Unit 8 Summative Part 3 (SSUSH16c,d,e)

How did the development of radio affect the American economy?

• It allowed brands to advertise and expand their markets.

• It allowed movies to develop sound and become more profitable.

• It damaged the economy by forcing smaller brands out of business.

• It damaged the economy by reducing the influence of regional brands.

Which of the following explains why jazz music gained popularity in the United States in the 1920s?

• American soldiers who fought in France during World War I learned about jazz from European musicians.

• African American musicians from the South migrated to northern cities where more people could hear their music.

• New industrial techniques made possible the mass production of the special musical instruments needed to play jazz.

• Mass immigration from southern and eastern Europe brought new cultural forms, including jazz music, to the United States.

In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, a radio program highlighting country music, began broadcasting from Nashville.

What trend does this illustrate?

• The South produced much of the nation's entertainment in the 1920s because, after hard times during World War I, it was now prosperous again.

• Americans during the 1920s were less religious than in the past, so they wanted more non-religious entertainment.

• Many Americans reacted against the giant wave of immigration in the 1920s by listening to traditional music.

• Radio programs during the 1920s helped to create a common experience and a common American culture.

How did mass production of cars affect consumerism?

How did mass production of cars affect settlement patterns?

"The country is ready for the five-day week. It is bound to come through all industry. Without it, the country will not be able to absorb its production and stay prosperous. The industry of this country could not long exist if factories generally went back to the ten-hour day...Just as the eight-hour day opened our way to prosperity in America, so the five-day week will open our way to still greater prosperity” – Henry Ford

What does Ford’s quote imply about the connection between increased production efficiency and the rise of consumerism in America after World War I?

• Employees are more productive when they know they have less time within which to work.

• Shorter days and weeks allow producers to pay employees less money and so make greater profits.

• People need enough rest to operate the complex machinery which came with industrialization and mass production.

• Industry depends on people having a certain amount of leisure time in which to use the products they have bought.

The social and cultural progress represented by the Harlem Renaissance played a key role in the development and advancement of

• the civil rights movement.

• the women's suffrage movement.

• the conservation movement.

• the temperance movement.

Which of these contributors to the Harlem Renaissance was best known as a jazz composer and pianist?

• Duke Ellington

• Claude McKay

• Langston Hughes

• Paul Robeson