1. The Roaring Twenties Flashcards
What were the causes of the economic boom?
- Raw materials
- New industries, electrical goods
- Government policies, Laissez Faire
- Hire purchase, ‘buy now pay later’
What were the “Roaring Twenties”?
The Roaring Twenties were a name given to the 1920s as it was a time where the American economy prospered.
What industries prospered in 1920s America?
- New industries
- Cars - Ford, Chrysler, General Motors
- Electrical goods - vacuum, radio
- Chemicals
What were the problems in agriculture during 1920s America?
- Cheap imports.
- New machinery leading to overproduction.
- Sharecroppers were paid in goods rather than money.
- Less than 10% had electricity
Who did not share the prosperity of the 1920s?
Farmers, workers, minorities
What were the crazes of 1920s America?
- Cinema
- Sport
- Music (jazz especially)
- Night clubs
- Radio
Who was the American president elected in 1920?
Warren G. Harding
Who became president of America after Warren Harding died?
Calvin Coolidge
What made it illegal to sell or distribute alcohol in America from 1920-1932?
Prohibition
Which Amendment created Prohibition?
18th
What were alcohol smugglers known as during prohibition in America?
Bootleggers
Bars that operated illegally during the time of Prohibition were called what?
Speakeasies
What bad thing happened during Prohibition?
Organised crime increased and got more power.
Which Amendment ended Prohibition?
21st
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote in America?
19th
Who introduced the assembly line to his automobile plant in 1913?
Henry Ford
The name of a famous movie star comedian in 1920s America
Charlie Chaplin
Young women in the 1920s who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting
Flappers
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
An African-American cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s, centered in Harlem, that celebrated black traditions, the black voice, and black ways of life.
What was the Red Scare?
The time in the 1920s when people were afraid of immigrants, Communists and Anarchists. People were arrested just because they fell into one of those groups.
The name of the trial when 2 Italian Anarchists were convicted of murder and robbery with questionable evidence.
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial.
What were the Palmer Raids?
The Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States
The trial of a Tennessee schoolteacher who taught evolution in a science class.
Scopes Trial
What organisation, which was against Catholics, Jews, and people of colour, grew large during the 1920s?
Ku Klux Klan
What year was Herbert Hoover elected president?
1928
Why did the Stock Exchange collapse?
- Overproduction;
- Unequal distribution of wealth.
- Tariff Policy.
- Financial Speculation.
