Society In The 1920s

10 September 2022
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During the 1920s, flappers were best described as women who
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danced the Charleston.
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How did Henry Ford's Model T contribute to the culture of the Roaring Twenties?
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The Model T was generally affordable allowing more people to own them.
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Clara Bow impacted other 1920s-era women by
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representing the fashion and rebellion of the era.
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What feature did radio in the 1920s offer that other inventions did not offer?
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People could listen to music in real time.
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Who was Irving Berlin?
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A famous composer who shaped popular music.
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Why were prominent American writers of the 1920s called the "lost generation"?
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They had trouble adjusting to life in the postwar era.
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A major change women experienced during the post-World War I era was that they started
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working outside the home.
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In the 1920s, mass media helped popularize which of these sports heroes?
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Babe Ruth
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Both Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald were
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pessimistic novelists.
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Which is the best example of how women went against social norms during the Roaring Twenties?
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Women became flappers who danced the Charleston.
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Ernest Hemingway, part of the "lost generation," often wrote works related to
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the futility of war.
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The dance that became popular during the Roaring Twenties was called
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the charleston
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Which best defines a "talkie" during the 1920s?
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movie with sound