Quinqueer Chapter 8 online quizzies
What group of Americans found themselves let go from factory positions when servicemen returned from war?
African americans
Who was the first cabinet official in U.S. history to go
Albert Fall
Which two of Harding's appointees remained under President Coolidge and contributed greatly to the prosperity of the 1920s?
Andrew Mellon and Herbert Hoover
What new type of products changed the lives of homemakers in the 1920s?
Electric appliances
Which describes the factors that led to the "quiet depression" in American agriculture after World War I?
European demand for crops dropped, while farmers' debts remained the same.
What was the result of the Kelly Act, passed by Congress in 1925?
It gave commercial airlines an economic boost
What was the success of the Washington Conference?
It resulted in several countries agreeing to a moratorium on the construction of warships.
What technological advancement in industry allowed for shorter workweeks for factory workers?
Mass production
Consumerism led to which of the following changes in views on debt and borrowing?
More Americans found it acceptable to use consumer credit for purchases.
What position did Herbert Hoover hold in the Coolidge administration?
Secretary of commerce
What consumer product changed American society more than any other?
The automobile
President Harding's cabinet appointments, including his friends from Ohio, were referred to as _______.
The ohio gang
What caused the emergence of the new consumer products which flooded the market in the 1920s?
The rise in disposable income
Which famous scandal involved the secretary of the interior taking bribes to lease oil reserves to private interests?
The teapot dome scandle
Rather than relying on armed force to influence global policy during the 1920s, the U.S. used _______.
economic policies and arms agreements
During the Forbes Scandal, what was Colonel Charles Forbes accused of doing?
selling scarce medical supplies from veterans' hospitals for personal profit
Mellon's principle of cutting tax rates in order to stimulate the economy is known today as _______.
supply-side, or "trickle down," economics
What process, first adopted by Henry Ford, allowed the price of products to be reduced while volume of sales increased?
the moving assembly line
Why did Henry Ford double his factory workers' pay while decreasing their hours?
to create loyalty and counteract unionization
Attorney General Harry Daugherty was accused of accepting bribes in order to _______.
transfer ownership of a German-owned chemical company seized during World War I