Boom knowledge test Flashcards
by what percentage did average incomes increase in the 1920s?
27%
how many telephones were sold by 1930?
20 million
what percentage of households had flush lavatories by 1930?
51%
what happened to road length in the 1920s?
it doubled
how many cars were in 1919 and 1929?
9 million and 26 million
what buildings were considered symbols of wealth?
skyscrapers
name a suburb which grew as a result of the building boom?
Queens / Grosse Point Park
how many civilian flights were there by 1930?
162,000
what was the name of the first mass produced car?
Model T Ford
who was responsible for the industrial efficiency movement?
Fredrick Taylor
how much were Ford’s workers paid?
$5 a day
how much did a Model T Ford cost by 1924?
$260
what was the name of Henry Ford’s second plant built in Detroit?
River Rouge
how many people did Henry Ford’s second plant employ?
80,000
what percentage of the workers in Henry Ford’s second plant were immigrants?
70%
what European industry did the USA take over during WW1?
chemical
how much did total industrial production increase by in the 1920s?
50%
what percentage of radios were bought on credit?
8:10
what percentage of cars were bought on credit?
6:10
name the three Republican Presidents in the 1920s
Hoover, Harding, Coolidge
List the 5 Republican policies of the 1920s
Low Taxation, import tariffs, laissez-faire, trusts, Normalcy
what product type was protected by the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act of 1922?
food
what was the American state of during the 1920s?
spending is good (saving is bad)
who said a “Chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”?
Herbert Hoover
name 4 groups who benefitted from the boom
Factory owners, shareholders, immigrants, rich/middle class
what percentage of farms had electricity in the 1920s?
less than 10%
how much did the price of a bushel of wheat drop between 1920 and 1931?
$233 - $32 = $201
competition from which country helped put American farms out of business?
Canada
what percentage of semi-skilled workers owned a car?
3%
which workers went on strike in North Carolina?
Coal and steel
why did the United Textile Workers Union strike in 1927?
18 cents per hour for long hours
what organisations saw membership fall from 5.1 million to 3.6 million in the 1920s?
Trade Unions
name a group who did not like the Roaring 20s?
Religious
name 2 female stars of the 1920s
Theda Bara, Clara Bow
name a controversial Hollywood film of the 1920s
Up in Mabel’s Room
what was the Hays Code introduced for?
Censorship
how many radio stations were there by 1922?
508
name a dance associated with Jazz
Charleston
name a Jazz musician of the 1920s
Louis Armstrong
what were young urban women better known as?
Flappers
Name a big money baseball team of the 1920s
New York Yankees
who was world heavy weight champion in the 1920s?
Jack Dempsey
what sport did Bobby Jones play?
Golf
name a male film star of the 1920s
Rudolph Valentino
what was first made in 1927 in Hollywood?
Talkies (talkie films)
