In what ways were women's roles changing in the 1920s?
White women were now able to vote and were legally equal to men
Women were now working and taking the roles of men due to the war
Women's roles had not changed at all
Women were able to help out during the war by actively fighting
What is a flapper?
A fashionable young woman that wanted to go all out with her new found freedom
An older woman that was not married
A widow
A young woman that recently became a prostitute
Why did some people react negatively to flappers and the flapper lifestyle?
Everybody agreed that the flapper lifestyle was great
Their rebellious behavior contradicted with the idea that a woman should be submissive/conservative
People thought that these flappers were evil spirits
Their behavior was encouraged since people at the time thought a women should not be submissive
Farmers were not seeing as much prosperity as the rest of the country because they were producing too much, therefore they had to sell their crops for low
Why did rural areas decline and urban areas increase? How did the automobile contribute?
Cars made traveling easier so farmers spent more time in the city, adopting their culture
Cars had no affect on the decline of rural areas and increase of urban areas
Cars made it easier for city people to travel to the country and live there
Rural areas declined because of the dust bowl and cars provided jobs in the city
What happened to school enrollment during the 1920s and why did this occur?
School enrollment declined because families could not pay for their children to go to school
School enrollment increased because families could afford to give their children an education
School enrollment rates stayed the same
In what ways did the 1920s see a split between rural America and urban America?
Differing views on life and the ways things should be run
The distance made communication limited
People were divided due to the civil war
The radio hadn't been invented so people's entertainment were separate
What is fundamentalism?
A form of religion that upholds belief in strict, literal interpretations of scripture
The belief that there is only one God
A transitional state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism
The belief in the abolition of government
Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson were leaders of fundamentalism
