Roaring 20's - Economic and Technological Change

How did Charles Lindbergh affect the development of aviation in the United States?

• Lindbergh showed that air travel was an acceptable form of transportation.

• Lindbergh lobbied Congress to invest federal funding into commercial airlines.

• Lindbergh demonstrated aerial maneuvers that could provide the military with an advantage.

• Lindbergh created the first domestic commercial airline company.

Which results did Ford hope to achieve by implementing the process described in this excerpt?

• Increased productivity and efficiency

• Reduced numbers of employees quitting

• Increased labor union membership

• Reduced payroll taxes and employee benefits

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

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

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

• use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries

• improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration

Which statements highlight President Warren G. Harding’s domestic economic policies after World War I?

• America is ready to encourage, eager to initiate, anxious to participate in any seemly program likely to lessen the probability of war.

• I speak for administrative efficiency, for lightened tax burdens ... for the omission of unnecessary interference of Government with business.

• I wish for an America no less alert in guarding against dangers from within than it is watchful against enemies from without.

• Opportunity is calling not alone for the restoration, but for a new era in production, transportation and trade.

• Believing in our higher standards, reared through constitutional liberty and maintained opportunity, we invite the world to the same heights.

This graph presents historical tax rates in the United States. In which way did the trend represented in this graph result in economic growth during this time period?

• A) People paid higher interest rates on bank loans.

• B) People had more money to spend on consumer goods.

• C) The government reduced its deficit spending.

• D) The government reduced regulations on stock market investments.

Which reason BEST explains the change in the number of cars sold between 1910 and 1925?

• Cars became more available because of the passage of antitrust laws.

• Cars became more affordable because of the removal of wartime price controls.

• Cars became more affordable because of the introduction of the assembly line.

• Cars became more available because of the removal of tariffs after a global conflict.

How did the introduction of these new practices most benefit U.S. business?

• By increasing production efficiency

• By preventing shortages of goods

• By increasing protective tariffs

• By decreasing exports

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

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries.

• There were significant shortages of military supplies.

• There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods.

• The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues.

Based on the photograph and your knowledge of U.S. history, how did the use of the manufacturing process shown affect the production AND sale of goods in the United States?

• It increased production efficiency and lowered costs, leading to more affordable goods.

• It decreased production efficiency and increased costs, leading to more expensive goods.

• It had no significant impact on production efficiency or costs.

• It increased production efficiency but had no impact on costs.

What was one immediate result of Henry Ford’s manufacturing methods?

• Cars became affordable for more people.

• Cars required little fuel to operate efficiently.

• Cars replaced railroads as the fastest way to ship goods.

• Cars could be customized.