What is one way that the automobile did NOT change American culture?

There were more injuries and deaths from car accidents

Who were writers from the Harlem Renaissance?

Arna Bontemps and Zora Neal Hurston

What was the "new voice" developed during the Harlem Renaissance

It proclaimed that they would not be second rate citizens

How did the assembly line change the work environment in factories?

Jobs didn't require much thought or training, but discipline

What did NOT happen post World War 1?

Americans embraced the emergence of communism

What is NOT a work of the Harlem Renaissance?

Bruce Barton The Man Nobody Knows

How did the assembly line change the work environment in offices?

Offices resembled factories with paperwork assembly lines

What is a Managerial Revolution?

Intro of the white collar worker, colleges trained managers

What was NOT a reason that Henry Ford double his worker's wages?

The government raised minimum wage, so he had to

How did an increase in income change the average standard of living?

cleaning became faster, and refrigeration made food better

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The Roaring 20's

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1
Who did AIain Locke inspire? (THERE ARE 2 CORRECT ANSWERS)
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Arna Bontemps
F. Scott Fitzgerald
2
What is one way that the automobile did NOT change American culture?
Americans experienced debt for the 1st time from buying cars
There were more injuries and deaths from car accidents
The dating habits of young people changed
Distances from where people lived, shopped and work changed
3
Who were writers from the Lost Generation?
Langston Hughes and Claude McKay
Arna Bontemps and Zora Neal Hurston
Hemingway and Fitzgerald
Locke and Bruce Barton
4
Who inspired the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Jesus
Alain Locke
Henry Ford
5
Who were writers from the Harlem Renaissance?
Locke and Bruce Barton
Langston Hughes and Claude McKay
Arna Bontemps and Zora Neal Hurston
Hemingway and Fitzgerald
6
What was a social conflict in America during the 1920's?
America vs. Schools
America vs. The West
America vs. Industry
America vs. the KKK
7
What was the "new voice" developed during the Harlem Renaissance
It was hopeful and full of beautiful imagery
It was happy and content with the current situation
It was sad and woeful for the good times passed
It proclaimed that they would not be second rate citizens
8
How did the assembly line change the work environment in factories?
Assembly lines were less dangerous than previous methods
Assembly lines had cleaner air than stuffy workshops
Jobs didn't require much thought or training, but discipline
Assembly lines were more fun so people were happier at work
9
In "The Man Nobody Knows" by Bruce Barton, who does he argue was the first business man?
Alain Locke
Henry Ford
Jesus
Claude McKay
10
What did NOT happen post World War 1?
Faith was put in big businesses
Americans embraced the emergence of communism
African Americans move north in "the great migration"
Women received the right to vote
11
What is NOT a work of the Harlem Renaissance?
Arna Bontemps' poem A Black Man Talks of Reaping
Bruce Barton The Man Nobody Knows
Claude McKay Home to Harlem
Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
12
Who did newspapers list as leaders among the 59 people who "ruled the country"?
Leaders of the church
Leaders of Big Businesses
Leaders of Newspapers
Leaders of the American Government
13
What was a social conflict in America during the 1920's?
America vs. Women
America vs. The West
America vs. Schools
America vs. Alcohol
14
How did the assembly line change the work environment in offices?
There were fewer office jobs because factories took over
Offices resembled factories with paperwork assembly lines
Office work was less fun than factories and people got sad
The wages in the offices were raised as well
15
What was a social conflict in America during the 1920's?
America vs. Industry
America vs. Immegration
America vs. Schools
America vs. The British
16
What is a Managerial Revolution?
Intro of the white collar worker, colleges trained managers
Productivity increased due to new technology and techniques
Henry Ford improved the assembly line, increasing efficiency
small business are taken over or absorbed by big businesses
17
What was a social conflict in America during the 1920's?
America vs. Industry
America vs. Women
America vs. Religion
America vs. Schools
18
What was NOT a reason that Henry Ford double his worker's wages?
His workers would be more likely to show up and stay
It would increase sales since his workers could buy a car
Workers would be willing to do boring work without complaint
The government raised minimum wage, so he had to
19
Which is NOT a way that United States become prosperous in the 1920's?
Businesses expanded to become big businesses
Selling gold from the west
New industries created new jobs for more people
Industrial productivity rose 70% between 1922 and 1928
20
How did an increase in income change the average standard of living?
Americans became healthier because they could buy medicines
Americans started to purchase more goods from China
Americans were happier because they could buy anything
cleaning became faster, and refrigeration made food better

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