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1 Good Times/Bad Times Unit Review for Test

2 What changed the daily lives of women in the 1920s?
Electricity powered many home products that made life easier in the homes, such as washing machines and vacuum cleaners Click One Time for Answer

3 Who was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Charles Lindbergh Click One Time for Answer

4 This is where consumers buy goods and make monthly payments on them.
Installment buying Click One Time for Answer

5 Click One Time for Answer
In the 1920s, people finally had money in their pockets. What did many choose to do with it? Invest in the Stockmarket Click One Time for Answer

6 What happened to women’s fashion in the 1920s?
Shorter skirts to their knees Shorter haircut –cut in a bob Click Two Times for Answers

7 What did Henry Ford create and what was special about how he made it?
Model T Ford car It was only offered in black Made on an assembly line so he could make more of them in a quicker amount of time for a cheaper price so the average American could afford a car Click Three Times for Answers

8 Click One Time for Answer
What did people listen to in order to be entertained and to receive their news? radio Click One Time for Answer

9 Click One Time for Answer
What was a popular music of the 1920s that was influenced by African American musical traditions? jazz Click One Time for Answer

10 Click One Time for Answer
What was a time of great interest and achievement in the arts and learning that took place in a New York city neighborhood? Harlem Renaissance Click One Time for Answer

11 What did the Harlem Renaissance celebrate?
The African American culture and their achievements and contributions to American life Click One Time for Answer

12 Why did Prohibition “fail”?
It was difficult for the police to enforce The police had little success in stopping bootleggers from selling alcohol Click One Time for Answer

13 Click One Time for Answer
Which Harlem Renaissance person created a series of paintings that showed African American life and history? Jacob Lawrence Click One Time for Answer

14 How did mass media help make athletes popular in the 1920s?
Radio made it possible for people (fans) to listen to sports games even though they were not there watching the sporting event Click One Time for Answer

15 What were some popular dances of the 1920s?
Charleston Jitterbug Swing Dancing Click Three Times for Answers

16 How was life better for most Americans during the 1920s?
People had more money and bought consumer goods like the vacuum cleaner, radios, cars, washing machines, refrigerators, and electric mixers Some were able to invest their money in the Stock Market hoping to make even more money Click One Time for Answer

17 How did the automobile change life in the 1920s?
People could live in suburbs outside the city and drive to work People could go on vacations and travel more They helped increase the steel, rubber, oil, and tourism industries They created jobs: gas stations, mechanic/garages, hotels/motels, restaurants, roads, construction, etc. Click Two Times for Answers

18 Click Two Times for Answers
Why was there a Great Migration to the North for many African Americans? Many wanted to escape the discrimination in the South (Jim Crow laws and lynchings) The hope of a better life (more freedoms) and better job opportunities; able to vote Click Two Times for Answers

19 Click Two Times for Answers
Describe the ethnic and racial conflict that was still present during the 1920s. African Americans were still subject to discrimination- even up North (first fired/last hired). There was an increased dislike for immigrants, and quotas were put in place limiting the number of new immigrants who could enter the country. Click Two Times for Answers

20 What does a suffragist support?
The right to vote Click One Time for Answer

21 This amendment is known as the Prohibition Amendment
Click One Time for Answer

22 Click One Time for Answer
Which terrorist group formed in the South discriminated against anyone they saw as “different”? The KKK (Ku Klux Klan) Click One Time for Answer

23 What kind of jobs pulled many African Americans to the North?
Industrial / factory jobs Click One Time for Answer

24 Click One Time for Answer
What was a major result of consumer credit (installment buying) in the 1920s? More people could buy more products since they didn’t have to pay for them up front (and they could make monthly payments instead) Click One Time for Answer

25 What major event helped to promote the rights of women to vote?
Their contributions during WW1 Click One Time for Answer

26 Besides African Americans, who else did the KKK target in the 1920s?
Jewish people and Catholics Click One Time for Answer

27 What was the original purpose for Prohibition?
To control the immigrant population (it was believed they drank too much) Click One Time for Answer

28 What happened because alcohol was prohibited?
Bootleggers and speakeasies increased and created more crime Click One Time for Answer

29 What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?
Segregation and discrimination (separate but equal) Click One Time for Answer

30 How would you describe what happened during the Crash of 1929?
Stock prices fell (plunged) and many investors sold their stock Click One Time for Answer

31 Click One Time for Answer
Which president believed that people should help themselves and not depend on the government? President Herbert Hoover Click One Time for Answer

32 Click One Time for Answer
In order to feed their families, many people went to these places for free food: Soup kitchens Click One Time for Answer

33 Click One Time for Answer
Which event is known as the spark or beginning of the Great Depression? The Stock Market Crash on October 29, 1929 Click One Time for Answer

34 Click One Time for Answer
What conditions created the Dust Bowl and dust storms that turned day into night? A severe drought High winds Poor agricultural practices (overusing the land) Click One Time for Answer

35 What was a nickname for the Thirties, thanks to all the dust storms?
The Dirty Thirties Click One Time for Answer

36 What was a major cause of the Depression?
People earned low wages (and couldn’t pay their bills) and bought items on credit Click One Time for Answer

37 What were shantytowns or Hoovervilles?
Temporary homes that homeless people made from scrap lumber, boxes, tin, or whatever they could gather Click One Time for Answer

38 What happens in a depression?
Industries do not grow and people are unemployed (without jobs) Click One Time for Answer

39 Why were banks hit hard during the Crash?
They had also invested in the Stock Market, so they lost money as well When people came to withdraw their money, the banks had no money to give the people Click One Time for Answer

40 Click One Time for Answer
People stood in line for this free food which was provided by some private charities bread Click One Time for Answer

41 Click One Time for Answer
Many Okies became migrant workers and moved to what state hoping for work California- but they were not welcome there Click One Time for Answer

42 Click One Time for Answer
Some young men and women road the rails in search of jobs and handouts. What were they called? Hoboes Click One Time for Answer

43 Click One Time for Answer
What does a decrease in the demand for an item usually mean for consumers (or shoppers)? Lower prices for the item Click One Time for Answer

44 Why did many businesses fail during the Depression?
People were not buying products Click One Time for Answer

45 What states were affected in the Dust Bowl?
The panhandle of Oklahoma Kansas Texas New Mexico Colorado Click One Time for Answer

46 Click One Time for Answer
What did FDR do to relieve the fear many Americans were feeling about the Depression? He held “fireside chats” and talked to the citizens like he was sitting in their homes Click One Time for Answer

47 Click One Time for Answer
Which Act allowed people to pay money towards their retirement so when they do retire, they can continue to receive a monthly paycheck? Social Security Act- it created Social Security Click One Time for Answer

48 Click One Time for Answer
What program insures the money that people deposit in the bank and helped to restore and maintain confidence in the banking system? FDIC- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Click One Time for Answer

49 Click One Time for Answer
What was the name of the New Deal program that paid young men to plant trees and build parks? CCC which is the Civilian Conservation Corps Click One Time for Answer

50 Which president had a plan for the country called the “New Deal”?
Franklin D. Roosevelt Click One Time for Answer

51 How did people entertain themselves in the 1920s?
Listened to the radio Movies (Nickelodeons) and cartoons Games (Monopoly) Comics Sports Click One Time for Answer

52 Click One Time for Answer
What New Deal program paid people to build airports, schools, roads, and document our history? WPA which stands for the Works Progress Administration Click One Time for Answer

53 Click One Time for Answer
This program was created for the elderly, disabled, and unemployed so they would have an income when they are no longer working: Social Security Click One Time for Answer

54 What eventually leads the US out of the Great Depression?
WW2 Click One Time for Answer

55 Click One Time for Answer
Name some “pull factors” that encouraged African Americans to move North? Industrial/factory jobs More freedoms in the larger cities Right to vote No segregation laws (although it was practiced in some areas) Ethnic neighborhoods that celebrated their culture Click One Time for Answer

56 Click One Time for Answer
Name some “push factors” that encouraged African Americans to leave the South? Jim Crow laws Lynchings The economic hardships of sharecropping Boll weevil destroying many cotton crops Lack of any economic opportunities Click One Time for Answer

57 How were African Americans still discriminated in the North?
They were often the last hired but the first fired They lived in neighborhoods with other African Americans and were not welcome in white neighborhoods Click One Time for Answer

58 Click One Time for Answer
How did the US limit the number of immigrants coming into America during the 20s and 30s? Set quotas- or only allowed a certain number of people from a country to enter the US Click One Time for Answer

59 What was the major outcome of the New Deal relief programs?
They helped individuals, but really didn’t pull the country out of the depression Click One Time for Answer

60 Which New Deal programs are still used today?
Social Security (for the elderly and disabled) and FDIC (for banks) Click One Time for Answer

61 What 2 events best describe the conditions that caused the Dust Bowl?
Severe drought and high winds Click One Time for Answer

62 What effect did the Dust Bowl have on Okies?
They left Oklahoma and headed west to California to become migrant workers Click One Time for Answer

63 Why would people become migrant workers?
To find work in order to provide food and shelter for their families Click One Time for Answer

64 Click One Time for Answer
What would a business most likely do if people do not buy their product? First they would drop the price of the product. Then they may have to lay off or fire workers and eventually close their business for good Click One Time for Answer

65 What was a result of the 19th Amendment?
Now that women could vote, it created a more democratic government since all genders could now vote Click One Time for Answer

66 How did the popularity of cars improve life for many people?
People could now live in suburbs instead of inside a city It led to new jobs- like for building better roads, businesses like garages, hotels, restaurants, and increased traveling to tourism/vacation spots Click One Time for Answer

67 How could the radio be entertaining for Americans?
They could dance while listening to the latest music They could listen to comedy or dramatic programs to entertain themselves Sporting events could be heard without having to be there Click One Time for Answer

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