USII.6ab Summative assessment review

During the 1920s, why did a new automobile cost less than automobiles produced prior to WWI?

• A minimum-wage law for industrial workers

• Competition from low-priced imports

• Mass-production techniques in factories (assembly line)

• Government price controls on automobiles

Which development contributed strongly with powering labor-saving devices in home?

• Windmills

• Electrification

• Generators

• Natural Gas

Which of the following is NOT a technological advance of the 1920s that has affected American life to the present day?

• Electrification of American homes

• Mobility through more affordable automobiles

• Communication through telephones, radios, and movies

• Discovery of the neutron

Because the automobile was more affordable, Americans experienced _________________ and movement to suburban areas.

• Greater mobility

• increased use of the railroad

• a decline in the use of the automobile

• cheaper flights across America

With his brother, he is credited with the first successful flight of an airplane.

• Booker T. Washington

• Orville Wright

• John Steinbeck

• Aaron Copland

Washing Machine

Electric Stove

Water pumps

What was the significance of the items listed?

• They contributed to the decline in the economy.

• They were results of World War II conveniences.

• They made life harder to manage.

• They were labor-saving products.

Improvement in communication, in the 1920's and 30's, included the creation of the broadcast industry (movies and radio) and the increased availability of _____________________.

• Computers

• Bluetooth radio

• The telegraph

• The telephone

Who promoted the assembly line as a more efficient way of manufacturing affordable automobiles?

• General Motors

• Henry Ford

• Walter Chrysler

• Tommy Toyota

Washing Machines

Electric stoves

Water pumps

Electric lighting

Radios

What is the BEST titles for this list?

• Christmas wish list

• Life before electrification

• Ways electrification changed American life

• Improved life for children

Jobs for _______ in the South were scarce and low paying

• Pandas

• African Americans

• Southerners

• All people