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US History 6.5 SOL
US HIstory 6.5 SOL Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| USII.5a - How was life in the early 20th century different from 19th century life? | Technology extended into even rural areas and to all aspects of American life. |
| USII.5a - What were some of the technologies that changed American life in the early 20th century? | •The affordable automobile•The invention of the airplane•The use of the assembly line•Communication changes- availability of the telephone, radio and broadcast industry, and movies•Electrification – labor saving home products |
| USII.5a - How did the affordable automobile change American life in the 20th century? | •Greater mobility•Creation of jobs•Growth of transportation-related industries – road construction, oil, steel, automobile•Movement to suburban areas |
| USII.5a - Who invented the airplane? | The Wright brothers |
| USII.5a - Who made popular the use of the moving assembly line? | Henry Ford and the automobile industry |
| USII.5a - How did communications change in the early 20th century? | Increased availability of the telephone- Development of the radio and broadcast industry (Marconi and Sarnoff)- Development of movies |
| USII.5a - How did electrification change American life? | - Labor-saving products - the washing machine, electric stove, water pumps- Electric lighting- Entertainment – radio |
| USII.5a - Who had an important role in the development of the radio? | Guglielmo Marconi |
| USII.5a - Who had an important role in the development of the broadcast industry? | David Sarnoff |
| USII.5b - What was Prohibition? | Refers to a time when a constitutional amendment made it illegal to manufacture, transport and sell alcoholic beverages. |
| USII.5b - What was a lesson we learned from Prohibition? | It is difficult to legislate how people behave. Speakeasies were created as places for people to drink. Bootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime. |
| USII.5b - What were speakeasies? | Places for people to drink alcoholic beverages during the period of Prohibition |
| USII.5b - Who were bootleggers? | Those who smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime. |
| USII.5b - What was the Great Migration North? | African Americans left the South where jobs were low-paying and scarce and migrated to northern cities. |
| USII.5b - Did African Americans who left the South during the Great Migration manage to escape discrimination and violence? | USII.5b - Did African Americans who left the South during the Great Migration manage to escape discrimination and violence? |
| USII.5c - When was the Harlem Renaissance? | 1920s and 1930s |
| USII.5c - What was the Harlem Renaissance? | African Americans in Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African American culture through their art, music and writing. |
| USII.5c - Who was a Harlem Renaissance painter who chronicled through art the experiences of the Great Migration north? | Jacob Lawrence |
| USII.5c - Who was a Harlem Renaissance poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots? | Langston Hughes |
| USII.5c - Who were two Harlem Renaissance jazz composers? | Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong |
| USII.5c - Who was a Harlem Renaissance blues singer? | Bessie Smith |
| USII.5c - Other artists of the 1920s and 1930s included this artist, known for urban scenes and paintings of the Southwest. | Georgia O'Keeffe |
| USII.5c - Who wrote novels about the Jazz Age of the 1920s? | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| USII.5c - Who wrote Grapes of Wrath, a novel about poor migrant worker during the 1930s? | John Steinbeck |
| USII.5c - Who were composers of the 1920s and 1930s who wrote uniquely American music? | Aaron Copland and George Gershwin |
| USII.5d - What was a primary cause of the Great Depression? | People over speculated on stocks, using borrowed money that they could not repay when stock prices crashed. |
| The ___ ___ failed to prevent the collapse of the banking system which triggered the Great Depression. | Federal Reserve |
| USII.5d - Another cause of the Great Depression was the strangling of international trade by - | high tariffs |
| USII.5d – Describe the impact of the Great Depression on Americans? | - One fourth of workers were without jobs- Banks and businesses failed- People were hungry and homeless- Farmers incomes fell |
| USII.5d - What was the New Deal? | President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to use government programs to help the nation recover from the Depression. |
| USII.5d - Name some of the features of the New Deal. | - Social Security- Federal work programs- Environmental improvement programs- Farm assistance programs- Increased rights for labor |
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