Week 10 Studies Weekly The 1920s

Why were cars so popular in the 1920s?

• You could go to drive in movies.

• You could drive when you turned 16 years old.

• Cars were cheap to purchase for many people.

• It gave people to freedom to travel.

What would be the best way to describe the 1920s?

• Life was horrible for everyone.

• President Coolidge and Harding both cut taxes for everyone.

• More goods were produced for a low price while workers worked shorter hours for better wages.

• Everyone spend their money wisely.

Which of the following does not explain what happened at the end of the 1920s?

• Farmers had borrowed money to buy land and plant more crops and were left with large debts.

• Factories produced more good than they could sell, forcing them to lay off workers.

• Food prices dropped, and farmers struggled to pay off their loans.

• Americans were spending and saving money wisely.

Which of the following sentences best explains the cause and effect of the Stock Market crash of 1929?

• A car crashed into the New York Stock Exchage.

• Many people could afford luxuries like new cars and better homes.

• Many people lost their savings, homes, and business

• Many more people could afford luxuries like new cars and better homes.

What does the term "credit" mean?

• a bank or company lends someone money to buy something, and the buyer pays the lender back over time

• a person earns points at a store to shop with

• a bank or company charges a fee for their services

• making prices affordable

What is Charles Lindbergh most famous for?

• being the first Air Force pilot

• being the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone in an airplane.

• being the first person to refine oil and make money from it

• being the first stockbroker

Which of the following is not a reason many African Americans moved north during the beginning of World War I?

• They went north, hoping for a better life.

• The Northern States were slave states.

• Harsh discrimination that African Americans faced in the South pushed many of them away from the Southern states.

• The hope of stable, paying jobs in Northern factories pulled many African American north.

Which of the following sentences best explains the effects of the Immigration Act of 1924?

• After WWI, many American were nervous about the number of immigrants that had entered our country.

• The US started to set limits on how many immigrants could come here, as well as from which nations they could come.

• It limited the number of southern and eastern European immigrants coming the US.

• The act stated that no immigrants would be accepted from many parts of Asia.