Roaring 20s/Great Depression

Question 1

The 20s

Answer 1

A period of great change, economic prosperity and optimism
-The countries total wealth doubled between 1920 & 1929
Problem - wealth was not equally distributed

Question 2

Characteristics of the 20s

Answer 2

1. Cultural Civil War - great changes in sexual, artistic and cultural norms
   *old conservative Christian values and traditions (rural) were questioned and replaced with new liberal, anti-Christian ideas (urban)
2. Continued Immigrant tensions- US vs them mentality. Everything that was bad in society (Alcohol, flappers, crime, and jazz was blamed on immigrants, catholics, and black (Urban dwellers) *many said that these groups were destroying the values of America
3. Beginning of the “Modern Age” - a period of cultural, social, and technological innovation in the United States. Out with the old ideas of the Victorian Age in with the new
   4, Consumerism - the acquisition of material goods beyond what is necessary. The perceived wealth of the 20s created a “consumer society” for the 1st time thing purchased on credit (everyone acted like they had money) - Buy now, pay later

Question 3

New modern inventions

Answer 3

made life easier. inventions like automobiles, radios, and household appliances all purchased on credit

Question 4

Great migration

Answer 4

Blacks move from the South to the Northern cities- created more racial tension

Question 5

Red Scare

Answer 5

A fear that there was going to be a communist takeover of the American government

Question 6

Prohibition

Answer 6

18th Amendment- Noble experiment - 1919 - 1933
Led by the Women’s temperance union
-Illegal to buy or sell alcohol

Question 7

Volstead Act

Answer 7

closed all bars taverns and saloons in the USA

Question 8

Gangsters

Answer 8

Bootleggers ran illegal alcohol businesses/brought booze from Canada
Gangsters like Al Capone (Chicago) Crime greatly increased in America

Question 9

Speakeasies

Answer 9

Underground alcohol/dance clubs
*Cops paid off