Boom & Bust: 1920s & Great Depression

During the 1920s, this improved for many Americans as a result of advances in industry and an economic boom.

• Standard of living

• equality

• universal acceptance of women's rights

• Savings

Which product could more people afford due to an improved standard of living in the US following WWI?

• automobile

• commercial aircraft

• film studios

• radio transmission towers

Which 1920s innovations helped women save time?

• washing machine

• iron

• frozen food

• lightbulb

The automobile for the masses impacted American society in the following 3 ways:

• People began moving to the suburbs

• increased traffic

• challenged family values - freedom from parents

• increased competition for jobs

What are two 1920s innovations in transportation that become more commonplace:

• Model T Ford

• airplane

• hoverboards

• trains

What are two innovations in communication during the 1920s:

• radio

• talking motion pictures

• telephone

• telegraph

Installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers. These are all characteristics of what era in US History?

• 1920s

• Great Depression

• WWII

• The Cold War

Why were more people able to own automobiles, radios, washing machines, and other goods in the 1920s?

• because of advertising

• because of lower taxes on imports

• because of installment buying

• because the trucking industry grew

Which group did not benefit from the economic boom of the 1920s?

• factory workers

• truck drivers

• movie theater owners

• farmers

Ford's marketing the car to the masses, paying a higher wage, and shortening the workday resulted in

• stimulated growth in many other industries

• led to a nationwide recession

• closed down the steel industry

• brought about the collapse of the suburbs