US History II
Unit 9 Study Guide
Name: ______________________
Period: ______________________
Progress of American Life After WWI
1. Name the 3 ways that life changed after
WWI in the USA. ***Hint – these included the
telephone, lights, movies, national products.
2. Define electrification?
3. Who was Henry Ford and list his
contribution to increasing factory and labor
productivity?
4. List 4 ways electrification changed
American life.
5. What is a labor saving product (device)?
Name 3 examples.
6. Name 4 examples of the growth of
transportation industries (list 4 industries that
grew b/c of cars!)
7. What does mobility mean?
8. TRUE or FALSE: The automobile industry
and other industries allowed unemployment
to fall.
9. The radio, telephone, movies, and
broadcasting are all examples of how
__________________ changed in America in
the 1920’s.
10. What was Guglielmo Marconi known for?
11. Who was David Sarnoff?
12. What was the significance of the Wright
Brothers?
Social Changes of the 1920’s & 1930’s
10. What is a flapper?
11. What amendment is known as the
Prohibition Amendment?
12. Bars that were created during Prohibition
serving illegal alcohol were called ---13. What is the relationship between
Prohibition and organized crime (gangsters)?
14. During the Great Migration North, why
did African Americans move? 2 primary
reasons
15. TRUE or FALSE: African Americans who
took part in the Great Migration found no
discrimination in the North and West.
16. What is another name for the 1920’s?
17. During the 1920’s, many people bought
items that they could not afford and
promised to pay for them a little at a time
using what method?
18. What was the greatest change for
women in the 1920’s? Hint – 19th Amendment
Art, Music, and Literature of the 1920’s & 1930’s
19. Who was a major writer during the
Harlem Renaissance?
20. Define Harlem Renaissance.
21. What do Langston Hughes, John
Steinbeck, and F. Scott Fitzgerald have in
common?
22. TRUE or FALSE: The artists, musicians, and
writers of the Harlem Renaissance were only
popular with African Americans.
23.
Name these 2 people from the 1920’s and
what they have in common.
24.
What was Georgia O’Keeffe known for?
25. Who were George Gershwin and Aaron
Copland?
26.
Who chronicled the Great Migration North?
27.
Who is pictured above and what was he
known for?
Unit 3 (Westward Expansion)
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28.
2.
List the 4 manufacturing cities/area, the
regions they’re located and name the
industry that they are known for.
3.
4.
29. Because of advances in transportation
natural resources were moved from the West
to __________ ______________.
30. What opinion did Geronimo, Chief
Joseph, and Sitting Bull all have in common
about westward expansion?
Who was involved?
31. Describe the Battle of Little Bighorn.
What happened?
32.
Define: Reservation
33. Who stated, “I will fight no more forever”?
34. What Apache warrior led periodic raids
to demonstrate his view of westward
expansion?
Who was involved?
35. Describe the Battle of Wounded Knee.
36. Define: Assimilation
37. Assimilation attempts and lifestyle
changes (like the reduction of the buffalo)
are both examples of: _______________.
38. In what year did Reconstruction
end?
39. Put the following in order:
-Reconstruction ends
-The Civil War begins
- The Civil War ends
-The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is
passed.
40. Define the term Mechanization
Did the result of mechanization
increase or decrease the need for
manual labor.
What happened?
41. Fill in the blank
__________ assisted immigrants in
finding housing, jobs, etc. in return
for ___________?
42. List the three primary causes
that led to the rapid growth of
cities.
43. List the 4 primary causes for the
United States entering WWI.
44. Define the Monroe Doctrine
What document written in 1904 was
a continuation of the Monroe
Doctrine? What were the 2 major
points of this document?
1.
2.
3.
Label ALL STATES and all 19 cities on the map. Color and label them by REGION!!!!