USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During the 1920s, the Scopes trial and the dispute over Prohibition showed the clash between
A
Dylan and Thanos
B
traditional values and modernism
C
business owners and labor unions
D
the national government and state governments
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Culturally, the United States became a deeply divided nation during the Roaring Twenties. Tensions arose between traditionalists, with their deep respect for long-held cultural and religious values, and modernists, who embraced new ideas, styles, and social trends.

Detailed explanation-2: -Immigration, race, alcohol, evolution, gender politics, and sexual morality all became major cultural battlefields during the 1920s. Wets battled drys, religious modernists battled religious fundamentalists, and urban ethnics battled the Ku Klux Klan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Modernism is a period in literary history which started around the early 1900s and continued until the early 1940s. Modernist writers in general rebelled against clear-cut storytelling and formulaic verse from the 19th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -Traditionalist: a person who has deep respect for long-held cultural and religious values. For them, these values were anchors that provided order and stability to society. Modernist: a person who embraced new ideas, styles, and social trends.

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