Unit 11 - Chapters 22 and 23

The Roaring Twenties pitted a cosmopolitan urban America against the values of an insular, rural America.

• True

• False

Which of the following did not benefit from a post-World War I economic boom?

• Construction companies

• Farmers

• Automobile manufacturers

• Radio companies

In the 20th century, __________ replaced the 19th century’s ____________-based economy.

• car manufacturing; wagon

• consumer goods; agriculture

• farming; industrial

• war material; industrial

What helped drive the consumer culture of the 1920s?

• Cheap bank loans

• National buy one, get one free deals

• Effective marketing tactics

• Increased magazine subscriptions

In addition to the nickname “the Roaring Twenties,” the 1920s have also been labeled the?

• Great Depression

• Greatest Generation

• Jazz Age

• Anything Goes Age

After the rationing of the war years, Americans wanted to have all the modern conveniences such as refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, electric stoves and radios.

• True

• False

The Harlem Renaissance refers to

• The period when more than six million African Americans migrated out of the South.

• The integration of previously all white neighborhoods and schools.

• the explosion of a new urban black culture that sought to redefine itself through music, art, and literature

• The explosive race riots that erupted to segregation and racial oppression.

African Americans fled from the South in pursuit of

• jobs, higher wages, better benefits, bigger cities

• jobs, higher wages, escape racism, better education

• jobs, higher wages, more hospitable climate, escape slavery

• Jobs, higher wages, escape slavery, better education

The Harlem Renaissance is a direct result of what major event?

• World War I

• The Emancipation Proclomation

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Great Migration

By far the most significant economic and social development of the early twentieth century was the widespread ownership of automobiles.

• True

• False