Worksheets1920s Economic Boom
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 7mins
In the 1920s car ownership increased from 9 million to what?
15 million
26 million
52 million
90 million
A Model T Ford cost $1000 in 1908 when it was introduced. What did it cost by the end of the 1920s?
$3000
$500
$300
$100
Which of the following industries did not benefit from the mass production of cars?
Glass industry
Rubber industry
Tourism industry
Leather industry
Agriculture industry
Which of the following was not a consumer item that became mass produced in the 1920s?
Television
Radio
Vacuum cleaner
Washing machine
Fueling this consumer culture was an average wage rise of...
8%
15%
26%
50%
Which of the following would you associate with hire purchase schemes?
Increasing levels of debt
Credit
Buy now, pay later
Monthly installments
All of the above
Which of the following was not a cause of the economic boom?
The impact of WWI
Prohibition
Republican policies
Plentiful natural resources
Advertising
Which of the following buildings would I not see dominating the New York skyline in the early 1930s?
The Chrysler Building
The Twin Towers
The Empire State Building
The Statue of Liberty
Which of the following was a Republican president during the economic boom?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
What was the name of the 1922 tariff act that was introduced to protect US businesses from foreign competition?
Fordney-McCumber Act
Glass-Steagall Act
Tariff Protection Act
None of the above
Not everyone benefitted from the economic boom. Coal miners saw their wages fall to what fraction of the national average?
1/2
1/3
1/4
1/8
The textile industry went into decline as new synthetic materials replaced cotton. Which of the following is an example of a synthetic material?
Rayon
Wool
Linen
Cloth
Rural communities tended not to experience many benefits of the boom, such as electrification. By 1930, what percentage of farms still didn't have electricity?
10%
40%
70%
90%
Increased foreign competition meant the price of wheat fell from $183 a bushel in 1920 to how much in 1929?
38 cents
$15
$50
$138
The US remained an unequal society in the boom years. What percentage of people lived below the poverty line in 1929?
5%
10%
15%
20%
Many black Americans in the south were agricultural workers who passed on a share of their farmed crop to the landowner. What was this known as?
Farm hand
Farm labourer
Share labourer
Share cropper
Why was an attempt to provide federal relief for farmers in 1924 not passed?
It was ruled to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
Because people believed in rugged individualism
President Coolidge vetoed the bill as government intervention in the economy was deemed undesirable
There were riots in protest
What happened in Europe at the end of WWI that meant a high volume of American food imports were no longer needed?
Food production decreased due to high fatalities
Food production decreased due to famine
Food production increased due to demobilisation
Food production increased due to mass production
