1920s

Question 1

When was a short and severe depression

Answer 1

1920/1921

Question 2

What did the economy experience

Answer 2

rise in unemployment
fall in wages
fall in industrial output

Question 3

Did the war help the economy

Answer 3

The war helped the United States’ economy

Question 4

1922-1929

Answer 4

great economy

outperformed France, UK and Germany

Question 5

What countries were given loans

Answer 5

Latin America and Germany

Question 6

What was the construction boom

Answer 6

mass house building and sustained by road building

Question 7

Where did people move to

Answer 7

From the countryside to cities

Question 8

What was the primary automobile country

Answer 8

The USA

Question 9

Ford’s company and its working conditions

Answer 9

highest wages = $5 an hour

Extremely stressful, repetitive and monotonous

Question 10

By what year did half of all American households own a vehicle

Answer 10

1929

Question 11

USA vs Europe

Answer 11

USA: high wages, low unemployment, high mass production

Europe: Polar opposite of the USA

Question 12

How influential were trade unions

Answer 12

trade unions in the USA had very little influence

Question 13

Where did the majority of immigrants come from in America

Answer 13

Southern Europe. Non-anglo saxon people (Jews, Catholics etc). They were seen as a threat to the racial purity of America

Question 14

What happened as a result of the depression in 1921

Answer 14

immigration was curtailed

Question 15

How many immigrants arrived into the USA from 1900-1920

Answer 15

900,000

Question 16

National Origins Act (1924)

Answer 16

3% of European immigrants from a particular country already residing in the USA. However, there was no ban on Canadians or Mexicans.

Question 17

Was Hoover a supporter of a free market

Answer 17

Hoover was not dedicated to the free market - Govt could play a positive role for minimising fluctuation

Question 18

When did urban dwellers outnumber rural dwellers for the first time

Answer 18

1920s

Question 19

What time was prosperous for the farming industry

Answer 19

1896-1920
After 1915 = Things began to negatively change. Farm prices dropped by 40% as the price of farm land had drastically fell, many were already in debt. As a result, many had to give up their farms. Things during the 1920s grew particularly harsh as the equipment that was required for them to buy was more expensive than their produce and subsequently caused farmers to work at a loss of approximately 66% on average.

Question 20

Did farmers benefit at all

Answer 20

Some farmers benefited as a result of mechanisation.

However, there was still a significant number of people in poverty particularly in the south.

Question 21

What happened to small towns

Answer 21

they contracted due to a rise in the automobile industry

Question 22

what happened to net average incomes for farmers in 1921

Answer 22

They increased

Question 23

Which states had a growth in population

Answer 23

Florida and California.

Georgia, Pennsylvania and South Carolina lost population

Question 24

How many African-Americans left the south for Chicago, New York, Detroit and Philadelphia

Answer 24

800,000

By 1930, 90% of black population in America were city dwellers.

Question 25

Rural and urban wages

Answer 25

Urban wages were higher than rural wages.

Question 26

Did black Americans face discrimination in the north too

Answer 26

black Americans faced discrimination in the north. However, it was nowhere near as bad as the south.

Question 27

What happened to banks

Answer 27

thousands of banks failed

Question 28

what did people think of the consumer boom

Answer 28

some people strongly believed that the consumer boom was unsustainable