Cougar Countdown - USH U3 - The Roaring 20s & Bias

The Roaring 1920s of the United States were good for our country.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

Identify the "negatives" or "cons" of the Roaring 20s.

(There are 2 correct items.)

• Wealth Inequality

• Market Speculation

• Consumer Credit

• Urban Electrification

Explain how this chart shows the situation of wealth inequality in the U.S.A. in the 1920s.

Quickly rising stock prices are a good thing for a country's economy.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

Answer explanation

Be prepared to explain your answer, please!

A stock trader tells you, "This bull market will last forever! Prices keep rising; you should take out a loan and invest."

• A stock trader wouldn't be biased. Trust them!

• A stock trader might be biased. Be careful!

• A stock trader is definitely biased. No deal!

Identify the biased statement about the Roaring 1920s.

• Consumer credit allows consumers to increase their purchasing ability.

• Farmers took out loans to expand their farm equipment during World War I.

• Wealthy inequality is a good thing because it grows the economy.

• Assembly line manufacturing was innovated by the Ford Motor Company.

Answer explanation

How do you know it is a biased statement? What is the clue?

According to the chart you see, were farm commodity prices rising or falling overall during the 1920s and into the 1930s?

• Rising

• Falling

Answer explanation

Why would falling prices be a negative for US farmers?

Explain how electricity would have connected to consumerism during the 1920s?