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1 1920s Review Are you ready for the Common Assessment?

2 Charles Lindbergh Who was Charles Lindbergh? What did he represent for the 1920s? What essential outcome does his life address?

3 Charlie Chaplin Who was Charlie Chaplin? What did he represent for the 1920s? What essential outcome does his life address?

4 Louis Armstrong Who was Louis Armstrong? What did he represent for the 1920s? What essential outcome does his life address?

5 Langston Hughes Who was Langston Hughes? What did he represent for the 1920s? What essential outcome does his life address?

6 Zora Neale Hurston Who was Zora Neale Hurston? What did she represent for the 1920s? What essential outcome does her life address? "Dat's a big ole resurrection lie, Ned. Uh slew-foot, drag-leg lie at dat, and Ah dare yuh tuh hit me too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash yo' tub uh 'gator guts and dat quick."

7 Babe Ruth Who was Babe Ruth? What did he represent for the 1920s? What essential outcome does his life address?

8 Al Capone Who was Al Capone? How does his story relate to Prohibition? What did he represent for the 1920s? What essential outcome does his life address?

9 Sacco and Vanzetti Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? What did they represent for the 1920s? What essential outcome does their story address?

10 “flappers” Who were “flappers”? What do they represent for the 1920s? What essential outcome do they belong to?

11 anarchism What does anarchism mean? What was the significance of this idea in the 1920s? What essential outcome does this idea address?

12 consumer spending What is consumer spending? Explain its significance to the 1920s. What essential outcome does this address?

13 expanding middle class What is the “middle class”? Explain its significance to the 1920s. What essential outcome does this address?

14 fundamentalism What is fundamentalism? Explain its significance to the 1920s. What essential outcome does this concept address?

15 mass media What does the word mass media mean? Explain its significance to the 1920s. What essential outcome does this address?

16 rural and urban values What does “rural” mean? “Urban”? What generalizations can be made about a person’s values because of his or her location? Explain its significance to the 1920s. What essential outcome do these concepts address?

17 The Great Migration What was the Great Migration? What were its causes? What consequences did it have for American society? What essential outcome does this event address?

18 The Harlem Renaissance What was the Harlem Renaissance? What were its causes? What were its consequences? What essential outcome does this movement belong to?

19 the installment plan What was the installment plan? Why was it important in the 1920s? What were its consequences? What essential outcome does this address?

20 the quota system What was the quota system? What is it evidence of in the 1920s? What essential outcome does his law address?

21 the Scopes Trial What was the Scopes Trial? What was its significance in the 1920s? What essential outcome does this trial belong to?

22 Terms to know bootlegger speakeasy credit leisure time The “Jazz Age” organized crime (gangsterism)


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