1920s america Flashcards
what amendment gave women the vote?
19th Amendment
What act defined illegal alcohol
volstead act
what was the first talkie
the jazz singer
why did america benefit from ww1
only joined in 1917
little war damage
what happened during the Great Depression
wall st crash 1929, caused hyperinflation and stock markets crashed
what forms of entertainment were there?
birth of hollywood,
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Charlie Chaplin
“jazz era”
what was the new way to buy and sell
hire purchase, “buy now pay later”
assembly line
ford motor company (key facts)
ford Model T - known as the first affordable automobile
invented assembly line
failures of prohibition
bootleggers - transported alcohol
speakeasies - secret bars
promoted organised crime - Al Capone
not enough officers
officers were bribed
moonshine- home brewed alcohol
what amendment was prohibition?
18th amendment
what was the red scare?
fear of communism and far left movements such as Bolshevism and Anarchism
what were the immigration laws, when were they made and what did they do?
literacy act 1917 - immigrants had to read a sentence of 40 words
immigration quota act 1921- 357,000 immigrants per year
immigration quota act 1924 - 165,000 immigrants per year
what was the sacco and vanzetti case?
immigrants accused of armed robbery and man slaughter
found guilty off of little evidence and put to death in electric chair in 1928
what were flappers
women who dressed provocatively and wore more makeup and short hair
