America 1920/30s Flashcards
Why did Americans want to become isolationist?
- Isolationism
- Money
- American Soldiers
- German Immigrants
- Empires
People were worried about the economic cost of joining the League of Nations
What does LACKPANTS (term used to describe economic American boom 1920s) stand for?
Laissez-faire Assembly Line Credit Knowledge Position (of USA) Advertising New consumer goods Tariffs Shared confidence
how many new immigrants went to America by 1920?
25 million
How many cars were sold by 1919 and 1929?
9 million and 26 million
What percentage of world goods were produced by america?
50%
What was the Red Scare?
The Red Scare was the fear that communism would enter America.
How many people left Europe for America between 1850 and 1914?
10% of Europe
Who where the KKK (Ku Klux Klan)?
A white supremacist group founded in 1860 by confederate civil war veterans
How many people were effected when Chicago went without law for 13 days due to racial reasons?
38 dead, 537, injured, 1000 without homes
What were some long terms of when Chicago went 13 days without law?
efforts for racial harmony, Black people have a new willingness to fight for their rights
What was Prohibition?
The banning of alcohol manufacturing, sale, and transportation
What might be a figure to show that prohibition was successful?
beer consumption went down by half
Why may prohibition not be successful?
Illegal supply went up, no regulations on alcohol
How many (claimed) victims were there because of prohibition?
1360 people
why may there be victims of prohibition?
There was a leap in organised crime
When and what was the wall street crash
The wall street crash was on the 29th of October 1929 when 16.4 million shares were traded as stocks decreased.
What were 6 causes of the Wall street crash?
Loss of confidence, over production, unequal society, speculation, laissez-faire, under consumption, trade tariffs
What was speculation?
It was when people borrowed money for stocks, and then sold quickly to earn a small amount. This was performed by a lot of women and small banks
Why did gang crime increase?
A lot of money could be made from bootleg alcohol
what was the impact of the great depression?
unemployment - 12 million (25%) unemployed - 6000 men tried to sell apples in New York
Hoovervilles - huge shanty towns named hoovervilles appeared around major US cities as people moved for work
What was the dust bowl?
A drought over the great plains Black Blizzards- like a snowstorm
Farms had been farmed too much and topsoil eroded away. Farmers moved to California - 375,000 immigrants
How many people went on strike in Boston in the 1920s?
400,000
How many people did J. Edgar Hoover have cases on and how many people did he deport?
60,000 cases, 10,000 people deported
What is the Bonus march and when did it happen?
In May-July 1932, War veterans protested to get their war bonus before 1944. |Hoover ordered them to be dispersed, which was done violently by the American Army
What was the new deal?
The way that Roosevelt tried to solve the great depression. It included fireside chats, end of prohibition and he won in a landslide 42/48 states in 1932
What did Hoover believe in?
‘rugged individualism’-self help
Name some Alphabet agencies.
FERA- Federal Emergency Relief Organisation
CCC- Civilian Conservation Corps
AAA- Agricultural Adjustment Administration
PWA- Public Works Administration
NRA- National Recovery Administration
EBA- Emergency Banking Act
TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority
What were the 2 sides of opposing the new deal?
Not doing enough
Doing too much - Republicans, businesses, Like the USSR, Behaving like a dictator
