The Jazz Age : 11/17/14

Question 1

A 1925 survey conducted in ______ found out that __ out of __ families owned cars, but did not have _____ or ______ _____.

Answer 1

Indiana, 21, 26, bathtubs, running water

Question 2

_____ _________, large-scale manufacturing done with machinery, made these changed possible by increasing supply and reducing costs.

Answer 2

Mass production

Question 3

The _____ ______ ____ divided operations into simple tasks and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum.

Answer 3

Moving assembly line

Question 4

In 1913, automaker ______ ____ installed the first moving assembly line at plant in ______ ___, __.

Answer 4

Henry Ford, Highland Park, MI

Question 5

By 1925, a ____ car was rolling off the line every __ seconds.

Answer 5

Ford, 10

Question 6

The _____ __ demonstrated the economic concept of _______, or how sensitive product demand is to price.

Answer 6

Model T, elasticity

Question 7

By the mid 1920’s, _______ _____ and _______ competed successfully with _____.

Answer 7

General Motors, Chrysler, Ford

Question 8

The ____ _______ also spurred growth in the production of s____, p_______, r______, p____ g____, n_____, and l____.

Answer 8

Auto industry, steel, petroleum, rubber, plate glass, nickel, lead

Question 9

Americans bought new innovations such as e______ r_____, f______ t______, f_____ f_____, and h____ h____ c____.

Answer 9

Electric razors, facial tissues, frozen foods, home hair color

Question 10

M_______, d_______, c________, and p_______ became popular products.

Answer 10

Mouthwash, deodorants, cosmetics, perfume

Question 11

_____-_____ were introduced such as the e______ i____, v______ c______, w_____ m______, and r_______.

Answer 11

Labor-savers, electric iron, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators

Question 12

After the _____ ______ first successful flight in 1903, the _______ industry began developing.

Answer 12

Wright Brothers, aviation

Question 13

Leading the way was _____ ______ who invented ______ - surface attached to wings that could be tilted to steer the plane.

Answer 13

Glenn Curtiss, ailerons

Question 14

_______ made it possible to build rigid wings and much larger aircrafts.

Answer 14

Ailerons

Question 15

In 1918 the _________ _____ introduced the world’s first _______ ______.

Answer 15

Postmaster general, airmail service

Question 16

In 1925 Congress passed the _____ ___, authorizing postal officials to hire private airplane operators to carry mail.

Answer 16

Kelly Act

Question 17

The ___ ______ ___ of _____ provided federal aid to build airports.

Answer 17

Air Commerce Act of 1926

Question 18

In 1913 American Engineer _____ ________ invented a special circuit that made it practical to transmit sound via ____ - _____ ____/

Answer 18

Edwin Armstrong, long- range radio

Question 19

In November 1920, the __________ _______ broadcast the news of ______’s landslide election victory from station _____ in _______.

Answer 19

Westinghouse Company, Harding, KDKA, Pittsburgh

Question 20

In 1926 the _______ ___________ _____ ( ? ) set up a network of stations to broadcast daily radio stations.

Answer 20

National Broadcasting Company ( NBC )

Question 21

In 1928 the _______ ___________ ______ ( ? ) assembled a coast-to-coast network of stations to rival NBC.

Answer 21

Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS )

Question 22

______ had been available before the 1920’s, but most Americans had considered debt shameful.

Answer 22

Credit

Question 23

Americans bought _____ of their radios and ____ of their automobiles on the installment plan.

Answer 23

75 %, 60 %

Question 24

Companies were split into divisions with functions such as _____, ________, and ________.

Answer 24

Sales, marketing, accounting

Question 25

On average American farmers earned less than ______ of the income of other American workers.

Answer 25

One third

Question 26

Technological advances in ________, ____ ______, and _____ __________ allowed them to produce more.

Answer 26

Fertilizers, seed varieties, farm machinery

Question 27

Congress tried to help farmers by passing legislation to help farmers sell their ________, but President _______ vetoed the bills.

Answer 27

Surpluses, Coolidge

Question 28

The _____-_______ ____ reflected the prejudices and fears of this era.

Answer 28

Sacco- Vanzetti Case

Question 29

The police arrested ______ _____ and ______ _____, two Italian immigrants, for the crime of murder.

Answer 29

Nicola Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Question 30

Newspapers revealed that the two men were ______, or people who oppose all forms of government.

Answer 30

Anarchists

Question 31

The group that most wanted to restrict immigration was the ___ ____ _____.

Answer 31

Ku Klux Klan

Question 32

The old ____ began in the South after the _____ ____ and used threats and violence to intimidate newly freed ______ ______.

Answer 32

KKK, Civil War, African Americans

Question 33

The new Klan also targeted _____, ____, _______, and other groups said to be " __-______. "

Answer 33

Catholics, Jews, immigrants, un- American

Question 34

_______ __ ______, a former Methodist preacher, found the new KKK in ______, __ in 1915.

Answer 34

William J. Simmons, Atlanta, GA

Question 35

In 1921 President _____ signed the _______ ______ ____ which restricted annual admission to the US by ethnic group.

Answer 35

Harding, Emergency Quota Act

Question 36

In 1924, the _______ ______ ___ made immigration restriction a permanent policy.

Answer 36

National Origins Act

Question 37

The law set ______ at ___ of each national group represented in the ___ _____ of ____.

Answer 37

Quotas, 2%, US Census, 1890

Question 38

The _______ ______ ___ exempted natives of the ________ ___________ from the _____.

Answer 38

National Origins Act, Western Hemisphere, quotas

Question 39

________ immigrants had already begun moving to the US due to the _________ _______ ___ of _____.

Answer 39

Mexican, Newlands Reclamation Act, 1902

Question 40

The __________ __________ ___ funded irrigation projects in the _________ and led to the creation of _____ _____ that needed thousand of workers.

Answer 40

Newlands Reclamation Act, Southwest, large farms