Roaring 20’s Study Guide

1. Which did not contribute to the rapid growth of the transportation industry?

• Imports forced the price of American cars down

• More people moved to suburban areas

1. Which did not contribute to the rapid growth of the transportation industry?

• Imports forced the price of American cars down– American was not

importing cars at the time…

2. What would be a major factor in the cost of automobiles becoming more

affordable?• Assembly lines being

used more effectively

3. Who took part in the first powered flight?

• The Wright Bros.– Orville and Wilbur

4. What did Henry Ford’s assembly line do to the price of cars?

• Prices went down so more people could buy cars

5. The economy grew in the 1920’s due partly to the success of the automobile.

All are true except…• A. People had greater

mobility • B. Suburbs grew• C. Unemployment fell• D. Cities became

smaller

• D. Cities became smaller

6. What did electricity provide?

• Less exposure to new inventions

• Rural areas access to labor saving devices

6. What did electricity provide?

• Rural areas access to labor saving devices

7. What replaced bars during prohibition, where illegal alcohol was served?

• Speakeasies

8. Who were the people that continued to distribute and bring in alcohol?

• Bootleggers

9. Moving to the North, African Americans hoped to find _________

• Better employment opportunities

• But also found ____________.

• Continued discrimination

10. Who was a female blues singer in the 1920’s?

• Bessie Smith

11. Who chronicled the Great Migration North through paintings?

• Jacob Lawrence

12. What artist painted urban scenes and scenes of the southwest?

• Georgia O’Keefe

13. Who wrote about (chronicled) the “Jazz Age”?

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

14. Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath, which is a book about the struggle of

poor migrant workers…• John Steinbeck

15. What did George Gershwin and Aaron Copland do?

• They wrote (composed) music in the 1920’s

16. What helped rural areas to have access to labor saving devices?

• Electricity

17. What did the 18th Amendment do?

• Banned alcohol

18. George Gershwin, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and Aaron Copland

are all...• Musicians

19. Which of the following was a result of prohibition in the 1920’s?

• Growth of organized crime

• Fall of the stock market

19. Which of the following was a result of prohibition in the 1920’s?

• Growth of organized crime

20. All of the following help change the U.S. from an agricultural to an industrial

nation except…

• F. New inventions• G. Free land• H. Labor Force• J. Raw materials

• G. Free land

21. Due partly to the success of the automobile, the economy grew in the 1920’s. As a result, all of the following

are true except…• A. Cities became

smaller• B. Suburbs grew• C. Employment rose• D. People had more

mobility to travel

• A. Cities became smaller

22. What did Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong do?

• Ellington played piano, Armstrong played the trumpet

23. Henry Ford’s assembly line led directly to the growth of…

• Child labor • Industrial production

23. Henry Ford’s assembly line led directly to the growth of…

• Industrial production

24. Electrical utilities led people to use light bulbs or home appliances during

the 1920’s…• Light bulbs • Home appliances

24. Electrical utilities led people to use light bulbs or home appliances during

the 1920’s…• Home appliances

25. What did Woodrow Wilson create at the end of WWI?

• The League of Nations

26. Who were the Central Powers?

• i. ______________• ii. Bulgaria• iii. ______________• Iiii. Turkey/Ottoman

Empire

• i. Germany• iii. Austria Hungary

27. What three territories did the U.S. receive at the end of the Spanish –

American War?• Guam, Puerto Rico, and

the Phillippines

28. Why did African Americans move to states such as Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio between 1910 and 1930?

• For better job opportunities

29. One reason the U.S. became involved in WWI was because of its close political

and economic ties to… (our bff)• A. Austria – Hungary• B. India• C. Great Britain• D. Russia

One reason the U.S. became involved in WWI was because of its close political and

economic ties to… (our bff)

• C. Great Britain