Chapter 17 - The Jazz Age: Quizzes/Tests

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_ linked products with qualities associated with the modern era took advantage of consumers' fears and anxieties.

Advertisers

Many consumers in the 1920s began to feel confident that they could buy now and pay later, so many bought everything from radios to cars on _ plans.

Credit/Installment

In 1926, NBC set up a network of ____ stations.

Radio

American _ did not share in the prosperity of the 1920s, earning less than one third of the average income for workers than in the rest of the economy.

Farmers

The system of manufacturing adopted by Henry Ford was known as the __.

Assembly

What effect did the automobile industry of the 1920s have on American society?

People could live farther from their places of work.

Who made the first successful transatlantic flight in history?

Charles Lindbergh

Which describes the factors that led to the "quiet depression" in American agriculture after World War I?

European demand for crops dropped, while farmers' debts remained the same.

The National Origins Act of 1924 placed permanent limits on immigration based on a ___system.

Quota

In the name of preserving traditional moral standards, religious fundamentalists supported passage of the _ banning the sale of alcohol.

18th Amendment

Stylish, unconventional American women of the 1920s who wore sleeveless dresses and short skirts were called ___.

Flappers

Anger against immigrants and emerging racial tensions over jobs led to the rise of _.

the Ku Klux Klan

What is the name of the belief that one's land needs to be protected against immigrants?

nativism

Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because

they were Italian immigrants and anarchists.

Speakeasies allowed citizens to get around the consequences of

the Eighteenth Amendment.

What unintended effect of the Prohibition led to its repeal?

a rising disregard for the law

At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between

Religion and science

During the 1920s, controversies concerning the Scopes trial, national Prohibition, and the behavior of "flappers" were all signs of disagreement over

Traditional values and changing lifestyles

The automobile helped the economy boom in the 1920s by…

leading the the growth of other industries.

Much of the economic growth of the 1920s was based on…

the production of new consumer goods.

After World War I, why did American farmers fail to share in the general economic growth of the United States?

Overproduction and competition caused falling prices.

In the United States, the decade of the 1920's was characterized by…

increased consumer borrowing and spending.

The 1925 trial of John Scopes reflects the conflict between…

science and religion.

Who is associated with the Back to Africa Movement?

Marcus Garvey

What did Nativists and the Ku Klux Klan have in common during the 1920s?

Immigrants were targets for both groups.

In the 1920's, the Immigration Act of 1924 and the Sacco-Vanzetti trial were typical of the…

increase in nativism and intolerance.

What was a major result of Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s?

Increase in organized crime

True or False: Charles Lindbergh piloted his tiny single-engine plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, over the Pacific Ocean.

False

What process, first adopted by Henry Ford, allowed the price of products to be reduced while volume of sales increased?

The moving assembly line

Which of the following statements does NOT describe one of the ways women's lives changed in the 1920s?

• Their housework was made easier by electric appliances.
• They gained the right to vote.
• They won the protections of an Equal Rights Amendment.
• They found new employment opportunities.

They won the protections of an Equal Rights Amendment.

What is a "talkie"?

What is a "talkie"?

Which of the following could be printed under nightly broadcasts in the venn diagram on the radio side?

• "talkies"
• play-by-play sports
• Fortnite
• Silent movies

play-by-play sports

What effect could BEST be listed under Both in the venn diagram with an automobile side and a radio side?

• created prosperity for farmers
• influenced the growth of suburbs
• created rising wages and labor-saving appliances
• changed the way people lived

changed the way people lived

Which of the following would make the BEST title for a Venn diagram with an automobile side that says "new businesses" and a radio side that says "nightly broadcasts"?

• Transportation in the 1920s
• Cultural Changes in the 1920s
• Economic decline in the 1920s
• Entertainment Forms of the 1920s

Cultural Changes in the 1920s

Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

How did the art and literature of the 1920s reflect diverse responses to World War I?

By exploring themes of disillusionment, trauma, and social change from various perspectives.

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's was a period when African Americans…

created noteworthy works of art and literature.

The 1920s are sometimes called the "Roaring Twenties" because…

Widespread social and economic change occurred.

What conditions might have prompted the Flapper to write the article called "A FLAPPER'S APPEAL TO PARENTS"?

Feeling misunderstood by her parents.

According to the text in "A FLAPPER'S APPEAL TO PARENTS", what do all Flappers have in common?

They are clever.

Which is an example of a difference the Flapper identifies between her generation and when her parents were teens in "A FLAPPER'S APPEAL TO PARENTS"?

Those in her generation are children in a post-War Era.

In paragraph 4 what does the word myriad mean in "A FLAPPER'S APPEAL TO PARENTS"?

Countless

One purpose of this article "A FLAPPER'S APPEAL TO PARENTS" is…

to remind the "older generation" that they were young too once.