Allowing investors to purchase stock for only a fraction of its price and borrowing the rest. This idea contributed to the "Get Rich Quick Attitude" of American citizens.
What is buying on margin?
100
Isolationism
What is the Presidential foreign policy of the 1920s?
100
A government that owns all land and property
What is communism?
100
Ordinary people
What type of people Ford targeted with his automobiles?
100
In this famous court case the Supreme Court justified silencing free speech during war time
What is Schenk vs the United States?
200
Economy that depends on a large amount of spending by consumers
What is a Consumer Economy?
200
Laissez-faire
What is the Republican's policy towards business?
200
Event that began the Red Scare
What is the Russian Revolution?
200
Name of Henry Ford's first successful car
What is the Model T?
200
New resources, new technology, and new management methods
Why productivity raised in the 1920s?
300
Installment Plans,
Buying on Credit,
and the Demand for new electric appliances
What fueled the growth of the consumer economy?
300
An agreement between nation's not use the threat of war when dealing with each other
What is the Kellog-Briand Pact?
300
The intense fear of communism and other radical ideas
What is the Red Scare?
300
New businesses brought about by the increase in automobiles
What is motels and gas stations?
300
Idea that is openly hostile to American beleifs
What is communism?
400
Uneven prosperity, personal debt, overproduction, and stock market speculation
What are economic danger signs?
400
National Origins Act
What is the 1921 law restricting immigration?
400
Two Italian immigrants who were executed because they were found guilty of murder in 1920s Boston. Some believe they were not guilty.
Who is Sacco and Vanzetti?
400
Method Henry Ford perfected to make automobiles faster and more efficient
What is the assembly line?
500
Communism was blamed for starting this event, however the real cause was the fact that the cost of living increased dramatically.
What is the cause of the Labor Strikes of 1919?
500
Scandal during Harding's administration that revealed the fact that his Secretary of the Interior had accepted bribes from oilmen for the right to drill on government land.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
500
Organized by the Attorney General of the US to root out groups whose activities were a danger to the US
What is the Palmer Raids?
500
Method Henry Ford used to gain control of the automobile industry