Midterm Exam 2023/2024 UPDATED
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What does President Harding's 'return to normalcy' quote mean? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Harding's promise to revert to pre-WWI isolationism and
reject the League of Nations
Reason for cheap consumer goods in the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS
Mass production and assembly line techniques made goods more
affordable
How companies in the 1920s encouraged Americans to buy - CORRECT
ANSWERS Availability of credit (installment plans) and persuasive
advertising
Impact of the 1920 census on Americans - CORRECT ANSWERS
Revelation that more Americans lived in urban areas than in rural areas
Harlem Renaissance: Celebration of African-American culture - CORRECT
ANSWERS Emergence of new artistic, literary, and musical forms in
African-American communities
Famous member of the Harlem Renaissance movement - CORRECT
ANSWERS Langston Hughes, renowned poet and writer
Definition of the 'Lost Generation' - CORRECT ANSWERS Authors
who rejected American consumerism and conformity in the 1920s
, Definition of 'Tin Pan Alley' - CORRECT ANSWERS A musical
production center that dominated American popular music
Impact of the 18th and 19th Amendments ratified in 1920 - CORRECT
ANSWERS 18th Amendment created Prohibition; 19th Amendment
granted women the right to vote
Ways 'flappers' expressed their independence in the 1920s - CORRECT
ANSWERS Voting, dancing, smoking, drinking, working jobs, having
un-chaperoned dates, expressing their sexuality
Reasons for the sports boom in the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS
Increased leisure time, higher disposable income, and radio broadcasts of
sporting events
Sports heroes of the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS Babe Ruth
(baseball), Jack Dempsey (boxing), Red Grange (football)
Most popular media form in the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS Radio,
which reached a wide audience and transformed entertainment
Definition of a 'talkie' - CORRECT ANSWERS A movie with
synchronized sound
Number one industry of the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS Automobile
industry, which revolutionized transportation and manufacturing
Celebrity for making the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 -
CORRECT ANSWERS Charles Lindbergh, an aviator and national hero
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What does President Harding's 'return to normalcy' quote mean? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Harding's promise to revert to pre-WWI isolationism and
reject the League of Nations
Reason for cheap consumer goods in the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS
Mass production and assembly line techniques made goods more
affordable
How companies in the 1920s encouraged Americans to buy - CORRECT
ANSWERS Availability of credit (installment plans) and persuasive
advertising
Impact of the 1920 census on Americans - CORRECT ANSWERS
Revelation that more Americans lived in urban areas than in rural areas
Harlem Renaissance: Celebration of African-American culture - CORRECT
ANSWERS Emergence of new artistic, literary, and musical forms in
African-American communities
Famous member of the Harlem Renaissance movement - CORRECT
ANSWERS Langston Hughes, renowned poet and writer
Definition of the 'Lost Generation' - CORRECT ANSWERS Authors
who rejected American consumerism and conformity in the 1920s
, Definition of 'Tin Pan Alley' - CORRECT ANSWERS A musical
production center that dominated American popular music
Impact of the 18th and 19th Amendments ratified in 1920 - CORRECT
ANSWERS 18th Amendment created Prohibition; 19th Amendment
granted women the right to vote
Ways 'flappers' expressed their independence in the 1920s - CORRECT
ANSWERS Voting, dancing, smoking, drinking, working jobs, having
un-chaperoned dates, expressing their sexuality
Reasons for the sports boom in the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS
Increased leisure time, higher disposable income, and radio broadcasts of
sporting events
Sports heroes of the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS Babe Ruth
(baseball), Jack Dempsey (boxing), Red Grange (football)
Most popular media form in the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS Radio,
which reached a wide audience and transformed entertainment
Definition of a 'talkie' - CORRECT ANSWERS A movie with
synchronized sound
Number one industry of the 1920s - CORRECT ANSWERS Automobile
industry, which revolutionized transportation and manufacturing
Celebrity for making the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 -
CORRECT ANSWERS Charles Lindbergh, an aviator and national hero
