USH Prosperity of the 1920's Quiz

Why did the “Return to Normalcy” agenda of the U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election?

• There were significant shortages of military supplies

• There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods

• The public wanted to concentrate on domestic issues

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries

Which statement would be true of Warren Harding’s Teapot Dome Scandal?

• Public disappointment over revelations of government corruption

• Widespread dissatisfaction with a lack of economic development

• Public frustration with government neglect of the working class

• Widespread anger over excessive partisan politics

Which of these is an example of a successful innovation of the assembly-line production model?

• A financial adviser redistributed money throughout a customer’s portfolio

• A computer is made to a customer’s satisfaction with available inventory

• A cable-television company updates its system to include more channels

• A social-media company initiates a new privacy policy for subscribers

What did President Harding mean when he introduced the phrase “a return to normalcy” after World War 1?

• Increased United States involvement in Europe

• No longer selling liquor in the United States

• Going back to a peacetime economy

• Restoring a Democratic president to power

Which factor played the largest role in fueling the economic boom in the 1920’s?

• the increasing ownership of automobiles by families

• government subsidies paid to farmers

• Tariff reductions on imported European goods

• Construction by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

This excerpt illustrates Harding’s campaign promise to be a president who would -

• Refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies

• Help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade

• Improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration

• Use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries

Which management innovation helped Henry Ford to realize this vision?

• Providing various (a lot of different) cards

• Creating a business monopoly

• Downsizing the labor force

• Using assembly-line production methods

Which management innovation for improved production is illustrated in this picture?

• Bessemer process

• Assembly line

• Robotics

• Unionization

Actions such as those shown in the picture helped bring about

• The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• The decision in Brown v. Board of Education

• The 19th Amendment

• The 26th Amendment