Unit 2.2 Cultural Tensions of the Roaring 20s (Part II)

This attempts to preserve the honor of the South by detailing the Confederate defeat in the best possible light.

• The Confederate Cause Myth

• The Myth of the Alamo

• The Myth of Northern Aggression

• The Lost Cause Myth

According to the Lost Cause Myth...(multiple correct answers)

• Slavery was a positive good.

• Slaves were better off in the system of slavery which offered them protection.

• The Civil War was fought by the South for states’ rights and to preserve the Southern way of life.

• Slaves were NOT happy to be slaves.

This organization was formed in 1894 and played a key role in spreading the Lost Cause Myth through textbooks, films, monuments, and literature.

• United Daughters of America (UDA)

• United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC)

• United Confederates of the South (UCS)

• None of the above.

What terrorist organization was reborn in 1915, after the release of The Birth of a Nation, and had millions of members join throughout the 1920s?

• Qanon

• Al Queda

• KKK

• Proud Boys

In 1925, this controversial trial examined the constitutionality of teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution in classrooms.

• Darwin's Monkey Trial

• Theory of Evolution Trial

• Darwin's Trial

• Scope's Trial

The 1920s were characterized by....(multiple correct answers)

• Gangsters & crime

• Economic prosperity

• Economic depression

• Prohibition

What amendment established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States?

• 18th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

In 1927, this American pilot was the first to ever complete a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean and immediately became an overnight sensation around the world.

• Louis Armstrong

• Babe Ruth

• Neil Armstrong

• Charles Lindbergh

When were the vast majority of Confederate monuments and memorials built?

• Immediately after the Civil War

• During times of great racial tensions - decades after the Civil War ended.

• When Robert E. Lee died in 1870.

• When the KKK was reborn in 1915.

(True or False) The Confederate Flag as we know it today was the official flag of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

• True

• False