unit 4 test

Question 1

name the three presidents in the 1920s?

Answer 1

• harding
• coolidge
• hoover

Question 2

what business views did Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover have?

Answer 2

• policies favored businesses
• lowered taxes for rich corporations
• had high tariffs for imported goods
• lax enforcement of anti-trust laws

Question 3

What happened during President Harding’s presidency ?

Answer 3

• was president 1921-1923
  -sought a return to normalcy
• had major scandals (teapot dome scandal)
• as a result from scandal he goes on vacation and gets sick and dies

Question 4

teapot dome scandal

Answer 4

One of Harding’s cabinet members leased government land rich in oil to business friends for a bribe

Question 5

What happened during Coolidge’s presidency?

Answer 5

• was president from 1923-1928
• no right to strike public safety ( happened after boston police strike of 1919)
• allowed large business expansion

Question 6

what happened in Hoover’s presidency?

Answer 6

-( before he became president he was an engineer who organized food production during world war 1 and was secretary of commerce)
- he promised to end poverty which got him elected
- believed in rugged individualism and established free education
- believed in minimal interference with businesses

Question 7

which president wanted a return to normalcy?

Answer 7

Harding

Question 8

which president became president because he was vice president to former president?

Answer 8

Coolidge became president because he was vice president to harding

Question 9

which president term had scandals?

Answer 9

Harding

Question 10

what is the name of the group that hated foriegners and jews ?

Answer 10

the KKK

Question 11

what is a creditor nation?

Answer 11

nation that is receiving money because other countries are in debt to them

Question 12

who was biggest creditor nation in the 1920s?

Answer 12

the u.s.

Question 13

during the 1920s, the economy experienced a bull market. What is a bull market?

Answer 13

a period of rising stock prices

Question 14

what were some financial risk people took in the 1920s?

Answer 14

• ## people bought stocks and bought stocks on margin (means buys stocks on credit)

Question 15

how was the American wealth uneven?

Answer 15

-industrial wages rose slower than corporate salaries
-farmer incomes declined and became in debt
- many people in the country did not experience in consumer benefits in the 1920s

Question 16

what new manufacture techniques where used in 1920s?

Answer 16

-mass production
- assembly lines,
-standardized parts
-conveyer belt

Question 17

how did automobiles change America in the 1920s?

Answer 17

• became affordable and became an integral part of society
• improved other industries in the us
  -other forms of transportation began to decline