USA- Boom

Question 1

By what % did average incomes increase in the 1920s?

Answer 1

27%

Question 2

What % of farms had electricity in the 1920s?

Answer 2

Less than 10%

Question 3

What happened to road length in 1920s?

Answer 3

Doubled

Question 4

How many cars sold in 1919 and 1929?

Answer 4

9 million and 29 million

Question 5

4 groups who benefitted from Boom

Answer 5

Immigrants
Factory workers
Rich/ middle class people
Unskilled workers

Question 6

Telephones sold by 1930

Answer 6

20 million

Question 7

% of radios bought on credit

Answer 7

80%

Question 8

% of cars bought on credit

Answer 8

60%

Question 9

3 republican presidents in 1920s

Answer 9

Harding
Coolidge
Hoover

Question 10

5 republican policies of 1920s

Answer 10

Low taxation 
Laizzez-Faire
Import tariffs
Trusts 
Normalcy

Question 11

American state of mind during 20s

Answer 11

Spending is good

Question 12

% of semiskilled workers who owned a car

Answer 12

3%

Question 13

2 groups who did NOT like the roaring 20s

Answer 13

Religious, rural

Question 14

Controversial Hollywood film of the 20s

Answer 14

Up in Mabels room

When a woman sins

Question 15

2 female Hollywood stars

Answer 15

Theda Bara

Clara Bow

Question 16

Jazz musician of the 20s

Answer 16

Duke Ellington,
Louis Armstrong,
Bessie Smith

Question 17

Male film star of 20s

Answer 17

Charlie Chaplain,
Buster Keaton,
Rudolph Valentino

Question 18

What was the first talkie made in 1927 in Hollywood

Answer 18

The Jazz Singer