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USA Booklet 1: 1920s Boom Flashcards

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1
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By what % 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 % 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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Doubled

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5
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How many cars were sold 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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Name a suburb which grew as a result of the building boom?

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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 1st 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

Frederick Taylor

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11
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How much were Ford’s workers paid?

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$5 a day

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12
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How much did a Model T 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?

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River Rouge

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14
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How many people did the River Rouge plant employ?

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80,000

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15
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What % of the River Rouge’s workers were immigrants?

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70%

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

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Chemical

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

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50%

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18
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What % of radios were bought on credit?

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80%

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19
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What % of cars were bought on credit?

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60%

20
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Name the 3 Republican Presidents in the 1920s

A

Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

21
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List the 5 Republican policies of the 1920s

A

Low taxation, Laizzez-Faire, import tariffs, Trusts, Normalcy

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

A

Food

23
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What was the American state of mind during the 1920s?

A

Spending is good

24
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Who said a “Chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”?

A

Hoover

25
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Name 4 groups who benefitted from the boom

A

Factory owners, shareholders, unskilled workers, immigrants, industrialists, the rich and middle class, shop keepers.

26
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What % of farms had electricity in the 1920s?

A

Less than 10%

27
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How much did the price of a bushel of wheat drop between 1920 and 1931?

A

$233 - $32 = $201

28
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Competition from which country helped put American farms out of business?

A

Canada

29
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What % of semi-skilled owned a car?

A

3%

30
Q

Which workers went on strike in North Carolina?

A

Coal and Steel

31
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Why did the United Textile Workers’ Union strike in 1927?

A

18 cents an hour for long hours

32
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What organisations saw membership fall from 5.1 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

Rural, religious

34
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Name 2 female Hollywood stars

A

Theda Bara, Clara Bow

35
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Name a controversial Hollywood film of the 1920s

A

Up in Mabel’s Room, When a Women Sins

36
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What was the Hays Code introduced for?

A

Censorship

37
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How many radio stations were there by 1922?

A

508

38
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Name a dance associated with Jazz

A

Charleston, Black Bottom

39
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Name a Jazz musician of the 1920s

A

Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith

40
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Name a big money baseball team of the 1920s

A

New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox

41
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Who was world heavy weight champion in the 1920s?

A

Jack Dempsey

42
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What sport did Bobby Jones play?

A

Golf

43
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Name a male film star of the 1920s

A

Charlie Chaplain, Buster Keaton, Rudolph Valentino

44
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What was first made in 1927 in Hollywood?

A

The first talkie (The Jazz Singer)

45
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What were some urban women in the 1920s known as

A

Flappers

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