Post-WWI Diplomacy & Economic Boom

Multiple Choice

What is it called when you buy stock on credit?

• Buying on Margin

• Installment Buying

• Bull Market purchasing

• Bartering

Multiple Choice

REVIEW: Which factor was the basis of the United States Senate's opposition to the League of Nations of Worl War I?

• Rejection by President Woodrow Wilson of internationalism
• The high financial cost of membership to the League of Nations
• Concern over communist control of international organizations
• Fear of becoming involved in another European war

Multiple Choice

The graph provdes information on the percentage of unemployed workers from 1914 to 1921. What was the primary cause of the changes to the unemployment rate in 1920 and 1921 shown on the graph?

• The impact of the "Red Scare"
• the effects of demobilization
• the passage of the Emergency Quota Act
• the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War

Multiple Choice

What was one impact of the changes shown in the graph?

• The US government purchased the agricultural surplus from farmers
• Farmers did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s.
• Speculators bought up American farmland at inexpensive prices
• Local food prices remained high because of domestic demand

Multiple Choice

What was one immediate result of Henry Ford’s manufacturing methods?

• Cars became affordable for more people.

• Cars required little fuel to operate efficiently.

• Cars replaced railroads as the fastest way to ship goods.

• Cars could be customized.

Multiple Choice

What was the impact of Henry Ford's moving assembly line?

• Decreased automobile production

• Increased automobile prices

• Increased automobile production

• No impact on automobile industry

Multiple Choice

What was the impact of the radio industry in the 1920s?

• Kept Americans connected and entertained

• Increased farming productivity

• Decreased competition

• No impact on society

Multiple Choice

What did advertising companies convince Americans of in the 1920s?

• To not buy things they could not afford

• That they needed to buy luxury items to be happy

• That they should only buy what they needed

• To save their money and not buy anything

Multiple Choice

What was a major reason for the emergence of a “consumer culture" in the 1920s?

• The Federal Government encouraged labor to unionize
• Enforcement of antitrust laws resulted in higher prices
• Minimum-wage laws expanded buying power
• Advertising and installment payments encouraged buying

Multiple Choice

What was the main factor contributing to the economic boom in the 1920s?

• Decreasing work hours and more leisure time

• Increasing wages

• Improved industry and technology

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which groups did not generally participate in the economic boom of the 1920's?

• manufacturers and real estate developers
• stock brokers and automobile workers
• bankers and construction workers
• minorities and railroad workers

Multiple Choice

The cartoon depicts Uncle Sam in 1920. What is the main idea of the cartoon?

• The land of opportunity is not for Russian immigrants
• If an alien is from Latin America, he or she can deported
• Packing vicious aliens like sardines is a serious violation of human rights
• Dangerous communists and anarchists should be sent out of the country