Why did Prohibition fail?

Police had little success in stopping bootleggers.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

Artistic movement in Harlem, African American neighborhood

Why did they nickname romantic dramas “soap operas”?

They were often paid for by the soap companies.

What is NOT a way the automobile changed American industry?

Slowed down the process of producing things

Which is NOT a way that the automobile changed the lives of Americans?

Farmers had to carry their crops to the market.

Which of the following was NOT a reason Henry Ford’s Model T was so popular

It was the most expensive car on the market.

What is NOT one of the ways mass media made athletes popular in the 1920s?

Many newspaper articles were paid for by sport teams.

What is NOT a way that the radio changed the live of Americans?

Families could only listen one hour a day.

Complete ban on the making, transporting, sale of alcohol.

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1
Why did Prohibition fail?
Police had little success in stopping bootleggers.
Many people moved to Europe, where they could buy alcohol.
Many bootleggers moved their businesses to Canada
Many people spent money on families instead of alcohol
2
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Artistic movement in Harlem, African American neighborhood
The desire to have acountry free fromthe control of another.
Movement of millions of African Americans to the north.
Period of severe economic hardship the United States.
3
Why did they nickname romantic dramas “soap operas”?
They were often paid for by the soap companies.
They encouraged people to go to the opera.
They were often paid for by the opera companies
Most people watched them at the laundromat.
4
Who is NOT well-known jazz musician from the 1920s?
Bessie Smith
Woodrow Wilson
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
5
What is NOT a way the automobile changed American industry?
Mass Production
Improved the oil and steel industry.
Slowed down the process of producing things
The moving Assembly line
6
Which is NOT a popular household invention from the 1920s?
Internet
Washing Machine
Radio
Electric Iron
7
Which is NOT a way that the automobile changed the lives of Americans?
People moved farther from their jobs
It created many new jobs.
Roads were improved
Farmers had to carry their crops to the market.
8
Which of the following was NOT a reason Henry Ford’s Model T was so popular
It was the most expensive car on the market.
It was a low cost car.
It was easy to maintenance.
It was fast to manufacture.
9
What is NOT one of the ways mass media made athletes popular in the 1920s?
Most movies were about sports.
Radio made it possible for fans to listen to sports games.
Many newspaper articles were paid for by sport teams.
Many athletes starred in radio dramas.
10
What is NOT a way that the radio changed the live of Americans?
It brought families closer together.
Most Americans purchased radios by the end of the 1920’s.
Families could only listen one hour a day.
People could listen to the news, sports, and entertainment.
11
Who was the President responsible for the Immigration Act of 1924?
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
12
Who is NOT well-known person from the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Jacob Lawrence
a. Gerald Ford
Zora Neal Hurston
13
What is Prohibition?
Complete ban on the making, transporting, sale of alcohol.
Government limiting the amount of food a person could buy.
Musical form that began in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Policy in which a nation prefers to remain neutral.

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