Jazz Age/1920s Review

How did the automobile change America?

• people stopped using trains and planes
• production of rubber, steel, and gas increased
• people left the suburbs
• industries stopped using the assembly line

How did Congress react to the concerns of some Americans about immigration?

• they built a wall between the U.S. and Mexico
• immigration from Europe was prohibited
• they passed laws to increase the number of immigrants
• they limited immigration to the U.S.

How did art and literature change during this time?

• formal writing increased
• pro-war novels were popular
• it focued on real life
• it showed life as being perfect

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

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

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

Hostility toward immigrants by native-born people is what?

• nativism

• fascism

• isolationism

• expansionism

What was a place where alcoholic beverages are sold illegally during prohibition?

• a speakeasy

• a bar

• a brewery

• a distillery

The major scandal of the Harding Presidency involving the selling of strategic oil reserves to private interests was called...

• TeaPot-Dome.

• Watergate.

• Whitewater.

• The Whiskey Ring.

The international agreement which aimed to outlaw all future wars was the…

• Heuer-Bieber Pact.

• Kellogg-Briand Pact.

• The London Naval Treaty.

• Washington Naval Conference.