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Boom knowledge test Flashcards

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1
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by what percentage did average incomes increase in the 1920s?

A

27%

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2
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how many telephones were sold by 1930?

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20 million

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3
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what percentage of households had flush lavatories by 1930?

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51%

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4
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what happened to road length in the 1920s?

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it doubled

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5
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how many cars were in 1919 and 1929?

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9 million and 26 million

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6
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what buildings were considered symbols of wealth?

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skyscrapers

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7
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name a suburb which grew as a result of the building boom?

A

Queens / Grosse Point Park

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8
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how many civilian flights were there by 1930?

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162,000

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9
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what was the name of the first mass produced car?

A

Model T Ford

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10
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who was responsible for the industrial efficiency movement?

A

Fredrick Taylor

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11
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how much were Ford’s workers paid?

A

$5 a day

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12
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how much did a Model T Ford cost by 1924?

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$260

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13
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what was the name of Henry Ford’s second plant built in Detroit?

A

River Rouge

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14
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how many people did Henry Ford’s second plant employ?

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80,000

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15
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what percentage of the workers in Henry Ford’s second plant were immigrants?

A

70%

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16
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what European industry did the USA take over during WW1?

A

chemical

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17
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how much did total industrial production increase by in the 1920s?

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50%

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18
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what percentage of radios were bought on credit?

A

8:10

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19
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what percentage of cars were bought on credit?

A

6:10

20
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name the three Republican Presidents in the 1920s

A

Hoover, Harding, Coolidge

21
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List the 5 Republican policies of the 1920s

A

Low Taxation, import tariffs, laissez-faire, trusts, Normalcy

22
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what product type was protected by the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act of 1922?

A

food

23
Q

what was the American state of during the 1920s?

A

spending is good (saving is bad)

24
Q

who said a “Chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”?

A

Herbert Hoover

25
Q

name 4 groups who benefitted from the boom

A

Factory owners, shareholders, immigrants, rich/middle class

26
Q

what percentage of farms had electricity in the 1920s?

A

less than 10%

27
Q

how much did the price of a bushel of wheat drop between 1920 and 1931?

A

$233 - $32 = $201

28
Q

competition from which country helped put American farms out of business?

A

Canada

29
Q

what percentage of semi-skilled workers owned a car?

A

3%

30
Q

which workers went on strike in North Carolina?

A

Coal and steel

31
Q

why did the United Textile Workers Union strike in 1927?

A

18 cents per hour for long hours

32
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what organisations saw membership fall from 5.1 million to 3.6 million in the 1920s?

A

Trade Unions

33
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name a group who did not like the Roaring 20s?

A

Religious

34
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name 2 female stars of the 1920s

A

Theda Bara, Clara Bow

35
Q

name a controversial Hollywood film of the 1920s

A

Up in Mabel’s Room

36
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what was the Hays Code introduced for?

A

Censorship

37
Q

how many radio stations were there by 1922?

A

508

38
Q

name a dance associated with Jazz

A

Charleston

39
Q

name a Jazz musician of the 1920s

A

Louis Armstrong

40
Q

what were young urban women better known as?

A

Flappers

41
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Name a big money baseball team of the 1920s

A

New York Yankees

42
Q

who was world heavy weight champion in the 1920s?

A

Jack Dempsey

43
Q

what sport did Bobby Jones play?

A

Golf

44
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name a male film star of the 1920s

A

Rudolph Valentino

45
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what was first made in 1927 in Hollywood?

A

Talkies (talkie films)

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