THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
people who made up the labor union movements of the 1920’s
|
|
|
people (fundamentalists) that were against teaching evolution in schools
|
|
|
Writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Earnest Hemingway who were questioning American ideals in the aftermath of WWI
|
|
|
organized crime bosses who went against prohibition such as, Al Capone
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The most prominent authors of the Lost Generation are Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliot, and John Dos Passos. All of these writers included their despair and disappointment in traditional values skillfully into their work.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term embraces Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, E.E. Cummings, Archibald MacLeish, Hart Crane, and many other writers who made Paris the centre of their literary activities in the 1920s.
Detailed explanation-3: -The famous core of Lost Generation writers was a group of American expatriates who lived in Paris, France, during the 1920s. Among them was Hemingway, who had driven ambulances in Italy during the Great War. In Paris, he associated with mentor Gertrude Stein and other friends who profoundly influenced his work.
Detailed explanation-4: -They were considered to be “lost” due to their tendency to act aimlessly, even recklessly, often focusing on the hedonistic accumulation of personal wealth. In literature, the term also refers to a group of well-known American authors and poets including Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and T. S.
Detailed explanation-5: -Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, best known for his classic American novel The Great Gatsby, was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Named for his distant cousin Francis Scott Key, author of the “The Star-Spangled Banner, ” Fitzgerald was descended, on his father’s side, from a long line of Marylanders.