1920s Vs. 1950s

Question 1

What were the social critics during the 1920s against? What were they called?

Answer 1

• > They were against middle-class materialism & conformity

- > Known as the “Lost Generation”

Question 2

Name a social critic of the 1920s

Answer 2

Sinclair Lewis & F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 3

What were the social critics during the 1950s against?

Answer 3

• > They were against post-war culture

- > Some groups, like the Beat Generation, were against middle-class materialism & conformity like the 1920s

Question 4

Name a social critic of the 1950s

Answer 4

• > David Riesman: The Lonely Crowd

- > Jack Kerouac (leader of the Beat Generation): “On the Road”

Question 5

This type of music was popular amongst the youth in the 1920s because it broke tradition. What is it?

Answer 5

• > Jazz

- > Black Musicians like King Oliver

Question 6

Name a 1920s Jazz Musician

Answer 6

King Oliver

Question 7

Religion during the 1950s

Answer 7

Billy Graham: Evangelical preacher who said that materialism is okay as long as it is moral

Question 8

Mass Entertainment in the 1920s

Answer 8

• > Automobiles

- > Radio: “fireside chats” by FDR

Question 9

This type of music was popular amongst the youth in the 1950s because it broke tradition. What is it?

Answer 9

• > Rock n Roll: black musical traditions like Blues

- > Elvis Presley

Question 10

During the 1920s, the program was created but Congress decided not to join:

Answer 10

The League of Nations

Question 11

During the 1920s, people lived in:

During the 1950s:

Answer 11

Urban Areas; Suburban Areas (because of interstate highways; Federal Highway Act)

Question 12

During the 1950ss, the program was created and Congress joined:

Answer 12

The United Nations

Question 13

The economy boomed during the 1920s:

The economy boomed during the 1950s:

Answer 13

• > Automobile

- > Baby boom

Question 14

AA moved north during the 1920s:

AA moved north during the 1950s:

Answer 14

Harlem Renaissance; the “White Flight”

Question 15

The economy during the 1920s

Answer 15

• > Emphasis on consumer good; people bought credits
• > Spent more than they could afford for families
• > Much of the Roaring ’20s was a continual cycle of debt for the American farmer, stemming from falling farm prices and the need to purchase expensive machinery

Question 16

The economy during the 1950s

Answer 16

-> The baby boom affected American life in the 1950s because the population dramatically increased and the demand for food and supplies increased. … Manufactures influences Americans to become a throwaway society by creating products that had convenient disposability.

Question 17

Women in the 1920s vs. 1950s

Answer 17

• > 1920s: Flappers (“freedom”), Margaret Sanger, worked in industrial jobs w/low pay, the 19th amendment
• > 1950s: After WWII, Rosie The Riveter was gone; most women were known to be housewives in movies like “I love Lucy” & “Father Knows Best”

Question 18

Religion during the 1920s:

Religion during the 1950s:

Answer 18

Scopes Trial; Billy Graham

Question 19

Race during the 1920s:

Race during the `1950s:

Answer 19

• > Sacco & Vanzetti (fear of radicals & recent immigrants), the Quota Acts (based on the census); KKK (Birth of Nations), Marcus Garvey, Harlem Rennicasnace, The Great Migration, no voting for AA (Literacy tests, grandfather clauses)
• > Bracero Program, Puerto Ricans, MLK, Civil Rights Movement, 14th Amendment, Desegregating Armed Forces, Brown v. Board of Topeka, Philip Randolph, Civil Rights Acts (voting for AA).