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Life in the 1920's

Question 1 of 9

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In what ways were women's roles changing in the 1920s?

Select one or more of the following:

  • White women were now able to vote and were legally equal to men

  • Women were now working and taking the roles of men due to the war

  • Women's roles had not changed at all

  • Women were able to help out during the war by actively fighting

Explanation

Question 2 of 9

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What is a flapper?

Select one of the following:

  • A fashionable young woman that wanted to go all out with her new found freedom

  • An older woman that was not married

  • A widow

  • A young woman that recently became a prostitute

Explanation

Question 3 of 9

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Why did some people react negatively to flappers and the flapper lifestyle?

Select one of the following:

  • Everybody agreed that the flapper lifestyle was great

  • Their rebellious behavior contradicted with the idea that a woman should be submissive/conservative

  • People thought that these flappers were evil spirits

  • Their behavior was encouraged since people at the time thought a women should not be submissive

Explanation

Question 4 of 9

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Farmers were not seeing as much prosperity as the rest of the country because they were producing too much, therefore they had to sell their crops for low

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 9

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Why did rural areas decline and urban areas increase? How did the automobile contribute?

Select one of the following:

  • Cars made traveling easier so farmers spent more time in the city, adopting their culture

  • Cars had no affect on the decline of rural areas and increase of urban areas

  • Cars made it easier for city people to travel to the country and live there

  • Rural areas declined because of the dust bowl and cars provided jobs in the city

Explanation

Question 6 of 9

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What happened to school enrollment during the 1920s and why did this occur?

Select one of the following:

  • School enrollment declined because families could not pay for their children to go to school

  • School enrollment increased because families could afford to give their children an education

  • School enrollment rates stayed the same

Explanation

Question 7 of 9

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In what ways did the 1920s see a split between rural America and urban America?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Differing views on life and the ways things should be run

  • The distance made communication limited

  • People were divided due to the civil war

  • The radio hadn't been invented so people's entertainment were separate

Explanation

Question 8 of 9

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What is fundamentalism?

Select one of the following:

  • A form of religion that upholds belief in strict, literal interpretations of scripture

  • The belief that there is only one God

  • A transitional state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism

  • The belief in the abolition of government

Explanation

Question 9 of 9

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Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson were leaders of fundamentalism

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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