Roaring 20's

USA's reaction to WW1
1. League of Nations
  1. Woodrow Wilson's idea
    1. Would act as world parliament-Stop another war happening
  2. America didn't join
    1. Wilson wanted to but American people didn't want to join
  3. Americans didn't trust League of Natiosn
    1. Upset about large number losses in WW1
      1. Felt they would be obliged to fight if they joined
        Worried about costs
        Didn't want to help Britain and France with colonies, went against freedom and democracy
Isolationism
1. WW1
  1. US economy boomed
  2. US exported foods and weapons to Europe
  3. Joined allies in 1917
  4. European countries bout US goods with US loans
2. European Imports
  1. US businesses worried about cheap foreign goods
  2. Unemployment high in Europe
    1. People willing to work at low costs
  3. If people bought cheap European goods
    1. Loss of jobs
    2. Lower profit for US companies
    3. Less money in taxes
3. Tarrifs
  1. Harding (1921) brought in Emergency Tariff Act- May 1921
    1. Increases tariff rates on farm goods
  2. Fordney-McCumber Tariff- 1922
4. Immigration Control
  1. Open doors before WW1
  2. WASP's want limit on immigration
    1. Thought anarchists+communists coming in
      1. Also Asian, Catholic+ Jewish
  3. 1921 Quota system put in
Prosperity
1. Low inflation, unemployment, interest rates
2. Cities made more modern
3. Consumer boom
4. Ad's became big business and encourged spending
5. Income tax reduced so people have more money
6. Banks encouraged to give loans on easier terms
7. 1.5 mil Americans bought shares in 1920's
8. Motor industry created lots of jobs
9. Cars more affordable
10. Assembly line introduced
Poverty
1. Maldistribution of wealth
  1. Richest 5% owned 33% of wealth
2. Urban poverty due to high numbers
3. African Americans moved from South to North due to predjudice
4. Old industries did bad e.g coal due to new industries like cars
5. Overproduction
6. Farm population shrunk
Intolerance
1. Prejudice against new immigrants
2. Red scare
  1. 1919 Gov set up bombing around country
  2. Deported over 4000+
3. Sacco + Vanzetti case
  1. Executed on basis on very little evidence (1927)
4. 1921 Quota system
5. 1924- National Origins Act
6. KKK popularity increased after Birth of a Nation
  1. 1925- 4 mil members
  2. Used violence + intimidation
  3. Hated immigrants, Jews, Catholics, Blacks (basically anyone who wasn't a WASP)
7. Jim Crow laws in South
  1. Forced segregation
    1. 'Separate but equal'
Prohibition
1. MAMBA
  1. Movements: CTM, ASL
    1. Claimed alcohol led to violence, immoral behaviour+ family problems
  2. Anti-German feeling
    1. Most breweries German, US just came out of war with Germany
  3. Middle Class
    1. Blamed alcohol for disorder within immigrants
  4. Business
    1. Blamed alcohol for unreliability within workers
  5. Already existed
    1. In some states
2. Organised Crime
  1. Hijackers; Stole alcohol
  2. Moonshine; homemade liquor
  3. Bootleggers; smuggled in alcohol
Social Developments
The Wall Street Crash

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