Study Guide Chapter 24

Industry in the 1920s

Oligopolies spread the control of an entire industry by a few giant firms. The number of
automobiles manufacturers dropped from 108 to 44, with only 3 (or !" and
#hrysler$ producing 8%& of the nations cars and eliminating competition from small
firms
In the 1920s, Europeans used the term Fordize as a synonym for:
'mericani(e, meaning mechani(e (combining machinery and technology$.
By the 1920s, workers in enry !ord"s automo#i$e industry did their work in:
did their wor) in a solemn atmosphere that emphasi(ed ma)ing money o*er
indi*iduality.
Effe%ts of the automo#i$e industry"s &rowth in%$uded a$$ of the fo$$owin& e'%ept
reducing the use of assembly+line production
(he main for%e #ehind the 1920s e%onomy was:
automobile production
)u*ont emer&ed as a powerfu$ %orporation in the:
chemical industry
+ ma,or industria$ trend of the 1920s was:
,ncome doesn-t )eep up with the cost of li*ing ."'// 01O23#T,O4.
(he term ---------- refers to a situation in whi%h a few $ar&e %orporations %ontro$ an industry.
Oligopolies
+$$ of the fo$$owin& were aspe%ts of the open shop %ampai&n E/CE*(
the extension of collective bargaining rights for unskilled
laborers
*roponents of welfare capitalism #e$ie0ed that:
corporations could undercut unions by providing certain
benefits
Workers should rely on corporations not unions
+s the nation"s produ%ti0ity in%reased:
wages were not increased
1hen 2rea$ wa&es2 fai$ed to keep pa%e in the period from 192341925:
consumers turned to installment payment to get by.
Se0era$ 2si%k2 industries e'perien%ed a$$ of the fo$$owin& pro#$ems
high corporate profits
(he te'ti$e industry %oped with a drop in e%onomi% prosperity #y:
/hifting to cheaper labor in the /outh
)urin& the 1920s, +meri%an a&ri%u$ture:
4e*er reco*ered from the 1561 depression7low prices and surplus
(he 6epu#$i%an presidents of the 1920s:
wanted more business in go*ernment8 9less go*ernment in business, more business in
go*ernment:
+fter the 1920 e$e%tions, 6epu#$i%ans %ontro$$ed:
The presidency and both house of #ongress
the ardin& administration
;ower ta<es, pro+business, scandal
Senator Geor&e 7orris of 7e#raska %riti%i8ed the ardin& administration for:
=eing too friendly with big business
)urin& the ardin& administration, the Supreme Court:
became more pro+business
(he (eapot )ome s%anda$:
scandal during the 0resident >arren ?arding@s administrationA in*ol*ed /ecretary of the
,nterior 'lbert
Ca$0in Coo$id&e %ontinued:
?arding-s =usiness Themes
(he e$e%tion of 1924
#oolidge, ;a ollette, and 2a*is
;a ollette, 0rogressi*e party won one state
#oolidge wins
(he Sheppard4(owner +%t:
pro*ided federal funds for infant and maternity care
*o$iti%ians stopped supportin& women"s reform issues:
when they realized women were not voting as a
block
B$a%ks mi&rated to the ur#an 7orth for the fo$$owin& reasons
to escape segregation of the /outh, for more Bobs opportunities
Effe%ts of the Great 9i&ration in%$uded a$$ of the fo$$owin& E/CE*(
ending housing and Bob discrimination in the 4orth
(he ar$em 6enaissan%e:
featured some of the greatest literature, music, and visual art of the era
Su#ur#ani8ation in the 1920s:
1as possi#$e #e%ause of the %ar
Which statement about living patterns in the1920s is NOT true?
the ma,ority of +meri%an sti$$ $i0ed in rura$ areas
1hat did *resident Coo$id&e %a$$ 2one of the most potent inf$uen%es2 on modern $ife:
+d0ertisin&
(he e%onomy of the 1920s
the de0e$opment of the radio industry
It was not until the 1930s that radio experienced a large boom in popularity
Inno0ations in the mo0ie industry of the 1920s
using the mass growthof commercial television to promote films
(he fi$m industry of the 20s
In%reased in popu$arity, he$ped spread %ommon 0a$ues
;a88 had its roots in ---------- musi%.
+fri%an +meri%an
Ba#e 6uth #e%ame a popu$ar %e$e#rity for a$$ of the fo$$owin& reasons E/CE*(
belief that celebrity status should be combined with political activism
1hi%h sports were enormous$y popu$ar in the 1920s:
Base#a$$, #o'in&, %o$$e&e foot#a$$
Char$es <ind#er&h #e%ame a %e$e#rity when he:
1as the first to f$y nonstop a%ross the +t$anti%
A Farewell to Arms
+tta%k on war
1riters of the <ost Generation:
emin&way, <ewis, !it8&era$d
(he 7ationa$ =ri&ins +%t of 1924 was aimed at $imitin& the immi&ration of:
;apanese, Eastern>Southern Europeans
7ati0ists promoted:
restri%ted immi&ration of non4+n&$o4Sa'ons
+ 1929 $aw prohi#ited immi&ration from:
;apan
Spe%ifi% re?uirements for ,oinin& the @$an
white, protestant, nati0e #orn
the @u @$u' @$an in the 1920s
in%reased in mem#ership, &rowin& hate
1hi%h &roup wou$d ha0e 7=( #een stron& supporters of prohi#ition:
immi&rates
(he S%opes (ria$ re0ea$ed fundamenta$ists" dis%omfort with:
E0o$ution
+ dramati% point of the S%opes (ria$ o%%urred when:
1i$$iam ;ennin&s Bryan was %a$$ed to the stand
In an effort to e'pand markets and a0oid forei&n tariffs, A.S. %ompanies:
&ot appro0e to #e mu$ti4nationa$: no tariffs
In the @e$$o&&4Briand *a%t, the A.S.:
Bout$awed war fore0erC
(he 2Good 7ei&h#or *o$i%y2 was desi&ned to:
promote &ood re$ations with <atin +meri%a
!a%tors that $ed to er#ert oo0er"s 0i%tory in 192D in%$uded
(riumph o0er po0erty
+$fred E. Smith"s main sour%e of e$e%tora$ support in the 192D presidentia$ e$e%tion was in the:
South
(he most ominous trend of the 1920s was:
une0en distri#ution of wea$th e0en thou&h there was prosperity