Chapter 13: The Roaring Life of the 1920s
Study Questions

Section 1: Changing Ways of Life
1. What was the 18th Amendment?
2. What were 3 differences between rural and urban life in the 1920s?
3. Which groups of people tended to support Prohibition?
4. Why were Prohibition laws extremely difficult to enforce? Be sure to provide the 2 main reasons.
5. How did criminals like “Scarface” Al Capone take advantage of Prohibition?
6. What was the 21st Amendment?
7. Copy and study the chart on the bottom of pg. 437 listing the causes and effects of Prohibition.
8. What is religious fundamentalism? Why did it become popular in the 1920s?
9. What groups of people tended to support religious fundamentalism?
10. What was the Scopes trial about? What was the final outcome?