Chapter 20

Question 1

While the 1920’s was a time of wealth for many Americans, what two groups of people were especially poor and where did they live?

Answer 1

Imigrants and African Americans were especially needy and often poor and lived in filthy, over-crowded slums.

Question 2

What was the “Noble Experiment” and when did it start and stop?

What was the name of the law that was created to enforce Prohibition?

Answer 2

The Noble Experiment was prohibition, which banned the sale of liquor in the US. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution in 1919 enacted Prohibition, but it was repealed in 1933 with the 18th Amendment.

The law to enforce Prohibition was called the Volstead Act.

Question 3

What was the term for people who made alcohol to sell during Prohibition?

What was the slang term for selling and transporting alcohol during Prohibition?

What was one bad side effect of Prohibition in terms of crime?

Answer 3

People who made alcohol illegally were called “moonshiners”

The illegal sale and transportation of alcohol became known as “bootlegging”

Unfortunately, Prohibition allowed criminal activity around alcohol to rise because lots of money could be made by making and selling alcohol.

Question 4

In the religious life of the 1920s, something started called the Progressive Movement. What did the Progressive Movement deny?

Answer 4

The Progressive Movement denied many beliefs that Christians had felt strong about:

1. Original Sin
2. The Virgin birth
3. That Christ was really God
4. That Christ died as payment for our sins
5. The inspiration of and authority of the Bible

Question 5

What was the name of the movement that started in response to the changes in religious belief that tried to make people believe more?

Answer 5

“Fundamentalism” was a movement that wanted to defend key beliefs of the Christian faith.

Question 6

What was the most popular sport in America and who was it’s star player?

Answer 6

Baseball, and Babe Ruth was the baseball superstar of the 1920s.

Question 7

What was the new entertainment craze that started in the 1920s?

Answer 7

Movies

Question 8

What new music style started in the 1920?

Answer 8

Jazz

Question 9

What were two common styles of homes in the 1920s?

Answer 9

The two styles of houses that were popular were

1. American Prairie
2. Craftsman

Question 10

How did getting clothes change in the 1920?

Answer 10

It used to be that women would sew their own clothes, but in the 1920s factories started to make clothes so people could buy them

Question 11

Who was a famous gangster (criminal) that made lots of money on Prohibition by selling alcohol?

Answer 11

Al Capone