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WorksheetsRoaring 20s and economic boom Y10
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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%
Who first created the assembly line in 1913?
James Brown
Arthur McGulligan
Henry Ford
J W Hoover
Which US government encouraged ‘rugged individualism’
Republican
Democrat
Liberal
Labour
Which Act in 1922 made it more expensive to buy foreign imports
Hoover-Gill Tariff
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
McCarthy-Trump Tariff
Brumder-Brown Tariff
What made it easier for people in the 1920s to buy goods they previously couldn't afford?
HP (Hire Purchase)
Sharing products with neighbours
Saving for a very long time
Using second hand shops
What is an economic boom?
A significant decrease in a country's wealth
A slow and steady increase in a country's wealth
A dramatic increase in a country's wealth
A dramatic increase in inequality in a country
