Mccurdy Us History Ch. 13 Postwar Social Change

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In U.S. History the decade of the 1920s stands out as a time of ________.

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rapid change

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Shattered a sense of optimism that had grown in the West since the Enlightenment.

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World War I

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Another name for the "Roaring Twenties."

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Jazz Age

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During the 1920s many young people who had been disillusioned by the war rejected the moral values of the __________.

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Victorian Age

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Symbol of the rebellious Jazz Age youth.

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flapper

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Nickname given to young women of the 1920s who defied convention and broke norms.

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flapper

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Though relatively few in number, in the 1920s they symbolized women's desire to break with the past.

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flappers

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During the 1920s many women felt freer to experiment with bolder _____.

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styles and manners

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The new morals and manners of the 1920s were reflected in women's ___.

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fashions

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In the 1920's, the status of women in the workplace changed _______.

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very little

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They did not feel comfortable voting, they could not leave their children and go to the poles, their families discouraged them from voting.

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reasons many women didn't vote when they first won the right

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Statistics that describe a population.

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demographics

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One group that suffered economically during the 1920s was the _______.

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farmers

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Because they were needed as laborers farm children were less likely to go to ______.

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high school

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In the 1920s jobs for African Americans in the South were ____.

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scarce and low paying

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Many southern factories refused to hire ________.

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African Americans

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African Americans migrated north in the early 1900s mainly because of an ___________.

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industrial boom

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During the 1920s, Congress acted to limit immigration especially from ____.

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Southern & Eastern Europe

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After immigration laws were tightened, many low-paying jobs went to immigrants from _________.

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Canada & Mexico

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Became a magnet for migrants from Mexico.

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Los Angeles

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A Spanish-speaking neighborhood.

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Barrio

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In the late 1800s enabled people to live in the suburbs and commute to the cities.

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trolleys

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In the 1920s, trolleys to the suburbs were largely replaced by ____.

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buses

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A major demographic shift of the 1920s was movement away from the urban areas to the ________.

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suburbs

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Many Americans became fascinated with heroes in the 1920s because they longed for symbols of __________.

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old-fashioned virtues

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In Charles Lindbergh and other heroes, Americans recognized the virtues of the _______.

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"good old days"

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One of the most popular heroes of the era was baseball star ___.

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Babe Ruth

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Native American Sports hero who won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon and went on to play pro football.

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Jim Thorpe

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Became a national hero after flying nonstop from New York to Paris.

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Charles Lindbergh

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In 1932 she was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

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Amelia Earhart

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The rapid development of the mass media during the 1920s promoted the creation of a __________.

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national culture

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The growth of radio and other mass media in the 1920s produced a _______.

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national culture

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In the late 1920 movies changed with the introduction of ____.

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sound

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The rise of films, radio broadcasting, and the news media all helped to bring about a ______

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national culture

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Methods of communicating information to large numbers of people.

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mass media

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Jazz was brought to northern cities by ________________.

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southern African Americans

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African Americans combined Western harmonies with African rhythms to create____.

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Jazz

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Clubs in the Harlem district of New York City were among the hottest places to listen to ________.

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jazz

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Name of the new dance popular with the flappers that embodied the spirit of the Jazz Age.

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Charleston

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One of the most celebrated jazz musicians of the 1920s was a pianist, composer, and bandleader.

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Duke Ellington

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Popular jazz trumpeter and singer who popularized a style known as "scat."

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Louis Armstrong

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Using the voice to replace words with nonsense syllables.

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"Scat"

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Name for the 1920s after a popular and influential form of music.

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Jazz Age

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Young adults in Europe and America in general, and writers in particular, who had become disillusioned with the world and Western values after World War I.

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the Lost Generation

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Was the term for expatriate writers who were repelled by American popular culture and society in the 1920s.

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Lost Generation

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Members of the Lost Generation left the ___________.

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country to live in Paris

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Small towns, the medical business, and dishonest ministers were all targets of novelist ___.

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Sinclair Lewis

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African American literacy movement of the 1920s.

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Harlem Renaissance

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Writers James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston took part in a movement called the ____.

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Harlem Renaissance

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Harlem writer who gained fame for writing the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

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Zora Neale Hurston

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Republican President elected in 1920, promised a "return to normalcy."

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Warren Harding

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The fact that many people opposed the freer lifestyle of the Jazz age was demonstrated by _______.

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Prohibition

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Outlawed the production and sale of alcohol in the U.S.

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Prohibition (18th Amendment)

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Suppliers of illegal alcohol during Prohibition.

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bootleggers

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Illegal bars that operated behind storefronts and pool rooms.

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speakeasies

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One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was the rise of ______.

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organized crime

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Engaging in an illegal business, usually a part of organized crime.

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racketeering

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Racketeering was one of the unforeseen results of _________.

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Prohibition

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Chicago gangster nicknamed "Scarface."

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Al Capone

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Al Capone who ran Chicago's largest organized crime gang in the 1920s evaded charges against him until he was finally convicted of _____.

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income-tax evasion

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A set of beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible.

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Fundamentalism

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A set of beliefs held by religious traditionalists.

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fundamentalism

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In the 1920s, fundamentalist gained attention for their belief in a literal interpretation of the ____.

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Bible

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Some states banned the teaching of evolution in the schools because the theory seemed to contradict the ____.

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Biblical account of creation

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Case about the teaching of evolution in schools.

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Scopes trial

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John Scopes was encouraged to teach evolution in order to test the ________.

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constitutionality of laws against the teaching of evolution

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Supporter of free speech in the Scopes trial.

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Clarence Darrow

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Defense attorney in the Scopes trial.

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Clarence Darrow

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Took up the cause of fundamentalist Christians as the prosecuting attorney at the Scopes trial.

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William Jennings Bryan

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Trial over the legal right to teach evolution in schools.

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Scopes trial

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Group that lost some momentum as a result of the Scopes trial.

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fundamentalists

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Jamaican-born leader of movement promoting African American pride.

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Marcus Garvey

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Led a movement in the 1920s to build up African American self-respect and economic power.

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Marcus Garvey

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Marcus Garvey urged African Americans to return to _____.

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Africa

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Marcus Garvey was a black ______.

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nationalist

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In the summer of 1919, mob violence between white and black Americans erupted in about 25 cities.

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"Red Summer"

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The race riots in Chicago in 1919 were partially the result of overcrowded _____.

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neighborhoods

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African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants were the main targets in the 1920s of the newly revived _____.

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Ku Klux Klan