1920'S USA

Question 1

Examples of Jim Crow laws.

Answer 1

• Seperate schools where school for black people were inferior meaning that their education is lacking
• Black americans could not serve on juries
• Voting was made difficult for African-Americans
  
  • PAY A POLL TAX: due to low wages african american couldnt pay tax which meant that they couldnt vote
  • LITERACY TEST: You had to pass a literacy test to be able to vote, and due to poor education may didnt pass. Tjose who did pass were threatned and attacked when trying to vote
  • GRANDFATHER CLAUSE: This excluded anyone whose grandfather was an enslaved person from voting

Question 2

What was the KKK?

Answer 2

The Ku Klux Klan was a group of white supremacists who believed that white people were superior.

Question 3

What did the KKK do?

Answer 3

The KKK tookj part in racist activities such as lynching, attacks, raping, murdering, white hooded marches and burning crosses.

Question 4

How did the KKK stay in power for so long?

Answer 4

Police often didnt step in to help when attacks were made and memebers of the KKK were often rich and powerful.

Question 5

Why did African-Americans in the southern states suffer more than African-Americans in the northern states?

Answer 5

Jim crow laws in the southern states meant that segragation and racism was extremely prominent.

Question 6

What was the 18th amendament made in 1918?

Answer 6

The USA constitution made it illegal to manufacture, transport and sell alcohol in the USA. This was called prohibition.

Question 7

Why was prohibition introduced?

Answer 7

• It affected peoples health
• It was seen as a reason for violence and crime
• it was seen as against gods will

Question 8

Northern states still had discrimination. Examples include…

Answer 8

• Unmatched wages to white people doing the same job
• They lived in ghettos
• Black Americans were always the first to be sacked
• Attacks from white people (specifically the Ku Klux Klan (KKK))

Question 9

The KKK began in 1915, how many members were there by 1921?

Answer 9

Over 100,000

Question 10

Why could prohibition be seen as a failure?

Answer 10

• It resulted in thousands of speakeasies (illegal underground bars)
• There was increase of violence (1926-1927 there were around 130 gangland murders, many of which linked to Al Capone)

Question 11

When was prohibition ended?

Answer 11

1933

Question 12

How did the raoring twenties help black Americans?

Answer 12

Development of Jazz meant more people started rejecting racist social views

Question 13

Why was the 1920 known as the ‘Roaring Twenties’ in America?

Answer 13

The economic boom and cultural changes.

Question 14

Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933)

Answer 14

This law limited agricultural production to reduce surpluses and therefore increase prices. Under this law, the government paid farmers not to plant on their land and to slaughter excess livestock.

Question 15

What were some reasons for the 1920 ecnomic boom?

Answer 15

• Mass production meant large numbers of unskilled workers could be employed
• People were investing in stock markets
• Electricity made it cheaper for factories which meant more money for employees
• New ways of mass marketing

Question 16

Positive impacts of the roaring twenties.

Answer 16

• Economic growth
• Prosperity for businessmen
• Increased employment
• Greater independence for middle class women
• Develpment of entertainment

Question 17

How did the roaring twenties help women?

Answer 17

• Flapper girls had more independence and confidence

- Wider range of jobs

Question 18

Social Security Act (1935)

Answer 18

This payed financial benefits to retirees over age 65 based on lifetime payroll tax contributions; it also provides financial assistance to the handicapped and the unemployed.

Question 19

Public Works Administration (1933)

Answer 19

This agency invested more than $3 billion in public works projects such as bridges, dams, schools, and hospitals, ultimately providing jobs and partially reviving the economy.

Question 20

What were the impacts of the wall street crash?

Answer 20

• Banks collapsed (659 banks closed in 1929)
• Unemployment (people could no longer enjoy consumer goods which lead to mass unemployment)
• Unemployment lead to homelessness

Question 21

When was the Great Depression?

Answer 21

1929-1933

Question 22

What did Laissez-Faire lead to?

Answer 22

The goverment policy meant they intefered as little as possible in the c=economy. THis lead to insufficent regulation of the stock market and banks

Question 23

Why was Hoover labelled a bad president?

Answer 23

He left the economic downfall to itself and only stepped in right before he waa to be revoted - too little too late

Question 24

Why did the KKK decline in numbers?

Answer 24

A member, D C Stephenson, was found guilty of raping a young white girl on a train.

Question 25

What did Franklin D Roosevelt promise?

Answer 25

The ‘New Deal’

Question 26

Emergency Bank Relief Act (1933)

Answer 26

closed all banks for a bank holiday and invested money to help stabilise the banks

Question 27

Civilian Conservation Corps (1933)

Answer 27

This helped young, unemployed, umarried men find work such as planting trees and restoring forests. During its nine-year run, the program provided approximately 3 million men with shelter, food, clothing, and a regular salary.