Chapter 7.1 The Roaring Twenties PDF

Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _________________ Hour: _________ The Roaring Twenties Chapter 7.1 Essential Question: Why did culture thrive and what challenges did this bring in the years following World War 1...

Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _________________ Hour: _________ The Roaring Twenties Chapter 7.1 Essential Question: Why did culture thrive and what challenges did this bring in the years following World War 1 iix The Automobile Drives Prosperity 1. In the years following World War 1, the U.S. economy _______________________. boomed 2. ______________________ , ________________, and ______________________ all seemed to be trending Production wages pay conditions upward. Camftto 3. Carmaker, Henry Ford used ______________ ______________________ to rapidly manufacture automobiles in mass production mass quantities. 4. Inside a factory on the Detroit River, Ford used _____________________ ____________. assembly lines 5. Assembly lines allowed workers to ______________ on one piece of production resulting in quicker production. focus 6. A car could now be produced from start to finish in just ______________ minutes (previously it had taken 12 hrs.) 90 7. Cars had been ______________ for the rich. Now _______________________ Americans could afford them. luxuries everyday 8. Soon, other _______________________ began producing goods in similar methods. industries The Consumer Revolution 1. New methods allowed goods to be produced more ________________ and ______________ then ever before cheaply efficiently 2. The speed and higher production costs made them __________________ within reach of everyday Americans 3. ____________________, __________________, _______________________, ____________ were now vaccums Refigerators Toasters radios becoming common items in American homes. 4. Many Americans purchased these items using a new form of ________________ called installment buying. financing 5. With this method, Americans paid ____________________ each month until they paid the full balance. installments Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _________________ Hour: _________ 6. In addition, Americans began _____________________ money to invest in the ________________ market. borrowing stock 7. Taking loans to buy stocks was known as ___________________ on __________________. buying margin 8. New products combined with these new methods of financing led to a _______________ __________________. Consumer Revolution 9. All indications were that the prosperity of the 1920’s would never ____________. end Prohibition 1. During the ___________________ ________ activists worked to ban the making and selling of _____________. Progressive Era alcohol 2. The Federal Government passed the ___________________________ which in fact banned the making, selling 18thAmendment and ____________________________ of alcohol. distrubtion 3. Those who supported _______________________ (making alcohol illegal) were known as _____________. prohibition drys 4. Many worked against prohibition, and hoped to continue its sale and manufacture. They were called __________. wets 5. Often, interactions between “wets” and “drys” could turn _______________________. violent 6. Additionally, large _____________ ____________ and _________________ took over the distribution of alcohol. street gangs crooks 7. Large crime bosses like ________ __________________ became wealthy by controlling huge alcohol operations. Al Capone 8. ___________________________ (the illegal sale of alcohol) became HUGE business in the U.S. major cities. Bootlegging 9. Americans had hoped to __________________ crime by banning alcohol. Instead crime rates _____________. reduce soared 10. Eventually, the United States government ______________________ the 18th Amendment. abolished