Zusammenfassung der Ressource
History
- USA 1918-41
- 1920's boom
- STATE OF MIND- people believed the good economy would last forever
- NEW INDUSTRIES- Ford introduced production line
- REPUBLICAN POLICIES- no gov. interference, high import tax, low internal tax
- WW1- supplies sold to Europe, European rivals unable to compete
- INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH- rich in natural resources, large work forces
- Negatives
- 32% of USA's wealth went to 5% of richest people
- Grain farmers had surplus>deflation, no interference from gov.
- Traditional industries struggled against modern rivals
- Farmers blamed black sharecroppers> KKK have 4 million members by 1925
- Immigration act of 1924 limited number of
immigrants who could enter US from any country
to 2% of the number of people from that country
who were already living in the US in 1980 and
completely excluded the immigration of asians
- Roaring 20's
- ADVERTISING
- HOLLYWOOD
- FLAPPERS
- DANCE CRAZES
- SPORTS
- JAZZ MUSIC
- RADIO
- CARS
- Red scare
- all immigrants were communist
- W.A.S.P's
- "Communist revolution in 1920"- President
Mitchell Palmer
- 1929- No Asian immigrants, N Europeans were to be
85% of immigrants and no more than 150,000
immigrants per year