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1920s and 1930s
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Which of the following is NOT an example of how life in the 1920s was affected by electrification?
a young girl building a fire
a child pushing the light switch
a family listening to the radio
a woman using a washing machine
During the 1920s, why did a new automobile cost less than automobiles produced prior to WWI?
government price controls on automobiles
a minimum wage law for industrial workers
mass production techniques in factories
All of the following were changing developments in American communication in the 1920s EXCEPT
the building of telegraph lines
the movie industry
increased availability of telephones
development of the radio
What constitutional amendment banned the sale, transport and manufacture of alcohol?
18th
19th
20th
21st
What constitutional amendment repealed the 18th amendment?
18th
19th
20th
21st
What region of the country were African Americans migrating FROM in the 1910s and 1920s?
The Midwest
The South
The East
The North
What would best complete the graphic organizer?
Southerners promoted organized crime against African Americans
African American culture spread beyond Harlem to the rest of society
African Americans migrated to cities in the North and west
Most African Americans remained in the Southeast region
The growth of organized crime during their 1920s is most closely related to the -
collapse of the stock market
rise of labor unions
laws against making alcohol
increase in unemployed workers
What were the illegal bars of the Prohibition Era called?
Watering Holes
Speakeasies
Pubs
Saloons
Which artist's work represents the historical movement of African Americans to the North at the end of World War I?
John Steinbeck
Jacob Riis
Jacob Lawrence
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Which individual was NOT a musical artist of the Harlem Renaissance?
Georgia O'Keefe
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Which statement correctly matches the author and his work?
Langston Hughes was a novelist who wrote about the strength of poor migrant workers.
John Steinbeck was a poet who combined the experiences of African and American roots.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
What were 3 causes of the Great Depression?
1, 2, 3
1, 3, 4
2, 3, 4
As a result of the Great Depression, about how many workers were without jobs?
three-fourths
two-thirds
one-half
one-fourth
What would most likely be the title of this list?
Cultural Climate of the 1920s?
The Great Migration
Impact of the Great Depression
Prohibition in America
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?
There were large numbers of homeless and hungry people
Many banks and businesses failed
Farmers' incomes increased to high levels
One-fourth of workers were without jobs
Farmers received federal government assistance for the first time as a part of the -
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Fair Deal
New Deal
Which artist do the 1920s painted bright urban scenes then changed to desert scenes
Langston Hughes
Edward Hopper
Winslow Homer
Georgia O'Keefe
Which title best completes this diagram?
Results fo Economic Changes
Results of Great Migration
Results of Improved Transportation
Results of Prohibition
What do the people in the diagram have in common?
African American poets during the Harlem Renaissance
Influential novelists and poets during the 1920s and 1930s
Influential artists during the 1920s and 1930s
African American musicians during the Harlem Renaissance
This cartoon represents what period in American history?
Progressive Era
Harlem Renaissance
Prohibition
Great Depression
What major impact of the Great Depression is shown in this photo?
Homelessness
Bank Failure
Temperance movement
What is the correct sequence of these events?
2, 4, 3, 1
4, 2, 1, 3
4, 2, 3, 1
2, 4, 1, 3
Which event best completes the timeline?
Harlem Renaissance
New Deal
Prohibition
World War 1
Which 3 headlines would have been seen describing the New Deal?
1,2,3,
1, 2, 4
2, 3, 4