1920s Readings Questions
Complete the reading and answer the following questions. These readings and
questions will help you understand what the 1920s in America was like.
1. Automobile Industry – Describe the following:
a. Impact of affordable automobile on society
b. Henry Ford, Assembly Line, Model T
c. $5 workday
2. Fight against Demon Run – Describe the following:
a. Eighteenth Amendment
b. Temperance movement
c. Prohibition
d. Organized Crime
e. Al Capone
f. Speakeasies
g. Bootleggers
h. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
3. Describe Flappers – know what they were like/characteristics
4. Harlem Renaissance. Describe the following -
a. Harlem Renaissance
b. Great Migration
c. Langston Hughes
d. Duke Ellington
e. Louis Armstrong
f. De Facto Segregation
5. Consumer Buying- Describethe following:
a. new ways of purchasing products
b. new ways of advertising
c. examples of products being sold
d. installment buying
6. Radio fever: Describe the following:
a. NBC
b. RCA
c. impact on advertising
d. national culture
7. Fads and Heroes: Describe 3 fads; 3 heroes of 1920s
Fads Heroes
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
8. Scopes Trial (you may have to look this one up!) – Describe what this trial was
all about!
GT - 1920s Readings Questions
Complete the reading and answer the following questions. These readings and
questions will help you understand what the 1920s in America was like. These are
short answer questions - I need at minimum 3 sentences per question.
1. Automobile Industry – What specific events of this industry had an impact on
American society? Show 3 examples and defend your answers with evidence.
2. Fight against Demon Run – What was the impact of Prohibition on America? List
at least 5 pieces of evidence and defend your answers.
a.
3. Describe Flappers – know what they were like/characteristics.
4. Harlem Renaissance. - What was the impact of the Harlem Renaissance on
America? List at least 5 pieces of evidence and defend your answers.
5. Consumer Buying– What specific events of consumer buying had an impact on
American society? Show 3 examples and defend your answers with evidence.:
6. Radio fever: Describe the impact the radio had on America.
7. Fads and Heroes: Describe 3 fads; 3 heroes of 1920s
Fads Heroes
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
8. Scopes Trial (you may have to look this one up!) – Describe what this trial was
all about!
SPED - 1920s Readings Questions
Complete the reading and answer the following questions. These readings and
questions will help you understand what the 1920s in America was like.
1. Automobile Industry –
Question: Who made the Model T accessible for the public?
a. Henry Ford
b. Pierce Humphrey
Verbally discuss how much the Model T cost. How much is that compared to cars
today?
2. Fight against organized crime-
Verbally discuss who Al Capone was. Was he good for the public or bad?
Question: In the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, who was Al Capone's rival enemy that
he targeted?
a. Frank Gusenberg
b. George “Bugs” Moran
3. Describe Flappers – know what they were like/characteristics
Verbally describe what a flapper looked like or behaved like. How are they different
from girls before the 1920s?
Question: If you lived in this time period, would you be a flapper and go against the
normal attire and expectations of society?
6. Radio fever:
What radio station monopolized the air waves during this time?
a. KDKA
b. KQKY
Question: Are there radio stations today that have monopolized the airwaves or do
they all get an equal chance?
7. Fads and Heroes: Describe 3 fads; 3 heroes of 1920s
Fads Heroes
1. 1.
2. 2.
3.
