15-4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
01. What was the most constant force in the 1920s?
Change
02. How long was the average factory workweek in the mid-Twenties? How long was it in 1900?
50 hrs/60 hrs
03. Shorter workweeks produced more of what?
Leisure Time
04. What was the name of the first national radio station?
KDKA
05. KDKA was found in which city?
Pittsburgh
06. What percent of the early radio stations were controlled by newspaper companies?
25
07. Name the first company to “franchise” radio stations.
NBC
08. What does NBC stand for?
National Broadcasting Company
09. The movie industry was dominated in the Twenties by which three companies?
MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Warner Brothers, and Columbia
10. Movies with sound were called what?
“Talkies”
11. When was the first “talkie”?
1927
12. Which movie was the first “talkie”?
The Jazz Singer
13. Who starred in the first “talkie”?
Al Jolson
14. America was anxious for national heroes after which event?
World War I
15. Which actress was known as “America’s Sweetheart”?
Mary Pickford
16. Which actress was known as the “it” girl?
Clara Bow
17. Which actor was known as the “little tramp”?
Charlie Chaplin
18. Which actor was known as the Sheik?
Rudolph Valentino
19. Who was the leading baseball figure in the Twenties?
Babe Ruth
20. Babe Ruth played for which team?
New York Yankees
21. Babe Ruth set a home run record in 1927. How many did he hit?
60
22. Who were the leading boxers of the Twenties?
Jack Dempsey/Gene Tunney
23. Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?
Gertrude Ederle
24. Who was the most popular figure of the Twenties?
Charles Lindbergh
25. How old was Lindbergh when he became a national hero?
25
26. Lindbergh flew from New York to where?
Paris
27. Lindbergh made the flight in order to win how much in prize money?
$25,000
28. What was the name of Lindbergh’s plane?
Spirit of St. Louis
29. Name the first grocery chain.
A&P
30. What was the name of the first fast-food chain?
A & W Root Beer
31. Which new trend made people want to buy certain goods?
Advertising
32. Due to advertising, products became synonymous with what?
Brand Names
33. The government created which three things to assist the auto industry?
Road Systems/Parks/Beaches
34. Henry Ford was from which state?
Michigan
35. What name was given to Ford’s first gasoline driven “auto”?
Quadricycle
36. Ford Motor was established in which year?
1903
37. What was the name of Ford’s first mass-produced auto?
Model T
38. Ford applied which industrial method that allowed him to mass-produce autos?
Assembly Line
39. How did the consumer benefit from Ford’s assembly line?
Cheaper Autos
40. Which corporation surpassed Ford in auto sales in the mid-Twenties?
General Motors
41. General Motors produced which popular auto in the Twenties?
Chevrolet
42. What made the Chevy so popular in the mid-Twenties?
Multiple Colors
43. What was the nickname of Ford’s Model T?
Tin Lizzie
44. Ford’s Model T only came in which color?
Black
45. Which auto by Ford came in numerous colors in the Twenties?
Model A
46. In 1914 Ford became famous for paying his workers how much per day? How did this compare to other factories?
$5/Double
47. Ford used violence to keep what out of his factories?
Unions
48. What was the name of Ford’s newspaper?
Dearborn Independent
49. Ford’s newspaper attacked which religious group?
Jews
50. Ford blamed the social and moral changes in society on whom?
Jews
Change
02. How long was the average factory workweek in the mid-Twenties? How long was it in 1900?
50 hrs/60 hrs
03. Shorter workweeks produced more of what?
Leisure Time
04. What was the name of the first national radio station?
KDKA
05. KDKA was found in which city?
Pittsburgh
06. What percent of the early radio stations were controlled by newspaper companies?
25
07. Name the first company to “franchise” radio stations.
NBC
08. What does NBC stand for?
National Broadcasting Company
09. The movie industry was dominated in the Twenties by which three companies?
MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Warner Brothers, and Columbia
10. Movies with sound were called what?
“Talkies”
11. When was the first “talkie”?
1927
12. Which movie was the first “talkie”?
The Jazz Singer
13. Who starred in the first “talkie”?
Al Jolson
14. America was anxious for national heroes after which event?
World War I
15. Which actress was known as “America’s Sweetheart”?
Mary Pickford
16. Which actress was known as the “it” girl?
Clara Bow
17. Which actor was known as the “little tramp”?
Charlie Chaplin
18. Which actor was known as the Sheik?
Rudolph Valentino
19. Who was the leading baseball figure in the Twenties?
Babe Ruth
20. Babe Ruth played for which team?
New York Yankees
21. Babe Ruth set a home run record in 1927. How many did he hit?
60
22. Who were the leading boxers of the Twenties?
Jack Dempsey/Gene Tunney
23. Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?
Gertrude Ederle
24. Who was the most popular figure of the Twenties?
Charles Lindbergh
25. How old was Lindbergh when he became a national hero?
25
26. Lindbergh flew from New York to where?
Paris
27. Lindbergh made the flight in order to win how much in prize money?
$25,000
28. What was the name of Lindbergh’s plane?
Spirit of St. Louis
29. Name the first grocery chain.
A&P
30. What was the name of the first fast-food chain?
A & W Root Beer
31. Which new trend made people want to buy certain goods?
Advertising
32. Due to advertising, products became synonymous with what?
Brand Names
33. The government created which three things to assist the auto industry?
Road Systems/Parks/Beaches
34. Henry Ford was from which state?
Michigan
35. What name was given to Ford’s first gasoline driven “auto”?
Quadricycle
36. Ford Motor was established in which year?
1903
37. What was the name of Ford’s first mass-produced auto?
Model T
38. Ford applied which industrial method that allowed him to mass-produce autos?
Assembly Line
39. How did the consumer benefit from Ford’s assembly line?
Cheaper Autos
40. Which corporation surpassed Ford in auto sales in the mid-Twenties?
General Motors
41. General Motors produced which popular auto in the Twenties?
Chevrolet
42. What made the Chevy so popular in the mid-Twenties?
Multiple Colors
43. What was the nickname of Ford’s Model T?
Tin Lizzie
44. Ford’s Model T only came in which color?
Black
45. Which auto by Ford came in numerous colors in the Twenties?
Model A
46. In 1914 Ford became famous for paying his workers how much per day? How did this compare to other factories?
$5/Double
47. Ford used violence to keep what out of his factories?
Unions
48. What was the name of Ford’s newspaper?
Dearborn Independent
49. Ford’s newspaper attacked which religious group?
Jews
50. Ford blamed the social and moral changes in society on whom?
Jews