1920s & Great Depression

Installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers. These are all characteristics of what era in US History?

• 1920s

• Great Depression

• WWII

• The Cold War

Which of these resulted form the prohibition of alchohol during the 1920s?

• a decline in immigration rates

• a growing fear of communism

• the expansion of the consumer economy

• the rise of organized crime

The _________________________ was a movement in which large numbers of African Americans began leaving the South to take jobs in northern factories.

• Great Migration
• Trail of Tears
• Red Scare
• fundamentalism

Why were more people able to own automobiles, radios, washing machines, and other goods in the 1920s?

• because of advertising

• because of lower taxes on imports

• because of installment buying

• because the trucking industry grew

Which group did not benefit from the economic boom of the 1920s?

• factory workers

• truck drivers

• movie theater owners

• farmers

Which of the following had the greatest influence on entertainment and the arts during the 1920s?

• automobiles

• television

• newspapers

• radio

What was one major result of Prohibition?

• No one drank in USA
• Lower immigration rates
• Rise in organized crime or mafia
• increased taxes for government

What factors led African-Americans to migrate North in the Great Migration?

• Racism in the North, Opportunity in Canada
• Decrease in immigration
• Persecution in the South, Economic opportunity in the North

At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between

• religion and science

• biology and science

• evolution and science

• education and science

Which of these limited immigration during the 1920s?

• National Origins Act

• KKK

• Scientific Management

• The Great Migration