The 'Boom'

The 'Boom'

what?
1. Economic growth
  1. Stock market
2. 'a period of economic prosperity
Why?
1. New methods of buying and selling
  1. Hire purchase/ credit
  2. catalogues, mail order
  3. Advertising
    1. e.g commercial radio stations
2. New production methods
  1. mass production
    1. Henry T Ford pioneer of assembly lines
      1. Tin LIzzy 1911
        one produced every 10 seconds
        engines same size
        all same colour
        so many produced was relatively cheap
3. confidence/state of mind
  1. consumerism became fashionable
  2. led to ordinary people buying shares
4. Republican Policies
  1. Tariffs
    1. import taxes
5. WW1
  1. joined April 1917
  2. US stole international customers from GB + Germany
  3. supplied goods to GB and France
6. Industrial strength
  1. Lots of people
  2. Rich in raw/natural resources
Social Impact
1. Women
  1. Flappers
    1. young, middle class, urban
    2. Smoked
    3. Drank
    4. No chaperone
    5. some openly lesbian
    6. fashion
      1. knee length skirts
      2. makeup
      3. short hair
2. entertainment
  1. disposable income
  2. charleston
  3. Jazz and blues
    1. Louis Armstrong
  4. Films
    1. the jazz singer 1927
      1. first 'talkie'
      2. Al Johnson
    2. Charlie Chaplin
    3. Gloria Swanson
    4. Rudolf Valentino
    5. Mary Pickford
Isolationism
1. America did not join the League of Nations
  1. Was weaker as result
2. America did not want to be involved in European affairs
3. led to tariff policies
4. led to attempts to limit immigration to keep America for WASPs

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