1920s--Radio, Car, Vocabulary

Which 1920s device allowed information to be broadcast to a large audience quickly?

• telephone
• car
• radio
• television

What types of things were broadcast on the radio?

• sports events, news, music, radio shows
• TV shows, news, music
• Radio shows, music, sports, news, music, websites
• blogs, radio shows, news, weather

Why did companies like the radio?

• broadcast sports events
• broadcast weather reports
• broadcast commercials that could attract customers
• brodcast music

Which was not an influence on the development of the radio?

• Sarnoff
• Marconi
• Wright Brothers

The automobile allowed people to move to the ________ away from the _______.

• suburbs; country
• city, suburbs
• suburbs, cities
• cities, towns

Which industry did not grow because of the automobile?

• cloth
• oil
• steel
• rubber

Which was not a job that the automobile may have created?

• taxi driver
• gas station attendant
• mechanic
• factory worker

This term describes a time period where alcohol was illegal:

• Pro Bowl
• Pro Player Stadiuim
• Pro Golfer
• Prohibition

This was a popular type of music that developed during the 1920s:

• rock and roll
• rap
• reggae
• jazz

___________ Buying takes place when you have a monthly payment plan to buy an item.

• Installment
• One Time
• Direct
• Interest