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| What are some results of improved transportation brought by affordable automobiles? |
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• Greater mobility
• Creation of jobs
• Growth of transportation-related industries (road construction, oil, steel, automobile)
• Movement to suburban areas |
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| Who invented the airplane? |
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| Who invented the assembly line? |
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| What was some communication changes made in the 1920s? |
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• Increased availability of telephones
• Development of the radio
• Development of the movies |
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| Who invented the radio broadcasting system? |
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| What is some ways electrification changed American life in the 1920s? |
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• Labor-saving products (e.g., washing machines, electric stoves, water pumps)
• Electric lighting
• Entertainment (e.g., radio)
• Improved communications |
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Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional amendment that made it
illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages. |
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| What are the results of Prohibition? |
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• Speakeasies were created as places for people to drink alcoholic beverages.
• Bootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime. |
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| Why did African Americans migrate to the North during the Great Migration? |
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• Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying.
• African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South.
• African Americans moved to northern cities in search of better employment opportunities.
• African Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North |
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| Who was the artist that was known for urban scenes and paintings of the Southwest? |
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| Who was the writer that wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s? |
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| Who was the writer who portrayed the strength of the poor migrant workers of the 1930s? |
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| Who were composers of uniquely written American music? |
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| Aaron Copeland and George Gershwin |
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| How did the Harlem Renaissance influence American life? |
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| African American artists, writers, and musicians based in Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African American culture. |
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| Who was the African American painter who chronciled the experiences of the Great Migration? |
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| Who was the poet that wrote about African and American cultural experiences? |
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| Who were some musicans of the Harlem Reniassance that sang the Blues and played Jazz? |
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| Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong |
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