Week 21 AL HIST. articles 4-6

From 1921 to 1929, the average income per person rose from $522 to _____ a year.

• $525

• $716

• $857

• $623

What was the major drawback to credit and installment buying?

• overbuying sometimes led people into debt

• Factories could not meet the demand

• installment buying cost retailers money

• credit limited the power of banks

What process made cars affordable?

• making cars from aluminum instead of steel

• buying parts from Canada

• automated technology

• the assembly line

How did the rainbow division get its name?

• it included many soldiers of different ethnicities

• its flag was said to have every color in the rainbow

• every time they entered the battlefield it was raining

• it stretched like a rainbow from one end of America to the other

How many trains did it take to transport Alabama's regiment of Rainbow Division soldiers to New Jersey?

• 1

• 8

• 15

• 21

168 Alabamians were killed at the __________

• Battle of Croix Rouge Farm

• First Battle of the Marne

• Battle of the Verdun

• Battle of the Somme

How many African American people moved out of Alabama between 1915 and 1940?

• 98,000

• 575,000

• 1.2 million

• 1.7 million

What 2 natural disasters caused African Americans to move out of Alabama?

• hurricanes and drought

• locust infestations and tornadoes

• boll weevil infestations and flooding

• earthquakes and windstorms

During WII, why were northern factory owners recruiting workers from the South?

• Southerners were known as hard workers

• the government was limiting the number of Europeans who could immigrate to the U.S.

• Northern workers were demanding higher wages

• Most of the Northern factory workers had gone to war