The Roaring Twenties (part one)

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Questão 1

Questão
How many Americans died in the First World War?
Responda
  • 200,000
  • 10,000
  • 100,000

Questão 2

Questão
Who was the Republican candidate at the 1920 election?
Responda
  • Warren Harding
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Franklin Roosevelt

Questão 3

Questão
What was an effect of Isolationism?
Responda
  • 'Red Scare' and controls on immigration
  • Russian Revolution

Questão 4

Questão
Between 1920 and 1929 the number of motor cars on American roads increased from...
Responda
  • 4 million to 13 million
  • 9 million to 26 million
  • 3 million to 20 million

Questão 5

Questão
Which stage is missing from the 'cycle of prosperity'?
Responda
  • Increased employment
  • Higher wages
  • More sales

Questão 6

Questão
When was the first Model T produced?
Responda
  • 1911
  • 1921
  • 1915

Questão 7

Questão
How much was a Model T ford in 1920?
Responda
  • $295
  • $850
  • $250

Questão 8

Questão
What other industries grew from the booming car industry?
Responda
  • Steel, oil and cotton
  • Glass and farming
  • Leather and rubber

Questão 9

Questão
What was 'Hire and Purchase'?
Responda
  • When a buyer could pay for something in instalments
  • Mail order
  • A way of advertising

Questão 10

Questão
How did the government help 'the boom'?
Responda
  • They left the businesses alone encouraging them to create their own wages. They also lowered taxes so people had more to spend on goods
  • They encouraged businesses to have fair wages by putting restrictions and creating unions.

Questão 11

Questão
Between 1921 and 1929 stock price rose by what percent?
Responda
  • 499%
  • 500%
  • 268%

Questão 12

Questão
When was the Fordney - McCumber tariff passed by congress?
Responda
  • 1920
  • 1925
  • 1922

Questão 13

Questão
'American firms became inefficient' and 'life was more difficult for poor people' were effects of what?
Responda
  • Tariff Policy
  • Isolationism
  • Protectionism

Questão 14

Questão
Who was a famous Jazz musician?
Responda
  • W.C. Handy
  • Duke Ellington
  • Al Johnson

Questão 15

Questão
How many homes had a radio in 1929 compared to the 60,000 radios in 1920?
Responda
  • 25 million
  • 10 million
  • 8 million

Questão 16

Questão
When were films being produced in colour?
Responda
  • early twenties
  • mid thirties
  • late twenties

Questão 17

Questão
Who was the first man to fly slow across the Atlantic in 1927?
Responda
  • Jack Dempsey
  • Rudolph Valentino
  • Charles Lindbergh

Questão 18

Questão
Why was Jazz seen as 'dramatic' and 'daring'?
Responda
  • New fashion trends (flappers)
  • Its origin from black American culture
  • The new dances such as 'Charleston' and 'Bunny Hug'

Questão 19

Questão
What were the characteristic fashion choices of young men during the boom?
Responda
  • Tailored suits and top hats
  • Pinstriped suits, spats and trilby hats
  • Workers clothing of no formality

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