1920S Flashcards
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE 1920S
JIM CROW LAWS
WAYS WERE FOUND TO STOP VOTING - DIFFICULT LITERACY TESTS
HIGH TAXES - COULDNT AFFORD
FEAR THEY WOULD VOTE IN SOMEONE WHO SHOWS THEIR INTERESTS
2M MOVED NORTH
WORST HOUSING, POOREST AREAS
KKK - WHPPING,BRANDING WITH ACID, KIDNAPPING
WHAT CAUSED THE 1920 RED SCARE?
RUSSIAN REVOLOUTION 1917
WHY WAS COMMUNISM VIEWED AS A THREAT?
PEOPLE HAD PRIDE IN OWNING THEIR PROPERTY AND BUISNESSES
WHY DID FEARS OF COMMUNISM INCREASE IN 1919
8 BOMBS EXPLODED IN DIFFERENT CITIES - PALMER RAIDS
6000 SUSPECTS ARRESTED
WHO WERE SACCO AND VANZETTI?
ANARCHISTS
WRONGLY EXECUTED
BIAS AGAINST THEM
THE EMERGENCY QUOTA ACT 1921
RESTRICTED THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS ADMITTED FROM ANY COUNTRY ANNUALLY TO 357000 PER YR
LITERACY TEST 1917
HAD TO PASS A SERIES OF READING AND WRITING TESTS
THE NATIONAL ORIGINS ACT
REDUCED THE MAX NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS TO 150000 PER YR BANNED ASIAN IMMIGRATION
HOW LONG WAS PROHIBITION ENFORCED?
1920-33
WHY WAS PROHIBITION HARD TO ENFORCE
COAST GUARDS - 18600 MILES OF COAST LINE - NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MONITOR ACTIVITY
RESULT OF PROHIBITION
CONSUMPTION DECREASED BY 30% IN EARLY 1920S
MOONSHINE
SPEAKEASIES
BOOTLEGGERS
INCREASED GANG ACTIVITY - ORGANISED CRIME
NYC - 32000 SPEAKEASIES - 15000 PREVIOUSLY
ST VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE
RESULT OF THE ECONOMIC BOOM
UNEMPLOYMENT DECREASED
MORE CONSUMER GOODS
RADIOS VACUUMS WASHING MACHINES
STORE CREDIT - BUY NOW PAY LATER - CHARGED INTEREST
WHAT CAUSED THE ECONOMIC BOOM?
NATURAL RESOURCES - NO IMPORTATION
WW1 - LOANED MONEY BOUGHT EQUIPMENT
REPUBLICAN POLICIES - TAXES CUT - MORE MONEY TO START BUSINESSES
CONSUMER GOODS
ADS
HIRE PURCHASE
WOMEN IN THE 1920S
COULDNT VOTE
LOW PAID JOB
HAD TO HAVE A CHAPERONE
FLAPPERS
