USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What were some of the ways MOST Americans spent their leisure/relaxing time in the 1920s?
A
playing games, shopping, following sports and the adventures of American heros like Charles Lindbergh.
B
partying, exercising, following sports and the adventures of American heros like Charles Lindbergh.
C
playing video games, shopping online, following sports and the adventures of American heros like Charles Lindbergh
D
playing music, writing poetry, following Jazz musicians and the adventures of Langston Hughes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -People spent their leisure time and money at the movies, speakeasies, jazz clubs, and baseball games. Flappers, Babe Ruth, Al Capone, Charles Lindbergh, and Amelia Earhart captivated the nation. America’s youth rebelled and found their voice through poetry, novels, the Charleston, and fashion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Leisure and consumption in the 1920s In this period, movies and sports became increasingly popular, while commercial radio and magazines turned athletes and actors into national icons.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many of the defining features of modern American culture emerged during the 1920s. The record chart, the book club, the radio, the talking picture, and spectator sports all became popular forms of mass entertainment.

Detailed explanation-4: -But the 1920s were an age of extreme contradiction. The unmatched prosperity and cultural advancement was accompanied by intense social unrest and reaction. The same decade that bore witness to urbanism and modernism also introduced the Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, nativism, and religious fundamentalism.

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