Jazz Age & The Great Depression

The movement of African Americans from the south to the north and Midwest is called

• the Harlem Renaissance

• the Great Migration

• the Great Depression

• the Italian Renaissance

Which of these were reasons that African Americans left the south? (3 push factors)

• Sharecropping

• too many jobs

• segregation

• freedom

• lynching

People in the 1920's could enjoy which of these technologies for entertainment?

• television

• radio

• movies

• cassette players

How did Prohibition change life in the United States?

• children stopped drinking alcohol

• African Americans moved north

• Women gained their independence

• Organized Crime increased because of illegal alcohol sales

Affordable automobiles led to what changes in the United States in the 1920's?

• Drinking at speakeasies increased

• Americans had more freedom and roads were paved

• Americans began walking more

• Americans were outraged by the high prices of cars

Which of these descriptions fits life in the Roaring Twenties?

• a time of prosperity, social change, artistic rebirth and organized crime

• a time of technological breakthroughs and online gaming

• a time of conflict and economic hardships

• the rise of imperialism and international conquest

Mass production was used in the 1920's to make automobiles. What is one effect from this?

• Cars became cheaper and easier to purchase.
• Cars became very expensive.
• Cars became only for the wealthy.

What is a stock?

• A job at a company.
• A share of ownership in a company.
• When a company fires you.

What is debt?

• Money you give to someone.
• Money that one person owes another.
• Money that a job pays you.

What was the effect of WWI on the economy?

• The economy stopped.
• The economy went through a depression.
• The economy went through a boom.