Republican economic policies:

Lowered taxes for the rich, decreased control in business

The huge growth in business was allowed for because:

Lack of government restrictions on big business

The Fordney-McCumber Act 1922

Increased tariffs on foreign goods

'Buying on the margin' was:

investing in shares with 10-20% deposit

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Consumerism and growth in 1920s USA

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A quiz on part of the USA 1920s component of the HSC syllabus

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1
Republican economic policies:
Lowered taxes for the rich, decreased control in business
Increased restrictions in business, lowered taxes for rich
Lowered taxes for all, decreased control in businesses
Appointed mates to cabinet positions (wait, that's Trump!)
2
Between 1914 and 1929, advertising revenue increased:
Five times
One hundred times
Twenty times
Ten times
3
The huge growth in business was allowed for because:
Shares were available for all Americans
Excessive workers' rights and pay
Republican foreign policy
Lack of government restrictions on big business
4
The Jazz age was known as:
The Brooklyn Dark Ages
The Manhattan Medieval
The Bronx Age of Discovery
The Harlem Renaissance
5
The Fordney-McCumber Act 1922
Increased availability of business loads
Increased taxes on the poorer classes
Increased tariffs on American goods
Increased tariffs on foreign goods
6
The style of music that took off in the 1920s was
Jazz
Soul
Blues
Reggae
7
Radio influenced society as it brought to Americans:
Communism
News for the first time
Celebrities like Charlie Chaplin
Music and sport
8
The most famous and successful car built at this time was the:
Model T Ford
Model V Ford
Model F Ford
Model S Ford
9
'Buying on the margin' was:
Borrowing more than the shares are worth
investing in shares with 10-20% deposit
Selling shares when they've made 10-20% profit
Investing in shares with family savings
10
Henry Ford avoided employing Union employees by:
Lowering taxes on wealthy business owners
Giving cars to employees that meet their targets
Applying Taylorism to the factory assembly lines
Increasing daily pay to $5
11
By 1930, what proportion of American households owned a radio?
60%
40%
80%
30%
12
Taylorism was designed to increase
workers' output
workers' pay
workers' job satisfaction
workers' rights
13
Ford adopted this type of thinking to the processes in his factories
Assembly line
Taylorism
Hooverism
Fordism
14
The car influenced the 1920s population as it:
allowed for new industries
all of the above
gave people more freedom
encouraged tourism and travel
15
Lowering taxes on the business owners was believed to:
Boost the economy
Encourage investment in other businesses
All of the above
Trickle down to the poorer classes
16
The impact of increased tariffs on foreign goods:
Damaged foreign economies and ability to repay US loans
Caused foreign countries to retaliate with their tariffs
Helped to protect American industries
All of the above
17
The most famous sportsman of the 1920s was
Babe Ruth
Babe Rebecca
Babe Helen
Babe Hilda

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