40 Marker Plans Flashcards
How important was immigration as a cause of intolerance in US society in the 1920s?
IMMIGRATION (political)
- Red scare
- Palmer raids
IMMIGRATION (economic)
- Taking jobs
- Costing the government money
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
-KKK
- Segregation
RELIGION
- Monkey trials
- Prohibition
How significant were bank failures as a cause of the Great Depression?
BANK FAILURES
- Stock market had investments from banks
- When panic spread banks didn’t have the money to pay people back, meaning lots of money is lost and savings are lost.
- Mortgages also collapse and people lose their homes
- Companies can’t invest because there are no banks
- When banks start to collapse confidence falls. Less confidence in the economy means people buy less, people want their money and that banks don’t lend or loan money.
OVERPRODUCTION
- Domestic market was saturated as everyone that could buy the product has already bought it
UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
STOCK MARKET
How significant were mass-produced goods in changing the lives of women in the 1920s?
MASS PRODUCED GOODS
- Time saving devices meant women had more free time to work or contribute to the consumer society.
- Women working meant that they weren’t forced to marry and remain in relationships they didn’t want to be in. They could live of their own money, independently.
- Increased cars at a lower price meant that women could travel to wherever they wanted to
- Mass-marketing geared towards women
MECHANISATION OF INDUSTRY AND WAR
- Women got the vote in 1920
- Women are needed to work during the War as men go away to fight
- When men come back, women can perform jobs to the same level due to mechanisation but can be paid less so there is higher employment in women
LIVES NOT CHANGED
- People in the South didn’t benefit and in rural areas.
- There’s no electricity and water and so things aren’t really mechanised
How significant was the Anti-Saloon League in bringing about Prohibition in the 1920s?
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
- Meant there was high pressure on politicians to support prohibition
WAR
- Patriotism
- German brewers
- Alcohol made of grains which could help those starving in Europe
USA society damaged
- Economy -> less employment and men wasting money on alcohol
- Illness
- Crime
