A Growing Economy - 8.2

What technological advancement in industry allowed for shorter workweeks for factory workers?

• the automobile

• mass production

• nationalized electricity

• robotics

What process, first adopted by Henry Ford, allowed the price of products to be reduced while volume of sales increased?

• the company spirit

• the shorter workweek

• the moving assembly line

• the Tin Lizzy

Why did Henry Ford double his factory workers' pay while decreasing their hours?

• because the Model T was so lucrative

• to comply with new federal laws governing workplace safety and management

• to compete with other car companies who were doing the same thing

• to create loyalty and counteract unionization

What consumer product changed American society more than any other?

• the automobile

• the electric razor

• indoor plumbing

• cleaning products

What caused the emergence of the new consumer products which flooded the market in the 1920s?

• mounting fears about disease and cleanliness

• the new commuter society

• a rise in disposable income

• the new advertising industry

What type of products changed the lives of homemakers in the 1920s?

• beauty products

• electric appliances

• televisions

• airlines

What was the result of the Kelly Act, passed by Congress in 1925?

• It created the Federal Aviation Administration

• It offered wartime grants for the production of war planes.

• It gave commercial airlines an economic boost.

• It made Charles Lindbergh famous.

Consumerism led to which of the following changes in views on debt and borrowing?

• More Americans found it acceptable to use consumer credit for purchases.

• Americans only borrowed what their income would allow.

• Most consumers paid off their installment plans more quickly.

• Fewer Americans wanted to make use of borrowing for big purchases.

What group of Americans found themselves let go from factory positions when servicemen returned from war?

• African Americans

• Southern Americans

• Native Americans

• European immigrants

Which describes the factors that led to the "quiet depression" in American agriculture after World War I?

• Technology advances of the 1920s failed to address the agricultural industry.

• Weather factors led to disappointing crop yields.

• Demand for crops increased, but farmers' prices dropped.

• European demand for crops dropped, while farmers' debts remained the same.