OC - USH - The Story of US (Boom - 1920s)

Which of the following is NOT true concerning oil in the United States around the beginning of the 20th century?

• Traditionally, Native Americans had used it as "medicine"

• It was used to light the country through "kerosene"

• The automobile transformed oil into a valuable commodity by the early 1900s

• Whale oil replaced crude oil by the 1920s because it was more efficient in powering cars.

What natural resource was discovered in mass in the early 1920s that helped the United States become the richest nation in the world and lead to the "Boom of the 1920s"

• Natural Gas

• Oil

• Water

• Coal

Henry Ford's Model T was TRANSFORMATIONAL for American society because his assembly line helped him make...

• The first automobile in the world

• the car affordable for all Americans

• the first long range missile for the U.S. military

• The first automobile on four wheels that had room for passengers.

Which of the following was NOT related to the widespread availability of automobiles by the 1920s?

• Emergence of the Suburb because people could now commute to work.

• The creation of highways

• The creation of Shopping Malls

• The first time Americans could travel long distances.

What place emerges as the center of the movie industry in America in the 1920s?

• New York City

• New Orleans

• Chicago

• Hollywood (just outside Los Angeles)

During the 1920s 'Boom', what was the fastest growing city in America?

• New York City

• Chicago

• Detroit

• Los Angeles

What major resource project (completed in the 1920s) made it possible for California to become the most populated state in the nation, today?

• The Hoover Dam provided electricity for the state

• The Aqueduct System transported water from the Sierra Mountatins to the rest of the state

• The radio spread communications so that Californians could educate themselves and become prosperous

• The High Speed Railway system made it possible for people to travel to and through California

Which of the following best describes the "Great Migration" in America in the 1920s?

• Farmers from the Great Plains "migrate" to California in search of jobs.

• Southern and Eastern Europeans "immigrate" to the eastern United States through New York City

• Socially and Economically oppressed, southerners (mostly Black Americans) "migrate" north for industrial job opportunities and better social conditions.

• People all over the United States "migrate" to the "Sun Belt" (western and southern states) in search of better weather and military-related jobs.

What northern American city experienced a "race riot" in 1919 that included "redlining" (refusal to sell or rent to Black Americans in certain areas of the city) and was sparked by a clash between Blacks and White Americans on a beach?

• Miami, Florida

• Detroit, Michigan

• Chicago, Illinois

• Memphis, Tennessee

By 1920, more Americans lived in URBAN (cities) areas than RURAL (countryside) areas.

• True

• False