Advancements
What was used to power houses?
a. Oil
b. Corn Starch
c. Electricity
d. Both a and c
c. Electricity
What was the "Roaring Twenties" also known as?
a. Great Depression
b. Bridging Decade
c. Major Time of Change
d. Both b and c
d. Both b and c
How much money did the US lend to the Germans to pay reparations to Britain and France?
a. 300 million
b. 2.5 billion
c. 25 billion
d. 30 billion
b. 2.5 billion
Who was the first baseball player to hit 50 home runs in a single season during the 1920s?
a. Jackie Robinson
b. Babe Ruth
c. Mike Schmidt
d. Lou Gehrig
b. Babe Ruth
What sport became a major form of entertainment furing the Roaring 20s?
a. Racing
b. Baseball
c. Football
d. Golf
b. Baseball
What was a major entertainment advancement during the 1920s?
a. Video Games
b. Sports
c. Shoes
d. Food Production
b. Sports
What was the growing trend to emphasize science and secular values over traditional ideas bout religion called?
a. Traditionalism
b. Modernism
c. Imperialism
d. Futurism
b. Modernism
What was it called when a person could buy something and pay for part of it in debt?
a. Installment buying
b. Bull market
c. Buying on margin
d. Debt buying
a. Installment buying
Who was a very popular actor in silent movies?
a. Charlie Chaplin
b. Mary Pickford
c. Babe Ruth
d. Louis Armstrong
a. Charlie Chaplin
What type of movies became very popular during the Roaring 20s?
a. Silent movies
b. 3-d movies
c. Sign language movies
d. none of the above
a. Silent movies
What revolution led to the availability of new affordable goods to the public?
a. Producer Revolution
b. Goods Revolution
c. Consumer Revolution
d. Retail Revolution
c. Consumer Revolution
What was the group of women called that declared economic, social, and political equality with men?
a. National Women's Party
b. National American Women Suffrage Association
c. Women's Rights Party
d. Women Deserve Equal Rights Association
a. National Women's Party
What did the economic growth cause in education?
a. More children working instead of learning
b. Less children enrolled into Elementary schools
c. Less-educated children
d. More high school and college enrollments
d. More high school and college enrollments
Who was the most prominent African American leader to emerge in the 1920s?
a. Martin Luther King jr.
b. Marcus Garvey
c. Bessie Smith
d. F. Scott Fitzgerald
b. Marcus Garvey
What was one of the powerful instruments of mass culture that became popular during the 1920s?
a. Piano
b. Phonograph
c. Smartphone
d. Landline phone
b. Phonograph
Choose two reasons why people had more leisure time.
a. Not as many people were working
b. The growth of cities allowed for more entertainment
c. Shorter Work Weeks
d. Not as many people cared about their jobs
b. The growth of cities allowed for more entertainment
c. Shorter work weeks
What type of music took off during the roaring twenties?
a. Rock
b. Classical Melody
c. Jazz
d. Improv
c. Jazz
What new type of work greatly increased the production in the workplace during the roaring twenties?
a. new machines
b. mass production
c. the assembly line
d. More workers
b. mass production
Who was the psychologist whose theories contributed to literary and artistic modernism?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Charles Lindbergh
c. Charlie Chaplin
d. Clarence Darrow
a. Sigmund Freud
What was a major activity people would do during their free time?
a. watch tv
b. dance
c. sing
d. read
b. dance
What 4 impacts did the major advancements in vehicles cause?
Paved roads, Urban sprawls, Billboards, and Tunnels and Bridges
What was Andrew Mellons of prudent economic policies?
To support legislation that advanced business interests
What were four of the economic consequences?
High inflation, the rise of unemployment, workers wanted higher wages, and unions and strikes were created.
Who did Duke Ellington get his nickname from and why was he called this?
He got the nickname from his friends because he dressed like royalty.
What did women tend to do during the 1920s in terms of families?
Women often lived longer, married later, and had fewer children