CPUSH: Unit 4.1.1 Quiz -- Roaring (Giving em the Business)

Which president's sudden death ended a scandal filled term in 1923?

• Warren Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

What effects do tax cuts (like the Coolidge Cuts) have on an economy?

• stimulate spending

• curb consumption

• drive down demand

• spur savings

Who promised to return the U.S. to “normalcy” after WWI?

• Warren Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

Who cut taxes for consumers because he believed “the business of America is business”?

• Warren Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

Whose laissez-faire economic policies earned him the nickname “The Great Refrainer”?

• Warren Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

Whose crooked cabinet cronies were nicknamed “The Ohio Gang”?

• Warren Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

What was the Fordney-McCumber Tariff an example of?

• protectionism

• scandal

• advertisement

• consumerism

What New York City street became the headquarters of the U.S. advertising business?

• Madison Avenue

• Fleet Street

• Broadway

• Times Square

What is the best definition of "conspicuous consumption"?

• Buying things you need.

• Buying things you don't have.

• Buying things you don't want.

• Buying things to show off

What is "planned obsolescence"?

• Designing a product to fail.

• Manufacturing a new product.

• Eliminating the competition.

• Building a product to last.