Question
Kit homes sold by this company were used to construct the town of Hopewell, Virginia, for the DuPont company. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Michigan-based company whose namesake planned community failed after the end of the Florida land boom. This pioneer of mail-order homes competed with Sears and Montgomery Ward.
ANSWER: Aladdin [or The Aladdin Company]
[10e] The decline of kit houses was due to the encouragement of homeowners to refinance mortgages at a lower rate by the Federal Housing Administration, passed as part of this series of reforms that included the WPA and FDIC.
ANSWER: New Deal
[10m] A large concentration of kit homes was purchased from Sears by this other company for its “addition” neighborhood in Carlinville, Illinois. Stephen Harkness and Henry Flagler were co-founders of this company.
ANSWER: Standard Oil
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