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Unit 2 History Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Roaring Twenties was a nickname for what year? | 1920's |
| The Roaring Twenties was a hopeful and prosperous time because what was doing very well? | The economy and the stock market |
| In the Roaring Twenties, people were spending money on what? | Entertainment and goods, such as an automobile |
| How long did people think the good times of the Roaring Twenties would last? | Forever! |
| In the Roaring Twenties, the United States was feeling very happy because what ended in 1918? | World War 1 |
| Because of World War 1, the United States gained a lot of global power. Why? | They were on the winning side of the war. |
| During the Roaring Twenties, there was a lot of confidence in two areas of the United States. Name them. | 1) United States Government 2) United States Armed Forces (Army) |
| During the 1920's, what happened to many industries? | They grew very quickly. |
| During the 1920's, what happened to the prices of many products like automobiles, radios, and phonographs? | They lowered their prices because many people had money to buy them. |
| During the 1920's, this was the first time people could buy items using what? | A credit (another word for to loan people money) |
| What did people use credit to buy? | Expensive items like cars |
| What were two items everyone wanted to own in the 1920's? | A car and a radio |
| Who was an American automobile manufacturer and the founder of Ford Motor Company? | Henry Ford |
| How did Henry Ford revolutionalize mass consumption and production of automobiles in the 1920's? | He created an assembly line to produce the Ford Model T at an affordable cost. |
| Did Henry Ford pay his workers well? | Yes, they had higher wages (pay) than other workers. |
| Who made history in 1927 by flying nonstop from New York to Paris solo? | Charles Lindbergh |
| What was the name of Charles Lindbergh's plane? | Spirit of St. Louis |
| How long did it take Charles Lindbergh to fly from New York to Paris? | 33 1/2 hours |
| Charles Lindbergh because famous and was a hero after completing his flight. What did he use to navigate his trip? | The stars and a compass |
| Who was a successful baseball player in the 1920's? | Babe Ruth |
| What positions did Babe Ruth play for the Red Sox Baseball Team before being traded to the New York Yankess? | pitcher and hitter |
| How long did Babe Ruth play baseball for the Yankees? How many World Series did they win? | 15 years 4 World Series Titles |
| What did Babe Ruth lead the league in almost every year? | Home Runs |
| What is another name the Roaring Twenties is sometimes referred as? | "Age of Jazz" |
| In the 1920's, where did people listen to popular jazz music? | On the radio or in dance halls |
| Who was a popular jazz musician during the Age of Jazz? | Louis Armstrong |
| What instrument did Louis Armstrong play? | A horn player- later he also sang |
| Louis Armstrong recorded many hit songs using what kind of popular singing style? | Scat (making up words to a song as you go) |
| Name a period of time in the 1920's when African American artists, authors, and musicians were popular. | The Harlem Renaissance |
| Many African Americas moved north in New York for work and a better life. What city became the home of the movement? | Harlem, New York City |
| Harlem was a cultural center. It was buzzing with what? | New ideas and diversity |
| Name the African American author who was an important figure during the Harlem Renaissance. | Langston Hughes |
| How many books did Langston Hughes write during his career, including poems, novels, plays, children's poetry, musicals, and autobiographies? | more than 60 |
| Where did Langston Hughes like to go to write books? | Jazz clubs, listening to jazz music |
| What topics did Langston Hughes like to write about? | The Black experience in the United States |
| In 1920, the 19th Amendment was _________. This gave women the right to _____. | Ratified Vote |
| Many women did what during World War 1? | Got jobs, which continued in the 1920's |
| How did women rebel during Women's Rights in the 1920s? | 1) wearing shorter skirts 2) Short Hair 3) Listening to jazz music 4) Showing their independance |
| What did rebellious, indepedent women in the 1920's get called? | Flappers |
| What inventions in the 1920's made the United States culture change? | 1) Invention of radios 2) Creating movies 3) The ability to mass produce goods |
| When people used a lot of credit to buy goods, what grew very quickly in the United States? | Debt (money owed to the government) |
| What day did the stock market crash? | October 29, 1929 (--also called Black Tuesday) |
| What was the signal of the beginning of the Great Depression? | The Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday) |
| What was the law that outlawed alcohol called? | Prohibition |
| What amdnedment repealed, or did away, with Prohibition? | The 21st Amendment |
| What was another name for the right to vote? | Suffrage |
| What important legislation was passed in 1919? | The 19th Amendment |
| What did the 19th Amendment guarantee women? | The right to vote |
| What was the Harlem Renaissance? | A celebration of Black literature, music, theater, and visual arts |
| What did writer Langston Hughes write about? | Poems about dreams and disappointments of Black Americans. |
| What did many homes have for the first time in the 1920's? | Electricity |
| What inventions did electricity create for the homes in the 1920's? What did these inventions help women with? | 1)Refrigerators 2) Vacuums 3) Toasters saved them time on their housework |
| What is a pro for buying items with credit? | People could buy items and take them home right away. |
| What was a con for people buying items with credit? | People sometimes could not pay the rest they owed and went into debt. |
| What is the world's definition of prosperity? | having wealth and being sucessful |
| What is a wide-spread slowdown of business activity called? | Recession |
| World War 1 was difficult on what group of people in SC? | Farmers |
| Why did the demand for United States crops decrease? | Europeans no longer needed to import crops and goods because the war had ended |
| How did the supply of crops become affected after WW1? | The supply was too great and was greater than the demand. |
| How did WW1 ending affect the price of cotton? | The prices dropped a lot. |
| Name 3 causes the Farmers struggled in SC in the 1920's and it's effect. | 1)the Boll Weevil infested cotton crops Effect: Left the Farmers with little to sell, causing poverty 2)Years of drought Effect: Crops died and farmers had less to sell, causing poverty 3) Farmers did not rotate their crops, Effect: Soil was no goo |
| What did farmers buy when crop prices were too high? | They bought land, seed, and chemicals to kill boll weevils |
| Why do you think farmers bought items when their crops were not selling? | They believed they would make enough money in the future to pay the bank back. |
| How did farmers in SC get money to buy items when their farms were struggling? | They borrowed money from the banks |
| Were farmers able to pay their loans (money borrowed from the bank0 back? | No, their incomes declined and they could not pay off their loans |
| If farmers could not pay the money back to the bank in SC, what did they do? | They moved to another state, and they left South Carolina |
| What are 3 struggles faced by SC textile workers in the 1920's? | 1) They "stretch-out" labor requted of them was hard on workers 2) There were poor living conditions in the mill villages 3) Textile workers were paid very little |
| What was it called when a textile work stoped working until a change or new agreement was made? | A strike |
| What was the largest movement o fpeople in the United States history called? | The Great Migration |
| What people moved from southern America to Northern American, Midwest America, and Western America? How many people? | 6 Million Black People |
| What years was The Great Migration? | 1910-1940 and beyond |
| Where were people originally living before they moved during the Great Migration? | in the Southern States |
| During the Great Migration, most people in the south had _______ jobs and had to live under _________ laws. They feared for their _____ and they lived in _______. | low paying jobs Jim Crow Laws Safety Poverty |
| Why did people move to the Northeast, Midwest, and California during the Great Migration? | better job opportunities More freedom and rights as citizens |
| What does the word "Renaissance" mean? | rebirth |
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