Laissez-faire
• All of the following would apply to
politics of the 1920s EXCEPT
A) “The business of America is business”
B) Republican control of government
C) Laissez-faire
D) Progressive reforms
• The American economy of most of the
20s can best be characterized as a time
of
A) prosperity
B) recovery
C) recession
D) depression
• By the 1920s, it became increasingly evident that the
key to financial success was
A)
B)
C)
D)
birth into a rich family
an education subsidized by the government
hard work, talent, training, and education
unethical conduct and insider information
The Car
• “It will take us 100 years to tell us whether
you have helped us or hurt us, but you
certainly didn’t leave us like you found us”
• “Backbone of economy: 1920-1970”
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Landscape changes
Architectural changes
Industry changes
Urban sprawl
Symbol of status and success
80% of cars in U.S.
• All of the following relate to the impact
of the automobile EXCEPT
A) Cloverleafs and tunnels
B) Gas stations
C) Roadside motels
D) 50,000 miles of air routes
• In the 1920s, extended vacations, leisure travel, and
the growth of the suburbs were the results of family
ownership of a/an _____.
A) Airplane
B) Automobile
C) Radio
D) Ironing board
Ellen Church became the world's first stewardess on May 15, 1930, working
a flight from Oakland to Chicago for Boeing Air Transport, later known as
United Air Lines. Miss Church is standing in front of the opened door.
• The first non-military use of aircraft
after WWI was
A) Long-distance challenges
B) Carrying passengers
C) Weather observations
D) Carrying mail
“modern” advertising
- from product and price to using
psychology
• Just as World War I witnessed the rise of “modern”
propaganda and public relations, the 20s saw the
development of “modern” ____________
A)
B)
C)
D)
pyramid schemes
real estate sales
advertising
marketing
• A piece of “literature” using these words -- “All the
pretty girls prefer that their men use Barbasol
shaving cream” – is trying to promote a product
using
A)
B)
C)
D)
pricing information
information on where to buy it
psychology
realism
• Bruce Barton, author of The Man Nobody Knows,
promoted the idea of divine approval for advertising
and salesmanship when he depicted
A)
the General Electric refrigerator as an example of
God’s kingdom on earth
B)
salesmen as the epitome of the chosen people of
God who went among the people to testify to modern
miracles
C)
Jesus as prophet and “super salesman” who
was concerned with living a full and rewarding life in
this world
D)
Christianity as a religion that rejected
egalitarianism
• The United States truly became a purchasing
society during the 1920s, which meant that
Americans
A)
bought things only to impress their neighbors
B)
could only afford the means of subsistence
C)
purchased mainly luxury items
D)
bought things both for their needs and their
pleasures
Shift to City Living
A time of prosperity and fun?
• 40% of families could afford new
“gadgets” and electrical conveniences
• 42% of families made less than $10,000
per year (today)
• Wealth lumped at top: highest 1% =
bottom 42%
• 25,000 workers killed; 100,000 disabled
per year