Chapter 231. Reflections on The New Era, Chapter 23

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Correct. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that the 1920s saw a retreat from progressive reform and the revival of federal government support for private enterprise, but the growth of the automobile industry fueled economic prosperity and created a consumer culture that made the decade very different from the Gilded Age.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that the 1920s saw a retreat from progressive reform and the revival of federal government support for big business, but the growth of the automobile industry fueled economic prosperity and created a consumer culture that made the decade very different from the Gilded Age.

Correct. The answer is c. To support his argument that the federal government retreated from progressive reform and promoted private enterprise in the 1920s, the author uses the example of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon’s policies that cut taxes for corporations and wealthy individuals.

Incorrect. The answer is c. To support his argument that the federal government retreated from progressive reform and promoted private enterprise in the 1920s, the author uses the example of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon’s policies that cut taxes for corporations and wealthy individuals.

Correct. The answer is b. To support his argument that the auto industry functioned quite differently from the industrial operations of the Gilded Age, the author points out that Henry Ford recognized the advantages of paying his workers high wages so that they could buy his product. His insight that “mass production requires mass consumption” led him to raise wages in his factories to $5 per day so that his workers could buy cars.

Incorrect. The answer is b. To support his argument that the auto industry functioned quite differently from the industrial operations of the Gilded Age, the author points out that Henry Ford recognized the advantages of paying his workers high wages so that they could buy his product. His insight that “mass production requires mass consumption” led him to raise wages in his factories to $5 per day so that his workers could buy cars.

Correct. The answer is a. The author argues that the rapidly expanding business of advertising attacked the traditional values of thrift and saving, linked material goods to the fulfillment of every spiritual and emotional need, and stimulated Americans’ desire for new products.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author argues that the rapidly expanding business of advertising attacked the traditional values of thrift and saving, linked material goods to the fulfillment of every spiritual and emotional need, and stimulated Americans’ desire for new products.

Correct. The answer is c. The author suggests that the emergence of the automobile industry and the other industries it spawned created high levels of employment and productivity, making the United States more prosperous than ever before.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author suggests that the emergence of the automobile industry and the other industries it spawned created high levels of employment and productivity, making the United States more prosperous than ever before.

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