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The Roaring 20's FLASHCARDS
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- 1How was the USA divided in the 1920sRacially, Morally and Financially
- 2What was there a very mixed opinion on?Prohibition and the conduct of Women
- 3In terms of finance very few people benefited from the boom and over ___% were in ____over 40% were in poverty
- 4What was ProhibitionThe banning of alcohol
- 5Why did people hate alcohol?-Alcohol was linked to madness
-it destroyed families
-3000 infants were killed by their drunken parents
-Some breweries were owned by Germans, people were seen to be traitors for drinking alcohol - 6What did The Jim Crow Laws do?segregated black people.
- 7What did The Quota System and the National Origins Act do?Aimed to restrict immigration into the USA
- 8Why were the KKK a significant movement?It demonstrated that people were racially judged in the 1920s
- 9What 3 things contributed to the wall street crash?Government policies, financial division and overproduction.
- 10What happened on 24th October 1929?13 million shares were sold on this day because of the little confidence in economy.
- 11What did leading figures try to do?Buy shares in order to restore confidence and stop panic.
- 12What caused a TRADE BARRIER with Europe?the USA's policy of economic isolationism.
- 13Entertainment: ____ and ____ industry boomed.Cinema and Radio
- 14Why did Cinema and Radio industry boomMore people could afford to spend money on entertainment.
- 15Why did industry boom?New mass production techniques made products cheaper to make therefore cheaper to buy.
- 16What 4 things aloud the USA to achieve prosperityIndustry, Manufactureing, finance and entertainment.
- 17What did President Hardings tarff act do?It put a tariff on any foreign made goods imported into america, therefore making Americans have to buy AMERICAN goods, and not the foreign ones
- 18What things to the 1922 Fordney McCumber Act do?But tariffs on all foreign made goods sold in the USA.
Protect american industries and encourage Americans to buy home produced goods
Produce more jobs for American workers - 19How did the 1922 Fordney McCumber Act backfire?Foreign countries did the exact same to America
- 20Why was Prohibition so difficult?Gangsters corrupted Police officers and Judges
Bootleggers could easily smuggle alcohol into the country
People were not prepared to stop drinking alcohol
Not many prohibition agents to enforce the law.
People made their own alcohol called Moonshine and sold it in Speakeasies - 21Some effects of MoonshineBlinded people
Killed people - 22What did prohibition encourage?Crime
- 23What was Mass Production?A new method of producing large quantities of goods at cheaper prices.
- 24What did jazz music do>Gave opportunities to black musicians
- 25What were flappers?Young women who wore short skirts and shirts, cut their hair, smoked and wore makeup
- 26How could people by lots of expensive goods?People could pay a small deposit and then pay the rest later. However, if you lost your job, you would owe a huge amount of money.
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- Flashcards on The Roaring 20's FLASHCARDS, created by Tim Parker on 19/01/2015.
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- Tim Parker · Jan 2015
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