APUSH Ch. 20

Question 1

New Gender Roles (651, 652)

Answer 1

Society views women less as mothers… Values such as ‘Republican Motherhood’ are declining in value.

Women are adopting new jobs. They become secretaries (a job previously filled by men; secretaries would effectively manage the functioning of an entire office).

Question 2

What impacted women the most during this era?

Answer 2

Women’s suffrage (i.e. the 1919 19th Amendment)

Question 3

Indian Citizenship Act (1924)

Answer 3

Native Americans are given citizenship in 1924.

This was met with mixed reactions among Native Americans.

Question 4

Harlem Renaissance (p. 663, 666)

Answer 4

Harlem becomes a haven for African Americans and a HUGE music/arts culture emerges in Harlem.

Question 5

Harlem

Answer 5

Emerges, in accordance with W. E. B. DuBois’ view of an African American oasis, thanks to the great migration.