The Roaring 20s

Question 1

What is the key difference between the Boom and the Roaring twenties?

Answer 1

The boom was economic whereas the Roaring twenties were social.

Question 2

By what percentage did average income increase by in the 1920s?

Answer 2

27%

Question 3

How many telephones were sold by 1930/

Answer 3

20 million

Question 4

What percentage of households had flush toilets buy 1930?

Answer 4

51%

Question 5

What happened to road length during the 1920s?

Answer 5

It doubled

Question 6

How many cars were sold in 1919?

Answer 6

9 million

Question 7

How many cars were sold in 1929?

Answer 7

26 million

Question 8

What type of building was considered a symbol of prosperity and wealth?

Answer 8

Skyscrapers such as the empire state building

Question 9

How many civilian flights were made by 1930?

Answer 9

162 000

Question 10

What was the first mass produced car?

Answer 10

The Model T Ford

Question 11

Name 2 suburbs that grew as a result of the boom

Answer 11

Queens (NYC) and Groose point Park

Question 12

Who was responsible for the industrial efficiency movement?

Answer 12

Frederick Taylor

Question 13

How much were Ford workers paid a day?

Answer 13

$5

Question 14

How much did a Model T Ford cost by 1924?

Answer 14

$260

Question 15

What was the name of Henry Ford’s 2nd plant?

Answer 15

The River Rouge Plant

Question 16

Where was Henry Ford’s 2nd plant?

Answer 16

Detroit

Question 17

How many people did Henry Ford’s 2nd plant employ?

Answer 17

80 000

Question 18

What percentage of the workers at Henry Ford’s 2nd plant were immigrants?

Answer 18

70%

Question 19

Who were the 3 Republican presidents in the 1920s?

Answer 19

1) Hoover
2) Coolidge
3) Harding

Question 20

What were the 5 key Republican policies of the 1920s?

Answer 20

1) Low Taxation
2) Laissez Faire
3) Import Tarifs
4) Trusts
5) Normalcy

Question 21

What product type was protected by the Fordney- McCumber tariff act?

Answer 21

Food

Question 22

When was the Fordney- McCumber tariff act?

Answer 22

1922

Question 23

What was the American State of Mind during the roaring 20s?

Answer 23

Good to spend

Question 24

Who said “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”?

Answer 24

Hoover

Question 25

Name the five groups who benefited from the boom?

Answer 25

1) The rich and middle class 2) Immigrants 3) Shop keepers 4) Factory owners 5) Shareholders

Question 26

What percentage of farms had electricity?

Answer 26

less than 10%

Question 27

How much did the price of a bustell of wheat drop by between 1920 and 1931?

Answer 27

$201

Question 28

Which country gave American farms competition?

Answer 28

Canada

Question 29

What percentage of semi-skilled workers owned a car?

Answer 29

3%

Question 30

Which workers went on strike in North Carolina?

Answer 30

Coal and Steel

Question 31

What year did the united textile workers strike?

Answer 31

1927

Question 32

Why did the united textile workers strike?

Answer 32

18 cents an hour for long hours

Question 33

What organisation saw its membership drop from 5.1 million to 3.6 million in the 1920s?

Answer 33

Trade unions

Question 34

Name two female Hollywood stars

Answer 34

Theda Bara | Clara Bow

Question 35

Name 2 groups who did not like the roaring twenties?

Answer 35

Rural and religious

Question 36

Name 2 controversial 1920s Hollywood film

Answer 36

Up in Mabel's room & when a woman sins

Question 37

What was the Hay's code for?

Answer 37

Censorship

Question 38

How many radio stations were there by 1922?

Answer 38

508

Question 39

Name a danse associated with Jazz?

Answer 39

Charleston and the Black bottom

Question 40

What were young urban woman known as?

Answer 40

Flappers

Question 41

Name a big money baseball team of the 1920s?

Answer 41

The New York Yankees

Question 42

Who was the world heavy weight boxing champion during the 1920s?

Answer 42

Jack Dempsey

Question 43

What sport did Boby Jones play?

Answer 43

Golf

Question 44

Name a male film star of the 1920s

Answer 44

Charlie Chaplain

Question 45

What was first made in 1927 in Hollywood?

Answer 45

Talkies

Question 46

Name 2 1920s Jazz musicians

Answer 46

Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong

Question 47

What european industry did the USA take over in WW1?

Answer 47

Chemical

Question 48

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

Answer 48

50%

Question 49

What percentage of radios were bought on credit?

Answer 49

80%

Question 50

What percentage of cars were bought on credit?

Answer 50

60%