Flashcard Review-Technological Changes in the Roaring 20's

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What did the items pictured above lead to in the 1920s and 1930s? Options: Invention of the airplane, the assembly line, changes in communication

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changes in communication

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In the 1920s, which new forms of electrification changed American life? movies and the internet, television and the radio, radio and lighting, computers and the internet

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radio and lighting

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Who was responsible for creating automobiles on a moving assembly line and making the automobile more affordable for the average American?

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Henry Ford

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In the 1920s which new forms of entertainment became available to many Americans? Options: Radio and movies, Television and newspapers, Books and magazines, Advertising and telephones

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Radio and movies

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Whose innovation is pictured here? Options: Andrew and Thomas Carnegie, Wilbur and Orville Wright, Thomas and William Edison, Henry and Edsel Ford

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Wilbur and Orville Wright

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What is the method in which workers stay in one place as products move along on a moving belt?

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moving assembly line

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Who invented the first telephone in 1876?

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Alexander G. Bell

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True or False? Labor-saving products (e.g., washing machines, electric stoves, water pumps), Traffic lights, and Refrigerated train cars were all ways in which electrification changed American life in the Roaring 20's.

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True

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The moving assembly line made it possible for Henry Ford to build a car (The Model T) that most Americans could not afford.

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False

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The _____________led to more mechanization in the 1920's.

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Assembly Line