20s & 30s

Which of the following is a characteristic of daily life in the 1920s? 

• Many Americans lost all of their money in the Stock Market crash.
• Many Americans did not have jobs and there were failed banks and businesses. 
• Many Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies.
• All Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies.

What is the significance of the 19^th Amendment? 

• Women became citizens.
• African Americans became citizens.
• Women were granted the right to vote.
• African Americans were granted the right to vote.

What positive effect did the migration north have on African Americans? 

• Segregation
• Jim Crow Laws
• New job oppurtunities
• New sharecropping opportunities

During the Harlem Renaissance African Americans had the opportunity to celebrate their culture in all of the following ways EXCEPT… 

• Art
• Clothing
• Music
• Writing

Which of the following best describes a factor that led to the crash of the stock market?

• Many Americans began buying more stocks 
• Values of stocks increased due to mass production 
• Factories were not able to produce goods for consumers 
• Factories were overproducing and began to lay off workers 

Why did the United States economy boom after WWI?

• Because a lot of European nations had borrowed money from the US during the war so when the war ended their repayments helped our economy
• Because we got a lot of money for winning the war
• Because the war didn't cost much to begin with
• Because we ended poverty completely

Who was the inventor of the first automobile?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Henry Ford
• The Wright Brothers
• Thomas Edison

What did the assembly line accomplish?

• Our economy failed
• We became a command economy
• It made industries grow, gave people jobs, and allowed people to buy consumer goods
• It slowed down the way we made things

What was invented to help workers produce many things at once?

• A fancy machine
• Automobiles
• The assembly line
• Oil rigs

What is stock?

• A big group of animals
• A housing community
• A share of ownership in a company
• When you are the only business in your area of work