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1920s America Flashcards

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Why did the price of food fall?

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Farmers produced more food than was needed

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How many African Americans lost their jobs?

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Almost 1 million

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How many American families lived below the poverty line?

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Over half

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In early 1929 what percentage of American people enjoyed 1/3 of the nations wealth?

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5%

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What was the 1917 immigration law?

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It requires all foreigners to take a literacy test to prove they could read English. Prevented poorer countries from entering the USA

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What was the 1921 immigration quota law?

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Limited the maximum number of immigrants allowed in the USA to 357,000 per year. Limited the number of each ethnic group emigrating to 3% of the number already in the USA by 1910. In favour of northern and Eastern Europe

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What was the 1924 national origins act?

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Further reduced the quota to 2% of the population in 1890.

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What was the 1929 immigration act?

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Number of immigrants entering the USA each year reduced to 150,000.

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What year did the US Supreme Court did legal approval for the Jim Crow laws?

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1896

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10
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What were the Jim Crow laws?

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Laws passed in 1896 which allowed African Americans to be inferior and to be exploited by white Americans

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When was the KKK formed?

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1866

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When was the KKK reformed?

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1915

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Who did the KKK attack?

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Catholics Jews and African Americans

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How many members did the KKK have in early 1920s?

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5 million members

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What did the KKK believe founded American greatness? I

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The achievements of WASPS

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16
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When did the influence of the KKK decrease?

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In the later 1920s when a well publicised court case about one of its leaders being convicted of the kidnap, rape and murder of a woman on a train.

17
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How many speakeasies did Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith raid in the first half of the 1920s?

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3,000

18
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Who was the most notorious gang leader?

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Al Capone

19
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How many men did Al Capone employ?

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Nearly 1,000 many with guns

20
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How many murders have been linked to gang activities?

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Over 200

21
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When was the St Valentine’s Day Massacre?

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1929

22
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What happened during the St Valentine’s Day Massacre?

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Some of Al Capone’s gang gunned down six members of the rival Bugs Moran gang

23
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When did prohibition end?

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1933

24
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Who promised to repeal the prohibition law in the 1932 presidential election?

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Roosevelt

25
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What did young people gain in the 1920s?

A

Freedom

26
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Which presidential election did Wilson lose to the Republican Harding?

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The 1920 election

27
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What was the advantage of the assembly line?

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Cars could be produced in 1/10 of the time they used to be

28
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How many cars were there in America by 1930?

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30 million

29
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How many jobs directly/indirectly relied on the motor industry?

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4 million

30
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How much did share prices go up by in the 1920s?

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300%

31
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What were the 5 main long term causes of the Wall Street Crash?

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  • over production in agriculture
  • over production in consumer goods
  • lack of credit control
  • effects of the tariff policy
  • unequal distribution of wealth
32
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When was the Wall Street Crash?

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1929

33
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What were the immediate consequences of the crash?

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  • many went bankrupt as they couldn’t pay back loans they used to buy their now worthless shares
  • some homeowners lost their homes as they couldn’t pay mortgages
  • people lost savings as banks collapsed
  • farmers lost property as couldn’t pay bank loans
34
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How many banks stopped trading between 1929 and 1933?

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11,000

35
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What happened when demands for goods of all types fell?

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Production fell and so did wages and jobs

36
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What was the 29th October 1929 called?

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Black Tuesday

37
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When did the price of shares begin to slowly fall?

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September 1929

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