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Roaring 20s Webquest

Movies in the 1920s:Use the link below to answer the questions about movies in the 1920s.

  1. Which format was used for movies in the 1910s and 1920s?
  1. What were the “Big 5” studios? Why were they the “Big 5”?
  1. Locate at least 1 film in which the following actors/actresses starred. Why is each actor significant?
  2. Charlie Chaplin
  1. Mary Pickford
  1. Douglas Fairbanks
  1. Al Jolson
  1. Clara Bow
  1. What was significant about the movie The Jazz Singer?

1920s Inventions:Name and find (or draw) a picture of new inventions of the 1920s. Write each invention’s importance underneath the picture. Who invented each?

  1. What were some of the consequences of the car?
  1. What road improvements were made in the 1920s?
  1. What electrical appliances became popular in the 1920s?

1920s Slang:Define the following slang terms:

  1. Bee’s Knees
  1. Dry Up
  1. Fire extinguisher
  1. Flapper
  1. Flivver
  1. Hooch
  1. Goofy
  1. Pill
  1. Wet blanket
  1. Whoopee
  1. Use the slang terms to write one sentence about Prohibition.
  1. Use the slang terms to write one sentence about the music of the 1920’s.
  1. Use the slang terms to write one sentence about the fashion of the 1920’s.

Flappers: Use the link below to answer the questions about women in the 1920s.

  1. Who were “flappers”?
  1. Where did the term “flapper” come from?
  1. How did flappers dress?
  1. Describe the flapper “attitude.”
  1. How did flappers act?
  1. What led to the end of the flapper?
  1. Describe fashion in the 1920’s.
  1. What was “the bob”?
  1. How did the roaring twenties redefine womanhood?
  1. What were some of the latest fads (not including clothing) for women in the 1920s?

History of Jazz:Use the link below to answer the questions about Jazz in the 1920s.

  1. Where did Jazz originate?
  1. What is Jazz?
  1. Identify the following musicians/performers:
  2. Louis Armstrong
  1. Duke Ellington
  1. Name five bands from the 1920’s.
  1. What two inventions helped jazz reach even remote locations of the U.S.?
  1. Did everyone enjoy jazz music? How do you know?

1920s Literature:Use the links below to answer the following questions about literature in the Roaring 20s.

  1. Describe the literature of the 1920s. How did it describe the time period?
  1. Identify the following authors:
  2. F. Scott Fitzgerald
  1. Ernest Hemingway
  1. T.S. Eliot
  1. Robert Frost

Harlem Renaissance:Use the links below to answer the following questions about the Harlem Renaissance.

  1. Define Harlem Renaissance.
  1. Identify the following authors/performers:
  2. Langston Hughes
  1. Zora Neale Hurston
  1. Billie Holliday
  1. Claude McKay

American Heroes: Identify what each of the following individuals listed below is best known for.

  1. Charles Lindbergh
  1. Amelia Earhart
  1. Babe Ruth
  1. Red Grange
  1. Andrew “Rube” Foster
  1. Gertrude Ederle
  1. Helen Wills
  1. Why did sports become more popular in the 1920s?
  1. Identify and briefly describe two sporting events that can be considered recordbreaking in the 1920s.

1920s Crime & Justice: Use the following website to answer the questions about Al Capone.

  1. What was Al Capone’s net wealth at the time of his arrest?
  1. What were Capone’s crimes?
  1. What happened during the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?
  1. Who arrested Capone? What was the charge against him?
  1. What was the result of Capone’s trial?

Prohibition –

  1. What were the intended goals for Prohibition?
  1. What were the actual results of Prohibition?
  1. Which amendment began Prohibition? Which amendment repealed it?