Explain how Divisions among Protestants reflected the tensions in society between the traditional values of rural areas & the
modernizing forces of the cities.
- Modernism
- Fundamentalism
- Revivalists on the Radio
17. After reading "The Literature of Alienation" why do you think many writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, & Sinclair Lewis
(among other writers) were often referred to as "the lost generation"?
18. How is the Art of the 1920s different from previous architecture…what example would you give?
19. What do you think caused the Harlem Renaissance to happen after WWI?
20. Which African Americans do you think influenced the Harlem Renaissance the most in the professions of poetry & musicians?
21. How was Marcus Garvey different from previous Civil Rights leaders like W.E.B. DuBois & Booker T. Washington?
22. Despite the arrest of Marcus Garvey, what do you think his mixed legacy among African American leaders was during the 1920s and later
during the 1960s?