Pages 5-12 Social and Cultural Changes and Tensions

Multiple Choice

The demand for automobiles in the 1920s

• stimulated growth in many other industries

• led to a nationwide recession

• closed down the steel industry

• brought about the collapse of the suburbs

Multiple Choice

How did the process shown in this photograph enhance the automobile industry?

• By speeding up production of automobiles at lower costs.

• By requiring only licensed workers to produce the automobiles.

• By ensuring high-quality automobiles for consumers at higher prices.

• By developing new designs to test automobile safety standards.

Multiple Choice

The image supports which statement about US society during the early 1900s?

• New technologies made daily life easier for consumers

• Consumers resisted change in favor of traditional products

• Harmful economic cycles caused consumers to resist new technology

• The manufacture of new products encouraged consumers to stay home

Multiple Select

What negative effects did mass production have on workers during the 1920s?

• Social alienation

• Increased wages

• Job satisfaction

• Health issues

Multiple Choice

Why were Americans able to afford all the new products being invented?

• People were allowed to use credit and installment plans to help pay for things

• People were making more money

• Mass production of products due to assembly lines brought prices down

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of these best describes the "New Woman" of the 1920s?

• They wore shorter skirts, bobbed their hair, and went to speakeasies

• They stayed home and cooked and cleaned

• They rejected the idea of suffrage

• They preferred the same fashions as their parents

Multiple Choice

What was the impact of the "Buy now, pay later" system on consumer behavior in the 1920s?

• It reduced consumer debt

• It increased consumer spending

• It eliminated the need for credit

• It made cash payments more popular

Multiple Choice

What were some of the results of increased automobile ownership in the 1920s?

• Urban sprawl

• Increased parental control

• Decreased traffic congestion

• Less consumerism

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