Chapter 28-The Roaring Twenties

Question 0

Roaring Twenties

Answer 0

name given to the 1920s because it was a crazy, wild time

Question 1

Charleston

Answer 1

popular dance of the twenties

Question 2

Consumer Culture

Answer 2

a culture that views the consumption of large quantities of goods as beneficial to the economy and a source of happiness

Question 3

Installment buying

Answer 3

arrangement in which a buyer makes a down payment on a product and the seller loans the remainder of the purchase to the buyer. The buyer then makes monthly payments.

Question 4

Popular culture

Answer 4

the culture of ordinary people, including music, art, literature, and entertainment spread through mass media

Question 5

Grass Roots Organization

Answer 5

an organization created and run by its local members

Question 6

League of Women Voters

Answer 6

organization formed in 1920 to educate voters about current public issues

Question 7

Equals Rights Amendment (ERA)

Answer 7

proposed but unratified Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing equal rights for all Americans regardless of gender

Question 8

Jazz

Answer 8

a music form developed by African Americans beginning in the 1910s and influenced by blues, ragtime, and improvisation

Question 9

Jazz Age

Answer 9

the era during the 1920s in which Jazz became increasingly popular in the U.S.

Question 10

Improvisation

Answer 10

a process by which musicians make up music as they play rather than relying on printed music

Question 11

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 11

an era of heightened creativity among African American writers, artists, and musicians who gathered in Harlem during the 1920s

Question 12

Lost Generation

Answer 12

a group of young Americans-including E.E. Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, and Sherwood Anderson-who established themselves as prominent postwar writers during the 1920s

Question 13

Spectator Sports

Answer 13

sports that attract large numbers of fans