USA- Boom Flashcards
(18 cards)
By what % did average incomes increase in the 1920s?
27%
What % of farms had electricity in the 1920s?
Less than 10%
What happened to road length in 1920s?
Doubled
How many cars sold in 1919 and 1929?
9 million and 29 million
4 groups who benefitted from Boom
Immigrants
Factory workers
Rich/ middle class people
Unskilled workers
Telephones sold by 1930
20 million
% of radios bought on credit
80%
% of cars bought on credit
60%
3 republican presidents in 1920s
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
5 republican policies of 1920s
Low taxation Laizzez-Faire Import tariffs Trusts Normalcy
American state of mind during 20s
Spending is good
% of semiskilled workers who owned a car
3%
2 groups who did NOT like the roaring 20s
Religious, rural
Controversial Hollywood film of the 20s
Up in Mabels room
When a woman sins
2 female Hollywood stars
Theda Bara
Clara Bow
Jazz musician of the 20s
Duke Ellington,
Louis Armstrong,
Bessie Smith
Male film star of 20s
Charlie Chaplain,
Buster Keaton,
Rudolph Valentino
What was the first talkie made in 1927 in Hollywood
The Jazz Singer
