Question

directions: review the material below. then refer to it as you answer the ques - tions. you will then better understand the changes in education and popular cul - ture that occurred during the 1920s.
education

• the chief area of expansion was in the high schools, where enrollment increased eightfold between 1914 and 1926.
• expansion was due to prosperous times and to the higher educational standards required for jobs in mass - production industries.
• the 1920s saw the advent of the modern high school, with wider course offerings, vocational training, and immigrant education.

communications

• the growth of higher education increased the number of people who read newspapers and magazines.
• introduced in 1923, time magazine became the first weekly newsmagazine.
• newspapers introduced sunday supplements.
• newspaper tabloids, which were half the regular page size and had many pictures, were introduced.
• newspapers and magazines sometimes used bally - hoo—the exaggeration of insignificant events—to gain readers. one example of ballyhoo was the coverage of charles lindberghs transatlantic flight.

recreation

• professional athletics reached a new peak.
• in baseball, babe ruth led the yankees to seven world - series titles.
• in football, red grange was the galloping ghost of the university of illinois.
• in heavyweight boxing, jack dempseys fights sold millions of dollars in tickets.
• movies and theater became popular. by 1925 more than 20,500 movie houses dotted the united states.
• charlie chaplin invented his character, the little tramp.
• in 1927 the first major film with sound—the jazz singer with al jolson—was released.

literature

• a common theme was opposition to materialism, the single - minded pursuit of money and possessions.
• f. scott fitzgerald published this side of paradise in 1920 and became the spokesman for the twenties gen - eration. in his books, he described the confusion and tragedy caused by the search for material success.
• sinclair lewis wrote babbitt and main street, which criticized materialism and small - town life.
• ernest hemingway, in his books the sun also rises and a farewell to arms, voiced disgust with the glori - fication of war.
• t. s. eliots the waste land focused on the dehuman - izing effects of the machine age.

1. what was one reason for the expansion in high - school enrollment during the 1920s?
2. how did modern high schools differ from the first high schools?
3. what effect did greater enrollment in high schools have on the press?
4. what are newspaper tabloids?
5. what is meant by ballyhoo treatment in the press?
6. list two professional athletes who received much attention from the public during the 1920s.
7. what was the first major sound film?
8. what was a common theme of american literature in the 1920s?
9. who became the spokesman for the twenties genera - tion?
10. who wrote a farewell to arms, a novel that ex - presses disgust at the glorification of war?

Explanation:

Each answer is derived directly from the provided text about 1920s education, communications, recreation, and literature.

Answer:

1. Prosperous times and higher educational standards required for jobs in mass-production industries.
2. Modern high schools had wider course offerings, vocational training, and immigrant education.
3. The growth of higher education (linked to high school expansion) increased the number of people who read newspapers and magazines.
4. Newspaper tabloids are half the regular page size and have many pictures.
5. Ballyhoo is the exaggeration of insignificant events to gain readers.
6. Babe Ruth (baseball) and Red Grange (football) (or Jack Dempsey).
7. The Jazz Singer (1927).
8. Opposition to materialism (the single-minded pursuit of money and possessions).
9. F. Scott Fitzgerald.
10. Ernest Hemingway.