Main Events/Ideas Definitions/Explanations Analysis Answer: The “Roaring Twenties” was overall an era of economic expansion with standard of living and income increasing as well as low unemployment. However, some parts of the population remained in poverty, and economic woes in agriculture foreshadowed the coming bust in 1929. New technologies contributed to improved standards of living, greater personal mobility, and better communications systems. Business Boom, -Scientific Management -Mass Production -Assembly Line -oil and gas -electric motors -tax cuts -Federal Reserve policies -consumerism -Buying on credit -advertising Agricultural Doom, 1919-1929 -end of WWI -heavy debt -new technologies - surplus c. Decreased Labor Activity -Labor strikes, 1919 (Boston Police strike, Seattle general strike, just to name a few) -open shop -welfare capitalism -aggressive resistance -United Mine Workers; John L. Lewis Causes of Business Prosperity… Increased Productivity… Frederick W. Taylor… Henry Ford… Energy Technologies… Government Policy… Consumer Economy… Impact of the Automobile… Farm Problems… Problems… What caused the post WWI recession? (see page 466) In analyzing economic development in the to what extent was the decade “Roaring?” Defend your answer with specific evidence. Explain why agriculture suffered during the Roaring Twenties. Explain why 1919 saw so many labor strikes. (see page 467) Explain how business policies reduced union activity. Cite at least four methods in your answer. A New Culture, pp 479-483 Prompt: Explain how and why American culture changed in the Main Events/Ideas Definitions/Explanations Analysis 1929
Answer: The United States, in the became an urban nation with changing morals and beliefs which increasingly conflict with traditional, rural culture. Culture of cities -“bordello on wheels” -mass consumption -modern culture -jazz -radio -Hollywood -heroes The rise of an industrial society encouraged the development of a variety of cultural expressions for migrant, regional, and African American artists (expressed most notably in the Harlem Renaissance movement); it also contributed to national culture by making shared experiences more possible through art, cinema, and the mass media. earned the right to vote in 1920 with the 19th Amendment, however little changed for women politically or economically. Socially, however, women continued to challenge gender related limitations. Adkins v. Children’s Hospital Women in the 20s -19th Amendment -Homemakers -Working Women -influence of Sigmund Freud -Margaret Sanger -Flappers -Increased divorce c. Secondary education d. Lost Generation -disillusionment -Gertrude Stein -F. Scott Fitzgerald -Ernest Hemingway -T.S. -Eugen O’Neill …continued on next page… …continued from previous page… A New Culture… Jazz Age… Entertainment… Popular Heroes… Gender Family, and Education… Women at Home… in the Labor Force… Revolution in Morals… Divorce… Education… The Literature of Alienation… Art and Architecture… In what ways was modern culture in the 1920s similar to modern day culture? Cite at least two specific examples in your answer. Google Adkins v. Children’s Hospital. Explain the significance of this ruling for feminism. To what extent did the 19th Amendment improve gender equality? Defend your answer. Explain why Sigmund Freud had such a profound influence on American culture. List three causes of post WWI disillusionment. a. b. c. What is your prior knowledge of the Lost Generation? Google Frank Lloyd Wright and Georgia O’Keeffe. How can you use these two individuals to illustrate modernism in the 1920s?