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Why did the entertainment industry grow significantly after World War I?

People wanted an escape in difficult economic times, and entertainment had previously been unavailable.

As a result of soldiers returning home, the audience for music and “talkies” increased.

Many popular entertainers had been war heroes, and people were willing to pay a lot of money to hear and see them.

New inventions and innovations improved access to various types of entertainment.

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Which statement best explains how going to work affected women during and after World War I?

Working forced women to cut their hair short, so many women decided to continue the trend.

Working created a new entertainment industry, so many women wanted to become movie stars.

Working gave women a newfound independence, so they continued to work in different kinds of jobs.

Working gave women the same purchasing power as men, so advertisers focused on them.

How did the development of new technology after World War I affect farmers?

It helped them produce better crops.

It helped them produce more crops.

It forced them to cut prices.

It forced them to raise prices.

What major event occurred on Black Tuesday in 1929?

investors worked together to stabilize falling stock prices.

millions of shares were sold as the market rapidly lost value.

the federal government ordered the stock market to close.

stock prices increased as investors regained confidence.

Why was the Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution necessary?

to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment

to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment

to modify the Nineteenth Amendment

to modify the Eighteenth Amendment

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