1920s Social Studies
Which year turned out to be a pivotal year for both the U.S. and the world?
1919
What is the Greek word for “indivisible”?
atom
What does a pure sine wave at 440 Hz sound like?
the A above middle C
What was ratified on August 18, 1920?
The Nineteenth Amendment or the amendment giving women the right to vote
What are the four major resources of an economy that are limited no matter how wealthy a society?
work, energy, knowledge and capital
What was World War I’s total casualties?
over 37 million people
Who is the most famous founding father who did not run for president?
Benjamin Franklin
What are the four categories of instruments created by Curt Sachs and Erich Von Hornbostel?
aerophones, chordophones, idiophones, and membranophones
The ownership of what expensive consumer product tripled in the 1920s, a product that expanded people’s access to forms of entertainment?
the car
Name the four expenses that families must allocate their income towards.
food, clothing, travel and savings
What event occurred in 1919 that caused about 20 million deaths worldwide?
Global influenza called the Spanish Flu
What country was Benjamin Franklin popular in?
France
What fifth category was later added to Sachs and Hornbostel’s original instrument categories?
electrophones
What was distinctive about the hair of the typical flapper?
It was short (“bobbed”).
What are three expenses that a society must choose how to allocate their resources towards?
healthcare, national defense, and education
When and where was one of the earliest outbreaks of the Spanish flu?
In 1918 at a troops training camp in Manhattan, Kansas
What is the name of the device that can store electricity and shock anyone who touches it?
Leyden jar
What are the five “families” of instruments?
strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, and keyboard
“G Men,” often portrayed as heroes, worked for what branch of the U.S. government?
the FBI
What do theoretical models help us to understand?
how the economic phenomena we observe fit together
What is referred to as the “noble experiment”?
Prohibition, because banning the sale of alcohol did nothing to stop people from making it and drinking it
What is the subject that Benjamin Franklin was very interested in?
Electricity
How is a theremin played?
The performer regulates frequency with one hand and amplitude with the other by disturbing the electrical fields surrounding a pair of protruding bars.
Poets such as Sterling A. Brown and Langston Hughes wrote poetry to imitate what other art form?
music and jazz
In economics, what do models most often consist of?
diagrams or mathematical formulas