1920s and Great Depression

Mass Production like that used by Henry Ford in the 1920s led to

• Inflation and unemployment

• Increase in European Nationalism

• Lower prices and new industries

• Stock Market crash and bank runs

Increased access to new consumer goods led average Americans to

• Begin buying more things on credit

• Live within their means

• Reject advertising and buy local goods

• Save more money for retirement

The law that defined what an intoxicating substance was during Prohibition was

• The 18th Amendment

• The Volstead Act

• The Prohibition Act

• The Smoot-Hawley Act

Criminal organizations that rose during Prohibition typically originated in

• Italian American Neighborhoods

• African American Neighborhoods

• Rural parts of the country

• Ethnic Neighborhoods in General

During the 1920s, movies

• Are first introduced to Americans

• Introduce Sound for the First time

• Introduce Color for the First Time

• Are 1-2 hours long for the first time

Why did the Harlem Renaissance rely on the Great Migration to happen first?

• Black Americans are allowed to go to college for the first time

• The 15th Amendment finally allows Black men to vote

• Black Americans are allowed to work in factories

• Black Americans bring new forms of music to Northern Cities

Black Nationalism from the 1920s contributed to the Civil Rights movement decades later by

• Introducing new forms of music and dance

• Popularizing ideals of racial and cultural pride

• Opening jobs for Black Americans during WWI

• Popularizing the "Back to Africa" movement

During World War I many black soldiers were recognized with awards for bravery by

• The French government

• The US government

• The German government

• None of the above

One of the main causes of the Stock Market Crash in 1929 was

• Regular people began buying stocks

• Protective Tariffs prevented people from investing

• People had inflated the market by investing on margin

• Bank Runs led to a lack of money to invest

Answer explanation

Bank runs were a result of the crash. Protective tariffs start being passed a year after the crash.

Why were farmers already in debt during the 1920s?

• They had invested too much on margin in the stock market

• They went into debt to buy expensive consumer goods

• They went into debt during WWI to buy new equipment

• Crop prices had gone up after World War I