America 1920s Flashcards
Which American President came up with fourteen points?
Woodrow Wilson
Name the policy followed by USA in its dealings with other countries after the First World War
Isolationism
Write a short paragraph explaining why so many people in America didn’t want to join the LofN.
Isolation
1) didn’t want to have anything to do with European affairs
2) high percentage of immigrant
3) didn’t want to go to WW1 yet they had and many had died
4) worried about France and Britain
5) cost money
Who became president of USA in 1921?
Warren G Harding (Republican)
“Return to normality”
61%- largest at that time
What did the Fordney-McCumber Tariffs allow the US President to do?
They allowed him to raise and lower tariffs rates
How did the Republican government’s policies encourage the economic boom in 1920?
1) reduction of income tax
2) cheap credits via Federal Reserve Board
3) Laissez-fair (non-interference and rugged individualism)
Explain how motor industry contributed to American prosperity in the 1920s?
1) created jobs (1 in 12 workers had jobs linked to motorcar)
2) boosted production of steel, petrol, chemicals, glass and rubber
3) due to mass production, cars were cheap enough for “regular” man to have
Why did the increasing number of cars and trucks hurt the coal industry?
Suffered competition with with oil. Railways taken over by cars and trucks
Why were there protests about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti?
People thought it was a miscarriage of justice and that the judge was prejudiced
What did agriculture not share in the boom?
1) Overproduction
2) McNary-Hugen bill
What did the Ku Klux Klan believe in? Who did they persecute?
They Believed in WASPs
(White Anglo-Saxon Protestants)
They were against Jews, Catholics, immigrants and Afro Americans
What were the “Jim Crow Laws”?
A collective name for laws that discriminated against African Americans (common In Southern states of US)
When was Prohibition introduced?
In January 1920
Explain the following terms: speakeasies , rum-runners , moonshine, hijackers and bootleggers
Speakeasies- illegal drinking clubs
Rum-running- smuggled alcohol from Europe, the West Indies, Canada and Mexico
Moonshine- homemade liquor
Bootleggers- sold on redistilled industrial alcohol
Hijackers - stoke smuggled alcohol
What crime was Al Capone convicted of in 1931?
Tax evasion
What problems led to the ending of prohibition?
Impossible to enforce, public demand for alcohol, people do not respect the law, policeman and judges took bribes or were involved themselves (corruption)
Also there was no tax on alcohol so government lost money.
Name three forms of entertainment which first became popular in the 1920s
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Explain how the social position of women changed in 1920s
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What year did the Wall Street Crash happen?
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