The Jazz Age Notes

Question 1

A 1925 survey conducted in Indiana found that 21 out of 26 families owned ____ did not have _____ with running water.

Answer 1

cars

bathtubs

Question 2

Mass production, large-scale manufacturing done with machinery, made these changes possible by increasing ______ and reducing _______.

Answer 2

supply

costs

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 a plant in Highland Park, MI.

Answer 4

Henry Ford

Question 5

By 1925, a ford car was rolling off the line every ______.

Answer 5

10 seconds

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, _______ and _______ competed successfully with Ford.

Answer 7

General Motors

Chrysler

Question 8

The _______ also spurred growth in the production of steel, petroleum, rubber, plate glass, nickel, and lead.

Answer 8

auto industry

Question 9

_____ bought new innovations such as electric razor, facial tissues, frozen foods, and home hair color.

Answer 9

Americans

Question 10

Mouthwash, deodorants, cosmetics, and perfumes became popular ______.

Answer 10

products

Question 11

_______ were introduced such as the electric iron, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators.

Answer 11

Labor-savers

Question 12

After the Wright Bros first successful flight in 1903, the ______ industry began developing.

Answer 12

aviation

Question 13

Leading the way was ________ who invented ________-surfaces 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 aircraft.

Answer 14

Ailerons

Question 15

In 1918 the _________ introduced the world’s first airmail service.

Answer 15

postmaster general

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 ______ 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 long-range radio.

Answer 18

Edwin Armstrong

Question 19

In November 1920, the ______ broadcast the news of Harding’s landslide election victory from station KDKA in Pittsburg.

Answer 19

Westinghouse Company

Question 20

In 1926 the ______ set up a network of stations to broadcast daily radio programs.

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 1920s, but most Americans had considered debt shameful.

Answer 22

Credit

Question 23

Americans bought 75% of their radios and 60% of their automobiles on the ______.

Answer 23

installment plan

Question 24

______ were split into divisions with functions such as sales, marketing, and accounting.

Answer 24

Companies

Question 25

On average they earned less than ____ of the income of other American workers.

Answer 25

1/3

Question 26

_______ in fertilizers, seed varieties, and farm machinery allowed them to produce more.

Answer 26

Technological advances

Question 27

Congress tried to help farmers by passing _______ to help farmers sell their surpluses, but President _______ vetoed the bill.

Answer 27

legislation

Coolidge

Question 28

The ______ case reflected the prejudices and fears of this era.

Answer 28

Sacco-Vanzetti

Question 29

The police arrested _____ and ______, two italian immigrants, for the crime.

Answer 29

Nicole Sacco

Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Newspapers

anarchists

Question 31

The group that most wanted to restrict immigration was the _______.

Answer 31

Ku Klux Klan

Question 32

The old KKK began in the South after the Civil War and used threats and violence to intimidate newly freed ________.

Answer 32

African Americans

Question 33

The new Klan also targeted ______, ______, ________, and other groups of said to be “un-American”

Answer 33

Catholics, Jews, immigrants

Question 34

_______ a former circuit-riding Methodist preacher, founded the new KKK in Atlanta, GA in 1915.

Answer 34

William J. Simmons

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Harding

Emergency Quota Act