Chapter 20: The Jazz Age

Henry Ford introduced the assembly line in 1913. What happened as a result of the assembly line? 

• The price of the Model T decreased
• the price of the Model T increased
• the number of Model Ts produced per day remained the same
• the efficiency of workers producing the Model T declined

What does it mean to have a booming economy?

• Consumers are buying goods and the economy is doing well
• No one is spending money and the economy is doing poorly
• Shops and businesses are very loud while people are shopping
• The economy is doing so poorly that no one thinks it will get better

How were the contributions of Louis Armstrong and Langston Hughes similar?    

• Both men were African-American members of congress
• Both men expanded African-American participation in professional sports
• Both men expanded interest in African-American culture. 
• Both men were African-American leaders of the Civil Rights movement

The cultural movement when African Americans expressed themselves through music, art, and literature is known as the ___________.    

• Reconstruction Era
• Harlem Renaissance
• Roaring Twenties
• Civil Rights Movement

A great jazz musician who helped the 1920s become known as the "Jazz Age"

• Henry Ford
• Babe Ruth
• Louis Armstrong
• Langston Hughes

One of the greatest baseball players of all time, who helped professional sports become popular. 

• Babe Ruth
• Woodrow Wilson
• Charles Lindbergh
• Henry Ford

A great aviator who became the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean by himself.

• Langston  Hughes
• Woodrow Wilson
• Henry Ford
• Charles Lindbergh

A President of the United States that tried to keep the United States out of World War I

• George Washington
• Woodrow Wilson
• Abe Lincoln
• Langston Hughes

Famous African American poet who lived in Harlem and was a part of the Harlem Renaissance

• Louis Armstrong
• Langston Hughes
• Charles Lindbergh
• Woodrow Wilson

What was the purpose of the 19th Amendment?

• End slavery
• Allowed women to have the right to vote
• Allowed former slaves to have the right to vote
• It changed the legal working age