Exam 30: American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Harlem Renaissance

Do you think that the 1920s should be most noted as a decade of anxiety and intolerance or a decade of revolutionary cultural innovation, excess, and liberation? What were the deepest political, economic, and social forces shaping American culture in this period? How did theses influential forces also shape how particular groups of Americans viewed themselves and their respective places in American society?

Do you think that the noble experiment of prohibition did more harm than good or vice versa? Explain your view by citing specific consequences of the prohibition amendment.

The American airline industry in the 1920s made most of its early profits through