CS #17- 1920s Roaring Twenties

significant shift over time in cultural practices, including norms and values

• Great Migration
• Roaring Twenties
• social change
• mass production

pattern of increased consumption of goods

• mass production
• installment plan
• assembly lines
• consumerism

What are 2 reasons for the economic prosperity?

• Demand for automobiles increased
• Lack of new innovations in production
• Halt to further immigration
• Installment buying and buying on credit

How did the automobile industry change the US economy?

• Stimulated development of other new industries
• Decreased employment opportunities
• Increased the number of railroad passengers
• Encouraged government operation of major industries

Which innovation helped Ford?

• Providing various models of cars
• Creating a monopoly
• Downsizing labor force
• Using assembly line production methods

What was the main cause of the economic boom?

• New economic policies of the League of Nations
• Development of new consumer good industries
• Use of advertising on radio
• Elimination of international trade barriers

Which of these was a main cause of the economic boom?

• Government subsidies
• Tariff reductions on imports
• Increased ownership of automobiles
• Federal government’s war on organized crime

What led to the rise of the consumer culture?

• Government encouraged labor to unionize
• Enforcement of anti-trust laws
• Minimum wage laws expanded buying power
• Advertising and installment payments encouraged buying

What are two changes in American life during the 1920s?

• Decline in consumer spending on big-ticket items
• Growth of radio and magazine advertising
• Increase in buying through catalogs
• Decline of spending on home consumer devices

What were the main problems facing American farmers?

• Installment buying of crops
• Strikes by farmers
• Overproduction of farm crops
• Rising taxes on farm crops