A18 The Roaring 20's brings change

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How did the growth of the automobile industry change the US economy?

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It stimulated the development of new industries

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Multiple automobiles were manufactured in Warren Ohio

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What explains the rise in "consumer culture" in the 1920s?

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Advertisement and installment buying encouraged buying.

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A significant contribution to the industrialization of the United States was Henry Ford's use of

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the conveyor belt

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What was the primary cause of the economic boom of the 1920's? Options: new economic policies of the League of Nations, Develop of new consumer goods industries, use of advertising on radio, elimination of barriers to international trade

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Develop of new consumer goods industries

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Identify a reason for prosperity in the 1920's: Halt to further immigration, lack of new innovations in production, Prohibition, Installment buying and buying on credit

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Installment buying and buying on credit

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Identify a reason for prosperity in the 1920's: Halt to further immigration, lack of new innovations in production, Jim Crowe oppression, Demand for Automobiles increased

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Demand for Automobiles increased

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Identify a change in American Life in the 1920's: A decline in consumer spending on big ticket items, Federal Highways, A decline in spending on home consumer devices, An increase in buying through catalogues

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An increase in buying through catalogues

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Identify a change in American Life in the 1920's: A decline in consumer spending on big ticket items, The interwebby, A decline in spending on home consumer devices, Growth of radio and magazine advertising

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Growth of radio and magazine advertising

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Which factor played the largest role in fueling the economic boom of the 1920's? Options: government subsidies paid to farmers, tariff reductions on imported European goods, the increasing ownership of automobiles by families, the federal governments war on organized crime

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the increasing ownership of automobiles by families

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During the 1920's, many of the problems facing American farmers were due to: installment buying of crops, strikes by farm workers, overproduction of farm crops, rising taxes on farm crops

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overproduction of farm crops

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