WorksheetsCPUSH: Unit 4.1.1 Quiz -- Roaring (Giving em the Business)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
