20TH CENTURY HISTORY

CHAPTER 13n

REVIEW SHEET

VOCABULARY: (a) Epicurianism, (b) Conspicuous Consumption, (c) Hedonism, (d) Standard of Living. (e) Disposable Personal Income, (f) Discretionary Income, (g) Paternalism, (h) Escapism, (I) Expatriates, (j) Materialism, (k) Harlem Renaissance, (l) Creationism, (m) Censorship, (n) Quotas, (o) Literacy Test, (p) 3rd Estate, (q) Zoot Suiter, (r) Bootlegger, (s) Hyphenated American, (t) Culture Shock, (u) SpeakEasy, (v) Evolution,

(w) Charleston, (x) Jazz Age, (y) Volstead Act, (z) Fundamentalism, (aa) Darwinian Evolution, (bb) Flapper,

(cc) Gibson Girl, (dd) Lost Generation

ACRONYMS: S.O.L., S.A.D.D., M.A.D.D., K.K.K. UNIA

PERSONALITIES: John Scopes, Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, Louis Armstrong, Gertrude Ederlie, Clarance Darrow, William Jennings Brian, Al Capone, Shipwreck Kelly, Knute Rockne, Jack Dempsey, Bobby Jones, Gene Tunney, Will Rogers, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Mix, Red Grange, Bill Tilden, Theda Bara, Clara Bow, Rudolph Valentino, George Gershwin, Georgia O’Keeffe, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis

ESSAYS:

1. Define Standard of Living, Disposable Personal Income and Discretionary Income then discuss their inter-relationship.with regard to the surge in consumerism during the 20's.

2. What was most responsible for the resurgence of Fundamentalism during the 20's. Cite examples of this resurgence within society during this period.

3. Discuss and exemplify how the symbiotic relationship between Bankers, Chain Stores, and Advertisers fueled the buying spree of the 20's.

4. Explain and exemplify the following statement; "All segments of society didn't share in the New Prosperity of the 20'"

5. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of automobile ownership to the average family of the 1920's.

6. Explain and exemplify how individuals during the 20's used their discretionary income as an avenue toward leisure and escapism.

7. What was the rational for so many artistic individuals leaving the U.S. during the 1920's and emigrating to Europe?