Life in the Roaring Twenties Questions and Answers
During the 1920s, what were some significant advancements in industry?
"The main reason for the boom of the 1920s was the car industry." How accurate is this statement?
Would you characterize the 1920s primarily as the Age of Jazz or the Age of Prohibition?
What caused the economic boom of the Roaring 20's to happen?
In what ways did the increasing popularity of the automobile contribute to economic growth in the United States during the 1920s?
Which of the following statements is true of America in the 1920s? After the Great War... A. progressivism continued unabated B. the political scene became very conservative. C. the political scene became very liberal. D. reflected all above. I choose B as my answer for this question but I'm not sure if it's right.
What are the generalizations that tie the events of the 1920s (such as those below) together? Such as,The Red Scare,Women’s suffrage African-American migrations to the North Immigration restrictions, KKK Harlem Renaissance
The American economy between 1920 and 1929 is best described by which of the following statements?
Why was the boom of the Roaring 20’s not sustainable? How did this lead to the Great Depression?
Identify one reason that 1919 was a year of a “savage peace" in the United States.
What kinds of assault on civil liberties occurred betwwen WW1 and WW2 and what national and international factors caused them?
What was the general political and economic philosophy of the 1920s?
What are some examples of corruption (government and private) in the US following WWI? Thie following is the actual essay question and I am having a hard time finding specific examples of corruption to support my thesis and build the body of the essay: "Citing F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliott and Ernest Hemingway, discuss the loss of the American dream with its inherent corruption and the rising disenchantment with urban American life after World War I."
How did the banks add to the problems facing farmers?
What were the reasons why 1919 was called a year of a “savage peace?” If asked to name one of the most troubling years in American history few would select 1919. Many think that after World War I, the “war to end all wars,” the United States was a peaceful and prosperous place because the hostilities ended. This was far from the truth.
Identify one reason that 1919 was a year of a "savage peace."
Though the Roaring Twenties were seen as a divergence from traditional Victorian morality, are the romantic images of the 1920s (gangsters, flappers, speakeasies, movie stars) really accurate?
Why does the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 mark a turning point in the city’s history?
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