America 1920-1973 Pack two Flashcards
What is a source?
A place, person or thing from which information can be taken.
What is primary evidence?
Primary evidence is evidence such as books, items, photographs etc.,which actually come from the time, we are studying.
What is secondary evidence?
Secondary evidence is evidence such as books, films, and copies of items which help us learn about the past but are not actually from that time.
Give two reasons posters are issued:
- To give information.
2. To persuade you to do something e.g. buy something or vote for somebody.
What is interpretation?
A person or a groups’ opinion of something or someone.
What is reliability?
Whether or not something is trustworthy.
What is CNOP?
Content
Nature
Origin
Purpose
When was the USA formed?
1787
How often is the President of the USA elected?
Every 4 years
What are the names of the two political parties in America?
Democrats and Republicans
What does Congress do?
Makes laws
Decides on taxation
Declares war or agrees peace
How many judges are there in the American Supreme Court?
9
What kind of political system would we describe the US as?
A democracy
What is an economic boom?
An economic boom is a rapid growth in a countries economy that leads to greater prosperity (wealth)
What were the 7 main reasons America had a boom in the 1920s?
- Tariffs
- WW1
- Natural resources
- Mass production
- Republican government policy
- Hire purchase and credit
- Shares
What was the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act of 1922?
This meant that companies bringing in and selling foreign made goods in the US had to pay high taxes.
This protected American industry. Eventually European countries retaliated and put up their own tariffs.
How did America benefit from WWI?
American Industry benefited from selling war goods to Britain and France (food, munitions). Money poured into the US.
Many countries borrowed money from America.
America took over the European overseas markets.
What natural resources did America have in the 1920s?
- Oil – Texas
- Coal – Kentucky
- Iron – Chicago
What is Mass Production?
Mass production is when a company produces large amounts of a product on an assembly line, making lots of products cheaply using low skilled workers.
What is an Assembly Line?
Each worker has his own task to do over and over again as the conveyor belt delivered the next product e.g. car in the production line.
What is Standardisation?
Standardisation means that all the goods produced are the same in the factory.
What were the benefits of Mass Production?
- Goods could be made much more quickly.
- Workers did not need to be as highly skilled so could be paid less.
- Goods were cheaper for the consumer to buy.
- It helped other industries to boom.
- A whole new advertising industry grew to sell the goods.
What was the policy of Laissez-Faire used by the Republicans?
They didn’t interfere in business or put any controls on financial institutions
What is Hire Purchase?
People paid a deposit and then paid off the rest in instalments.
What is a share?
A share is someone’s percentage of a business.