1920s America

Question 1

Immigration 1921 quota

Answer 1

Immigration quota act

Immigration was at 3%

Question 2

Immigration 1924 quota

Answer 2

National orgins act

Immigration was at 2%

Question 3

Immigration 1929 quota

Answer 3

15,000 immigrants per year

Question 4

Republicans policies

Answer 4

Laissez fair
Tariffs
Low taxes

Question 5

Reason of increase in consumer goods

Answer 5

Mass production - made on a large scale
Tariffs on foreign food - to make people buy American goods
Advertising - new ads in newspapers and radio
Credit - used as loans

Question 6

Groups who struggled

Answer 6

Farmers
Some women
African Americans
Immigrants

Question 7

Radio

Answer 7

Allowed more ads

$75

Question 8

Cinema

Answer 8

Charlie Chaplin
Mickey Mouse
100 million tickets sold per year

Question 9

Jazz

Answer 9

Luis Armstrong

African American brought it over to Americans

Question 10

Sports

Answer 10

Babe Ruth

Baseball

Question 11

Women before 1920

Answer 11

Didn’t smoke in public
Wore restrictive clothing
Had to be chaperoned when going out with men

Question 12

Women during 1920

Answer 12

Wore daring clothes
Smoked in public
Go out with men unaccompanied

Question 13

Prohibition

Answer 13

Ban of manufacturing, selling or buying of alcohol

Question 14

1920-1933

Answer 14

Volstead act

Question 15

Al Capone

Answer 15

St Valentine day massacre
Biggest Gang
Believed he was serving the public

Question 16

KKK

Answer 16

WASPS
White supremacy
4.5 million members in 1925

Question 17

Red scare

Answer 17

Fear of communism