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Question 1

Irving Berlin, who wrote the song “White Christmas,” was a composer who

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helped shape popular music in the 1920s.

Question 2

A style of architecture, painting and other types of art that became popular during the Roaring Twenties was called

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Art Deco.

Question 3

Why were prominent American writers of the 1920s called the “lost generation”?

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They had trouble adjusting to life in the postwar era.

Question 4

What feature did radio in the 1920s offer that other inventions did not offer?

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People could listen to music in real time.

Question 5

Which best defines a “talkie” during the 1920s?

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a film with sound

Question 6

How did Henry Ford’s Model T contribute to the culture of the Roaring Twenties?

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The Model T became available to more people, stimulating an overall feeling of prosperity.

Question 7

In the 1920s, mass media helped popularize which of these sports heroes?

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Babe Ruth

Question 8

Ernest Hemingway, part of the “lost generation,” often wrote works related to

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the futility of war.

Question 9

Charles Lindbergh was known as

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a heroic pilot.

Question 10

Why was the 1920s called the Roaring Twenties?

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The decade ushered in an era of prosperity and rebellion.

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