Chapter 20 Section 4 Notes
VOCABULARY TERMS:
1. ___________________________________________ – popular silent film star
2. __________________________________________________ – the first talking motion picture
3. ____________________________________________ – baseball star known as the “Sultan of
Swat” and the “Bambino”
4. ________________________________________ – the first person to fly solo and non-stop
across the Atlantic Ocean
5. _____________________________ – a young woman of the 1920s who rejected traditional
values and dress
6. _____________________________________ – psychologist who suggested that people are
driven by subconscious desires
7. __________________________________________ – writers who rejected Victorian values after
World War I and searched for new truths
8. _____________________________________ – author of The Great Gatsby and other novels
that questioned the idea of the American dream
9. _____________________________________ – author of a Farewell to Arms who developed a
new writing style
CHAPTER NOTES:
10. In the 1920s, urban dwellers saw an increase in leisure time.
11. Farmers worked from dawn to dusk and had little time for ______________________________.
12. In ______________ and _______________________, people earned more money and had more
time for a fun. They looked for new kinds of __________________________________.
13. One of the new kinds of entertainment was the motion picture.
14. In the 1920s, ___________ to ______________million people went to the movies each week.
15. Throughout most of the decade, movies were _________________, so people could watch them
no matter what language they spoke.
16. Movies were affordable and available to everyone, everywhere.
17. Movies’ ___________________________, universal appeal created stars known the world over.
18. ______________________ ________________________ became the most popular silent film
star by playing “The Little Tramp.”
19. In 1927, Al Jolson appeared in _____________ ________________ __________________, the
first “____________________,” ending the era of silent films.
20. The radio and the phonograph were powerful instruments of mass culture.
21. The first commercial radio station, ________, began in 1920.
22. Within three years, there were __________radio stations.
23. People all over the country could hear the same______________, _____________, and
____________.
24. With ______________________________, people could listen to music whenever they wanted.
25. Improvements in ___________________________ technology made records popular.
26. People listened to the same ______________and learned the same ______________________.
27. The world of sports produced some nationally famous heroes.
28. Thanks to ______________________________and ________________, millions of people could
follow their favorite athletes.
29. Baseball player ____________ _____________, nicknamed “The Sultan of Swat,” thrilled people
with his home runs.
30. Aviator Charles Lindbergh became a national hero when he made the first solo flight across
the Atlantic.
31. Aviator Charles Lindbergh became a national hero when he made the first solo flight across
the Atlantic.
32. In May 1927, ___________________________ flew his single-engine plane, _______________
___ _____ ________________, non-stop from New York to Paris.
33. The flight took more than ________hours.
34. Women’s roles also changed in the 1920s.
35. Women married___________, had fewer____________________, and generally lived
_____________, ___________________ lives.
36. Labor-saving appliances, such as electric ______________ and ________________________
________________, allowed time for book clubs, charitable work, and new personal interests.
37. Such changes benefited ______________ women more than______________ women.
38. ________________________represented a “revolution in manners and morals.”
39. These young women rejected___________________________ morality and values.
40. They wore short skirts, cut their hair in a short style called the ___________, and followed dance
crazes such as the _______________________________.
41. The decade saw many “firsts” for women.
42. More women entered the _____________________________.
43. They moved into new fields such as ______________________, __________________,
__________________________, and ___________________________.
44. _____________ ___________ _______________ of Wyoming became the first female governor.
45. Other “firsts” included the first woman ________________ and the first woman elected to the
__________ __________________.
46. World War I strongly affected the art and literature of the 1920s.
47. The war’s devastation left many questioning the ______________________Victorian attitude of
progress.
48. ____________________________ expressed a skeptical, pessimistic view of the world.
49. Writers and artists explored the ideas of psychologist Sigmund Freud, who suggested that
human behavior was driven by __________________desires.
50. Artists such as ______________ ____________________, ________________ ______________,
and __________________________ __’ _________________ challenged tradition and
experimented with new subjects and abstract styles.
51. Writers of the 1920s were called the Lost Generation because they’d lost faith in Victorian
cultural values.
52. ____ _________________ __________________________ explored the idea of the American
dream, writing that his generation had found
“all faiths in man shaken.”
53. __________________ _________________________ questioned concepts of personal sacrifice,
glory, honor, and war and created a new style of writing.
54. Playwright ________________ ___’_____________ explored the subconscious mind in his plays.