The Roaring 20s

Question 1

Migration

Answer 1

movement from one place to another

Question 2

Consumerism

Answer 2

increased buying of products

Question 3

Tradition

Answer 3

relating to long established styles or ideas

Question 4

Modernity

Answer 4

relating to recent or contemporary styles or ideas

Question 5

Red

Answer 5

American slang referencing communism

Question 6

Prosperity

Answer 6

When people/places are doing well in terms of money, having things

Question 7

Nativism

Answer 7

Hatred of immigrants, preference for native-born people

moving from your home to a different country

Question 8

Immigration

Answer 8

moving from your home to a different country

Question 9

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 9

When African American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in 1920s Harlem

Question 10

Flapper

Answer 10

Early feminists of the 1920s

Question 11

Racism

Answer 11

Hatred of people based on their race

Question 12

Lynch

Answer 12

To hang a person from their neck until they are dead

Question 13

Jazz

Answer 13

Type of music, blend of rythym and blues, improvised lyrics, southern songs

Question 14

18th Amendment

Answer 14

Prohibition, made alcohol illegal in the USA

Question 15

19th Amendment

Answer 15

Granted women the right to vote

Question 16

IMMIGRATION

C & E

Answer 16

CAUSE: People come to the USA for a better life
EFFECT: Cities overcrowded, USA imposes immigrations laws (quotas) stopping/limiting immigration

Question 17

SOCIAL DARWINISM

C & E

Answer 17

CAUSE: Desire to maintain social and economic divisions in society, justify nativist/racist policies
EFFECT: Provided razionalization for the Eugenics Movement

Question 18

EUGENICS MOVEMENT

C & E

Answer 18

CAUSE: Racist desires to make humans “better”;
EFFECT: discrimination and persecution of target groups/individuals like Hitler and Jews of Nazi Germany

Question 19

RACE RELATIONS

C & E

Answer 19

CAUSE: African Amaricans migrate north for jobs; settle in ethnic neighborhoods = Harlem Renaissance
EFFECT: Rise of the KKK, rise in lynchings, rise in Jim Crow laws,

Question 20

NATIVISM

C & E

Answer 20

CAUSE: Fear immigrants were taking away jobs from soldiers returning from WWI
EFFECT: Anti-immigrants legislation, rise in immigrant quotas, rise in discrimination

Question 21

Red Scare

C & E

Answer 21

CAUSE: Russian Revolution and fear of immigrants who were blamed for worsening labor riots
EFFECT: A crackdown on suspected communists, immigrants, anarchists, leftists

Question 22

PROHIBITION

C & E

Answer 22

CAUSE: Alcohol blamed for society’s ills
EFFECT: crime rates soared

Question 23

ROLE OF WOMEN

C & E

Answer 23

CAUSE: WW I Women gained sense of independence from working in factories; flappers are role models
EFFECT: 19th amendment, changing fashions, changing attitudes,

Question 24

The GREAT MIGRATION

C & E

Answer 24

CAUSE: Escape racism of the south
EFFECT: Large increase in African American populations in the north like Chicago, Detroit, New York City

Question 25

TIN PAN ALLEY

Answer 25

Place in New York where singers, songwriters, producers started the American music industry