The Jazz Age Test Study Guide AH

Who was the first cabinet official in U.S. history to go to prison?

Albert Fall

What consumer product changed American society more than any other?

Automobiles, model T

What was the primary result of the Great Migration?

Better job opportunities

During the Forbes Scandal, what was Colonel Charles Forbes accused of doing?

Colonel Charles R. Forbes sold scarce medical supplies from veterans' hospitals and kept the money for himself.

How did the Harlem Renaissance transform African American society?

Fam and political activism

What process, first adopted by Henry Ford, allowed the price of products to be reduced while volume of sales increased?

Henry Ford installed the first moving assembly line at a plant in Highland Park, Michigan

Louis Armstrong is credited with developing an early form of this style of music, which combined Dixieland blues and ragtime, called _______.

Jazz

Do you think Americans were optimistic- happy or pessimistic- sad about their lives during this period? Why? **Think About: Although this era was one of economic boom and social progression, the 1920s were also hit by political scandal, ethnic and racial tension, as well as class inequality.

Many Americans were optimistic about their lives during this period due to the automobile, indoor plumbing, African Americans were being recognized as artists, singers, writers, and major entertainers. People were purchasing new items on credit and life was good for a while

What technological advancement in industry allowed for shorter workweeks for factory workers?

Mass production

What new type of products changed the lives of homemakers in the 1920s?

New electric appliances.. electric irons, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and refrigerators

What entertaining pastime rose to new heights of popularity because of the mass media?

Sports

Which famous scandal involved the secretary of the interior taking bribes to lease oil reserves to private interests?

Teapot Dome

What was the most famous nightclub in Harlem in which many musical greats got their start?

The Cotton Club

What was the success of the Washington Conference?

The Five-Power Naval Limitation treaty The result was the Five-Power Naval Limitation Treaty between Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States. Britain, France, Italy, China, Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal—to Washington, D.C., met to discuss disarmament

How did African Americans influence politics in the 1920s?

The Great Migration of African Americans to the North had a significant impact as well. As their numbers grew in city neighborhoods, African Americans became an influential voting bloc.

What was President Harding's cabinet appointments referred to as?

The Ohio gang

The unconventional way in which many writers and artists lived during the 1920s was referred to as what type of movement?

bohemian

Women who wore makeup, drank prohibited liquor, and smoked cigarettes in the 1920s were called _______.

flappers

Much of the turmoil of the early 1920s was blamed on _______.

immigrants

Why did the mass media help unify Americans?

it gave Americans news that was not local (national news)

The belief that one's homeland needs to be protected from immigrants is called _______.

nativism

How did consumerism lead to the changes in views on debt and borrowing?

people had credit or credit cards

Fundamentalists were active in which social movement that pushed for the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment?

prohibition

Mellon's principle of cutting tax rates in order to stimulate the economy is known today as why type of economics?

supply-side economics/ Trickle down

The explosion of African American arts, music, and political activity in the 1920s became known as _______.

the Harlem Renaissance.

Why did Henry Ford double his factory workers' pay while decreasing their hours?

to win workers' loyalty and to undercut union organizers.

What group of Americans found themselves let go from factory positions when servicemen returned from war?

African Americans

For women of the 1920s, what did the new fashions represent?

A new lifestyle and freedom