How did working life change for women?

The began working in offices rather than factories.

Why was the Model T sold for half the cost of other vehicles?

Henry Ford used the assembly line.

Which of these are an effect of the Great Depression?

Farmers were hurt by tariffs and rising crop prices.

Why did Prohibition fail?

Police had difficulty stopping bootleggers

Which describes the economy in the 1920s?

Crop prices fell and farmers couldn't pay debts.

How did mass media help make athletes popular in the 1920s?

Fans listened to sports games on the radio.

Which is NOT a way the automobile changed life in the US?

Farmers used wagons to carry their crops.

What happened during the stock market crash of 1929?

Stock prices fell and investors sold their stocks.

Why were romantic dramas named soap operas?

They were paid for by soap companies

Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?

Sharp increase in price of manufactured goods.

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1
Which is not one of FDR's New Deal programs?
SSB
CCC
AAA
WWF
2
How did working life change for women?
They earned the same wages as men.
The began working in offices rather than factories.
They began to stay at home.
3
Why was the Model T sold for half the cost of other vehicles?
Cheaper materials were used.
Henry Ford used the assembly line.
They did not have radios or airbags.
4
Which of these are an effect of the Great Depression?
Children quit school to earn wages.
Farmers were hurt by tariffs and rising crop prices.
People moved from shantytowns to the suburbs.
People got married immediately after high school.
5
Why did Prohibition fail?
People stopped spending money on alcohol
Bootleggers moved their businesses
Police had difficulty stopping bootleggers
6
Which describes the economy in the 1920s?
Crop prices fell and farmers couldn't pay debts.
Factory workers could produce enough.
The lumber industry boomed because many were building houses
7
How did mass media help make athletes popular in the 1920s?
Lots of sports movies came out.
Athletes starred in soap operas.
Fans listened to sports games on the radio.
8
Which is NOT a way the automobile changed life in the US?
New jobs were created.
Farmers used wagons to carry their crops.
People moved into suburbs, further from jobs.
9
The was a New Deal program that helped protect the banks and prevent another depression.
RRR
CCC
SSB
FDIC
10
What happened during the stock market crash of 1929?
Stock prices fell and investors sold their stocks.
Stock prices rose and investors sold their stocks.
People began purchasing as many stocks as they could afford.
11
What caused the Dust Bowl?
too much rain
severe drought
wildfires
12
Which president created The New Deal?
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
13
Which is not one of the Rs in RRR?
Recovery
Reform
Relief
Rehabilitate
14
Which is not an effect of the 18th amendment?
Crime declined.
People drank alcohol anyway.
Bootleggers created alcohol for a profit.
Mobsters became infamous.
15
Why were romantic dramas named soap operas?
They were paid for by soap companies
People watched then at the laundromat
They were paid for by opera companies
16
This was a New Deal program that created work camps for unemployed young men.
FDIC
CCC
SSB
RRR
17
What was an effect of the Dust Bowl?
Factories laid off workers.
Families left California.
Farmers moved to the Great Plains
Many became migrant workers.
18
Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?
Sharp increase in price of manufactured goods.
The stock market crashed.
People borrowed money from bank that they couldn't pay back.

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