Roaring 20s and economic boom Y10

How did mass production techniques in American industry impact the united states in the 1920s?

• caused higher unemployment

• made factory production less efficient

• reduced automobile ownership

• increased the standard of living

Following WWI, the US experienced a period of technological advancement in transportation. Which advancement in transportation occurred during this period?

• introduction of the electric streetcar

• increased availability of the automobile

• decreased cost of commercial air travel

• introduction of the transcontinental railroad

What consequences did the increase in automobiles have?

• Traffic congestion

• Increased use of coal

• Increase demand of gasoline

• Construction of international airports

How did the Great Migration affect life in northern cities in the 1920s.

• increased competition for jobs and housing

• it caused local leaders to get rid of Jim Crow policies

• it led to the widespread election of African-American mayors in many major northern cities

• increased gender diversity in public offices

A potential problem from the use of credit is

• the inability of people to pay money they owe if their economic situation worsens

• A decrease in the amount of money people will spend

• A decrease in the amount of products being produced

• an inability for people to purchase expensive items like cars or refrigerators

Examples of leisure activities from the 1920s included which of the following:

• Watching sports such as baseball or boxing

• Listening to the radio

• Watching Hollywood movies

• Listening to jazz music

During the 1920s, the US shift to a foreign policy of:

• Interventionism

• Isolationism

Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924 established a quota system that allowed immigrants equal to a small percentage of the origins of people living in the US in 1890. The result of this was greatly reduced immigration for groups of people arriving from all areas except for:

• Eastern Europe

• Southern Europe

• The Middle East

• Western Europe

Which of these is not a reason people emigrated to America

• Overcrowding in Europe

• Unemployment

• Persecution

• Easy to get to

Between 1920 - 1929 the Gross National Product increased by....

• 40%

• 80%

• 25%

• 50%