Thursday 5 April 2012

Chapter Twenty-Four

10. What is installment buying?

For just 10 small payments of $19.95, you too can purchase your very own Snuggie!!!!

11. What did Charles Lindbergh accomplish?

Flew across the Atlantic in 36 hours in an airplane. He was considered a hero by the American public after accomplishing such a feat.

12. Name three important musicians.

Duke Ellington, Besie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman, Bix Biederbecke, and King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.

13. How was the Red Scare used to turn the public against unions?


The strikers from the unions were labeled red agitators and thought of as communists by the public, thus making them lose support.


14. How did President Harding feel about the League of Nations?

Along with Coolidge, Harding favoured minimum involvement with worldly affairs. They wanted World Peace, but didn't want to join the League of Nations because it would get them involved with international arguments.


15. What new forms of entertainment were available to the American people in the 1920's as a result of new technology?

Listening to Radio, Driving Automobiles, Watching Movies, Listening to Phonograph records,


16. Re-create the diagram below and describe what you think are the advantages and disadvantages of scientific management.

Advantages: Lowered costs. Increased productivity. Better wages. Birth of Assembly Line. (Could be good or bad :o )
Disadvantages: Propaganda techniques used to advertise.

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