1920s Review

The "roar" in roaring 20s comes from

• the USA's economic crash after WWI

• the USA's economic profit & boom after WWI

• the USA's change in culture after WWI

• the USA's imperial status after WWI

Select all of the following groups that were barred from entering the US in the 20s

• Chinese, Italians and Mexicans

• Chinese and Japanese

• Eastern Europeans and Mediterraneans

• Mexicans and Guatemalans

Identify a cultural change of the 20s

• The minority population in the US increased

• Women began to wear short hair and short dresses

• Music and dancing became an accepted part of pop culture

• Laws restricted women's dress length

Define consumerism

• the belief that material items are needed to survive

• a form of credit or loan

• society's obsession with buying material goods

• the belief materialism is bad

What is installment buying?

• a paper loan for buying goods

• when a loanshark loans cash to buyers

• a payment assistance plan from the government

• A payment plan where the buyer pays off an item a little at a time

Identify 2 artists from the Harlem Renaissance

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Pierre Renoire

• Duke Ellington

• Sigmund Freud

What was a major achievement of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Asian Americans protested the Immigration Act of 1924

• Black Americans created an environment of racial pride, political organization, artist achievement & recognition

• Mexican Americans founded a civil rights group for protection

• Black Americans protested the execution of Socco & Ventzetti

Identify any political change of the 1920s

• Henry Ford introduced the assembly line

• Telephone agencies began charging households

• Women achieved the right to vote/the 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment/Prohibition was enforced

Identify any economic change of the 20s

• Women who protested for the right to vote were harassed ans imprisoned

• People began to spend their money on leisure items & household appliances

• Improvements in technology led to cheaper goods

• Artistic revival led to people spending money on art

How did many Mexican immigrants find work in the US in the 20s?

• They took the jobs women left after the war

• They migrated across the country under job contracts

• They found success in the service industry and stayed in one region

• They continued to live in Mexico with family but crossed the US border daily for work