Roaring 20s WebQuest - Tuscaloosa County School District

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The Roaring 20's Webquest

Movies in the 20's:

1. Which type of movies were available in the 1910s-1920s? (Hint: The 1920s movie goers experience was largely dominated by ....) _______________________________________________________________________________

2. Name two film stars of this era. ? ___________________________________________________ ? ___________________________________________________

3. What was significant about the movie The Jazz Singer? (Hint: Look in the sixth paragraph of the "Silent Movies Dominated until the Late 1920s" section.)___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

New Technology of the 1920s:

4. Pick four `20s inventions from this site and A) list the invention, B) give the year it was invented, and C) explain the background of the invention. ? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

1920s Slang:

5. Use the site to define the following slang terms from the 1920s: ? Dudding Up:_____________________________________________________________________________ ? Gimlet:__________________________________________________________________________________ ? Bean Picker:_____________________________________________________________________________ ? Whiskbroom:_____________________________________________________________________________ ? Cat's Meow:______________________________________________________________________________ ? Father Time:_____________________________________________________________________________

Jazz:

6. What is jazz? (Hint: Look in the first section titled "What is Jazz.")______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

7. What are "call-and-response" patterns in jazz? (Hint: Look in the first section titled "What is Jazz.")________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

8. What city played a key role in the development of jazz? (Hint: Look in the section titled "The Growth of Jazz.") _____________________________________________

9. In what year were the first recordings of jazz made? (Hint: Look in the section titled "The Growth of Jazz.") _____________________________________________

Flappers: 10. Read the article about Flappers of the 1920s and list FIVE words that describe them.

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The Harlem Renaissance:

11. Why did hundreds of thousands of African Americans relocate to cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, and New York? (Hint: Look in the third paragraph.)_______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

12. How many African Americans were drawn to the Harlem section of Manhattan? (Hint: Look in the third paragraph.) ________________________________________________

13. What did the Harlem Renaissance encompass? (Hint: Look in the fifth paragraph.) _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

14. Name two intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. (Hint: Look in the sixth paragraph.) ? __________________________________ ? __________________________________

15. Name two performers of the Harlem Renaissance. (Hint: Look in the sixth paragraph.) ? __________________________________ ? __________________________________

16. Name two writers/poets of the Harlem Renaissance. (Hint: Look in the sixth paragraph.) ? __________________________________ ? __________________________________

17. Name two musicians of the Harlem Renaissance. (Hint: Look in the sixth paragraph.) ? __________________________________ ? __________________________________

18. Why was the "heyday" of the Harlem Renaissance cut short? (Hint: Look in the eighth paragraph.)___________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

19. How was the Harlem Renaissance's impact on America indelible? (Hint: Look at the ninth paragraph.) ________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

1920s Sports:

20. Why has the 1920s been called the Golden Age of American Sports? (Hint: Look in the first paragraph after the sentences, "The 1920s has been called the Golden Age of American Sports. It also has been called the Age of the Spectator.")____________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

21. What was the national pastime in the 1920s? (Hint: Look in the second paragraph.) ________________________ 22. Who was the most famous athlete in the U.S. in the 1920s? (Hint: Look in the second paragraph.)

____________________________________________ 23. What was the most famous 1920s college football team, and who coached that team? (Hint: Look in the second

paragraph.) ____________________________________________________________________________________ 24. Name three other popular sports of the 1920s (other than baseball and college football). _____________________

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Aviation of the 1920s:

25. Choose one event from each year on the timeline of "The History of Flight from Around the World," and describe that event in your own words. (Scroll down and click on the "1920s" link.) ? 1920-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? 1921-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? 1922-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? 1923-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? 1924-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? 1925-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? 1926-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? 1927-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? 1928-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ? 1929-___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

Prohibition:

26. Prohibition was the attempt to outlaw alcohol in the United States. What did the 18th Amendment prohibit? (Hint: Look in the "Cat and Mouse" section in paragraph one.) __________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

27. What did the 18th Amendment not outlaw? (Hint: Look in the "Cat and Mouse" section in paragraph one.) _____ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

28. Explain how prohibition made the "plea bargain" a common practice in the American judicial system. (Hint: Look in "The Greatest Consequence" section in paragraph two.)_________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

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