By 1929, what percentage of American houses had electric lighting?
20 per cent
40 per cent
70 per cent
In 1908, a Ford car cost $850. What did it cost in 1925?
$1,000
$500
$290
Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover were all what?
Republican presidents
Democratic presidents
Supreme Court Judges
Who promised "a return to normality"?
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Which term is used to describe limited interference by government in the running of the economy?
Protectionism
Laissez-faire
Rugged individualism
When was the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act passed?
1914
1922
1929
What new types of building were constructed in city centres in the 1920s?
Skyscrapers
Shops
Factories
Who benefited from the boom?
Sharecroppers
Assembly line workers
Coal miners
How many farmers lost their farms in 1924 alone?
250,000
600,000
1 million
What happened to the ship building industry during the 1920s?
Better wages and working conditions for workers
Increase in demand but wages remained the same for workers
Reduced demand and thousands of workers made redundant