USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did changes in education and mass media affect Americans’ knowledge of world affairs?
A
Americans could learn about world affairs much more easily, as educational opportunities and information from mass media became more widely available.
B
Americans could learn about the affairs of Donald Trump much more easily as information from mass media became more widely available.
C
Americans could learn about fake reality lives much more easily, as educational opportunities became more widely available.
D
Americans could learn about educational opportunities and mass media became more widely available.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1920s, mass media expanded to include the radio. For the first time, millions of people around the world were connected through radio signals. Throughout the country, people gathered at home to listen to their radios. Programs included broadcast news, entertainment programs, and popular music, such as jazz.

Detailed explanation-2: -One effect of the rise of mass culture in the 1920s was that it 1) allowed Americans across the country to share common experiences. 2) diverted attention from politics to entertainment. 3) helped Americans preserve regional differences and traditions. 4) emphasized the difference between country and city life.

Detailed explanation-3: -The increased financial prosperity of the 1920s gave many Americans more disposable income to spend on entertaining themselves. This influx of cash, coupled with advancements in technology, led to new patterns of leisure (time spent having fun) and consumption (buying products).

Detailed explanation-4: -Summary of Realism Though never a coherent group, Realism is recognized as the first modern movement in art, which rejected traditional forms of art, literature, and social organization as outmoded in the wake of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.

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