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The Roaring Twenties
Station Response Sheets
Station 1: New Technology and Consumerism
1. How did the development of the assembly line help consumers?
2. What “modern” household conveniences began to appear during the 1920’s?
3. Describe how could average Americans afford these new technologies and conveniences?
4. What changes in transportation and communication occurred during the 1920’s? How did
these changes impact the lives of Americans?
Station 2: Prohibition
1. What is prohibition?
2. What is the temperance movement?
3. What did the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act do?
4. How were people of the 1920’s able to get a hold of alcohol?
5. What did the 21st Amendment do?
Look at the two pictures that are in support of prohibition:
What do these pictures tell you about the prohibition movement?
Station Three: Women’s Suffrage
1. What did the 19th Amendment do?
2. Looking at the political cartoons, what are some of the reasons why men opposed women’s
suffrage?
Imagine you are a suffragette. Design a poster showing your support of the movement.
Station 4: Athletes and Heroes
1. In what year did Charles Lindbergh take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island?
2. How long was the flight (in hours)?
3. What was remarkable about Lindbergh’s flight?
4. How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit in 1927?
5. What about Babe Ruth made him stand out during this time period?
6. Define “uncouth” and “imbiber”.
7. What was Man O’War’s nickname and who gave it to him?
8. How many races did that horse win? How many did he lose?
Station 5: Flappers and a Changing Culture
1. How did boys behave prior to the twenties?
2. How did girls behave prior to the twenties?
3. How did boys behave during the twenties?
4. How did girls behave during the twenties?
5. How did F. Scott Fitzgerald describe this time period?
Using the pictures of the Flappers, describe these young women of the Roaring Twenties.
Station Six: Slang of the Roaring Twenties
Imagine you were a teenager living in the 1920’s. Using at least ten slang words, write a short
story describing your day. Your story should be a minimum of five sentences in length.
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