Roaring twenties

Question 1

the roaring twenties

Answer 1

era were wages increased, and work hours decreased

Question 2

mass production

Answer 2

large-scale productions done by machinery

Question 3

assembly line

Answer 3

simple tasks, unskilled workers could preform; divided tasks and cut motion into a minimum

Question 4

Henry Ford

Answer 4

created the assembly line, believed cheaper the product was, the more it will sell

Question 5

airline industry

Answer 5

technological advances in WW1

Question 6

What did people think airplanes could be used for?

Answer 6

domestic transportation

Question 7

Charles Lindbergh

Answer 7

former airmail pilot; took transatlantic solo flight

Question 8

Edwin Armstrong

Answer 8

made the long range radio transmission more practical, which led to more radio stations

Question 9

credit industry

Answer 9

buy now, pay later

Question 10

what was a bad effect on people that used credit?

Answer 10

They would forget about the interest; it would eventually build up to more than they could pay

Question 11

welfare capitalism

Answer 11

employees were able to purchase stocks, making unions seem unnecessary

Question 12

open shops

Answer 12

workplaces where employees were not required to join a union

Question 13

farm ciris

Answer 13

farmers didn’t share their wealth, Europeans ended up having a surplus of food.

Question 14

Why did European farmers had a surplus of food?

Answer 14

They were making more then they needed due to WW1

Question 15

Fordney-McCumber Tariff

Answer 15

raised taxes on some U.S imports (60%), the highest they have ever been

Question 16

Ohio Gang

Answer 16

President Harding’s friends, he gave them gov’t jobs; he drank and gambled with them

Question 17

Teapot Dome Scandal

Answer 17

Albert B. Fall received bribes totaling 300,000 over land containing U.S naval oil.

Question 18

General Harry Duaghterty

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Last scandal (during Harding’s presidency),. A German company bribed him for chemical patents

Question 19

What year did Harding die?

Answer 19

1923

Question 20

Herbert Hoover’s Cooperative individualism

Answer 20

attempted to balance gov’t regulations; believed it would reduce cost and promote efficiency

Question 21

Hoovers 3 main goals

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1) Balance the budget
2) Reduce gov’t debt
3) cut taxes

Question 22

Isolationism

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wanted to be left alone to pursue prosperity

Question 23

washington conference

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Charles Hughes proposed a 10 year moratorium. Even thought about destroying naval ships

Question 24

Five-power naval limitation treaty

Answer 24

Britain, France, Japan, Italy, and the U.S formalized Hughes plan (10 years)

Question 25

Four-power treaty

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recognized each nation’s island possession in the pacific.

Question 26

Nine-power treaty

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granted china’s independence

Question 27

kellogg-briand pact

Answer 27

virtually out-lawed war

Question 28

Who was president after Harding?

Answer 28

Calvin Coolidge