USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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The 1920s was a time of major cultural growth. The Harlem Renaissance, Jazz Age, baseball, and transportation all made impacts during this time.Choose all statements correctly describing the 1920’s.

(A) Langston Hughes is remembered for his musical contributions during the Jazz Age.

(B) ** Babe Ruth’s success helped increase the popularity of baseball in the 1920s

(C) ** The Harlem Renaissance was a period of major growth for African-American culture.

(D) Henry Ford made history by completing the first transatlantic flight

(E) ** Henry Ford changed American industry with the introduction of the automobile and assembly line

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Most importantly, the Harlem Renaissance instilled in African Americans across the country a new spirit of self-determination and pride, a new social consciousness, and a new commitment to political activism, all of which would provide a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Concept note-2: -The 1920s was a decade of profound social changes. The most obvious signs of change were the rise of a consumer-oriented economy and of mass entertainment, which helped to bring about a “revolution in morals and manners.” Sexual mores, gender roles, hair styles, and dress all changed profoundly during the 1920s.

Concept note-3: -During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology.

Concept note-4: -The 1920s heralded a dramatic break between America’s past and future. Before World War I the country remained culturally and psychologically rooted in the nineteenth century, but in the 1920s America seemed to break its wistful attachments to the recent past and usher in a more modern era.