The Roaring 20S Webquest

The Roaring 20S Webquest

<p>Name:______Date:______Block:______The Roaring ‘20s Webquest</p><p>Directions: Use the provided websites to answer the questions. http://www.murrayontravel.com/carolnolan/fashionhistory.html</p><p>1. What were the fashion trends for men in the 1920s? ______2. What were the fashion trends for women in the 1920s? ______http://www.crazyfads.com/20s40s.htm</p><p>3. What were some of the latest fads (not including clothing) for women in the 1920s? ______http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/ford.html</p><p>4. What invention did Henry Ford create that assisted in the manufacture of cars? ______http://people.clemson.edu/~pammack/lec122/autocon.htm</p><p>5. What were some of the consequences of the car? ______6. What road improvements were made in the 1920s? ______http://www.pasttimesports.biz/football.html</p><p>7. What material were football helmets made out of in the 1920s? ______http://www.1920-30.com/sports/</p><p>8. Why did sports become more popular in the 1920s?______9. Discuss two sporting events that can be considered recording breaking of the 1920s. ______http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/history101.html</p><p>10. Which cities had negro baseball leagues in the 1920s? ______http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/chaplin.html</p><p>11. Who was Charlie Chaplin? ______http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/music.html</p><p>12. Name two musicians of the 1920s. ______http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm</p><p>13. Give examples of some of the slang that was used in the 1920s. ______Bonus: Which one describes Mr. Conforti? ______http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm (Scroll down)</p><p>14. Describe what a flapper looked like. ______http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug00/3on1/radioshow/1920radio.htm</p><p>15. What was an important technological invention in the 1920s, besides the automobile and assembly line? What did people like to listen to? ______http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dt20ap.html</p><p>16. What electrical appliances became popular in the 1920s? ______http://unityanddivision2.wikispaces.com/Mass+Consumption+in+the+1920's</p><p>17. What are mass production and mass consumption? ______http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/al-capone/al-capone</p><p>18. Who was Al Capone? ______http://unityanddivision2.wikispaces.com/Babe+Ruth+and+Baseball</p><p>19. Who called Babe Ruth while the beloved Yankee was on his deathbed? What does this tell you about the importance and popularity of baseball in American society? ______</p>

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