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Name three causes for the pre war economic boom

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.Wealth and resources
.First world war
.Republican policies
.The car industry (Henry Ford)
.New Methods( Assembly line, advertising and Credit)
.State of Mind
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How did Wealth and Resources in the Us lead to an economic boom?

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.The USA were rich in raw materials, there was new technology and skilled inventors

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How did the First World War lead to an economic boom in USA?

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.US-supplied Britain and France with armaments and food
.Were able to trade with the rest of the world while everyone else was fighting
.US involvement in the war was not long enough to drain their resources
.Debt repaid by Britain and France in 1920s helped form new investment

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How did Republican Policies lead to an economic boom in the USA

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.Isolation- high tariffs on foreign goods to protect the US industry
.Laissez Faire- no interference into business and peoples lives
.Low taxes on high incomes

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How did the Car industry lead to an economic boom in the USA?

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.New assembly line and mass production techniques created ever-cheaper cars. This fuelled sales
.1 car to 5 people in USA-Britain=1 Car to 43 people
.1 Car came off the production line every 10 seconds
.Thousands of Jobs created jobs in other industries

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How did New Methods lead to an economic boom in USA?

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.Mass Production and Assembly line lead to a boom in affordable consumer goods like radios and vacuum cleaners
.New advertising campaigns (often nationwide) encouraged sales
.Hire Purchase and credit schemes helped people spend more

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How did State of Mind lead to an economic boom in USA?

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.Most Americans now believed it was right to spend money rather than save
.Confidence in investing in the stock markets as people saw they could make money
.Investment gave companies a lot of shareholders money to invest

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Who were the poorest paid Americans?

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.Immigrants and black Americans

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Why was the price of farm produce still low?

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Farmers were overproducing so the market was saturated-farmers remained some of the poorest paid

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Why did workers in older industries not share prosperity?

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Could not compete with new technology

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Between 1920 and 1929 unemployment became stuck at which percentage?

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5%

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What was the average rise in wages in the 1920s?

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11%

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13
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How did cars change the lifestyle of Americans?

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.More freedom lead to creation of jobs

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14
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How many radio stations were there in the 1920s?

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Over 700

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By 1930 how many people went to the cinema each week?

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Over 100 million

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What were the two types of movies in Hollywood?

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Silent movie and Talking movies

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What was the new music made by black musicians called?

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Jazz

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What new dance came along with the introduction of Jazz music?

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The Charleston

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Who was the popular boxing world champion in the 1920s?

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Jack Dempsey

20
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By 1930 how many people lived in cities?

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More than half

21
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What event caused increasing numbers of women to work?

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World War 1

22
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In what year did women get the right to vote

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1920

23
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What were Flappers?

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young, urban middle class women who created new fashions and behaviours

24
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What phrase is used to describe a flapper?

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‘Expensive and 19’

25
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Why were very few women in political power?

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Parties did not want women candidates

26
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What religious reasons help cause prohibition?

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Pressure from Temperance groups and Christian groups to ban alcohol because it was sinful

27
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What social reasons helped cause prohibition?

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Groups argued that alcohol destroyed families and caused poverty and crime

28
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What Economic reasons helped cause prohibition?

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Workers would be healthier and more reliable

29
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What patriotic reasons helped cause prohibition?

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.Brewers were often of German origin so during WW1 drinking ‘helped’ the enemy
.Communism was said to thrive on drink

30
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By 1916 how many states had introduced prohibition?

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21 states

31
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Which amendment introduced prohibition?

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18th Amendment

32
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Prohibition was made law by which act in 1920?

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Volstead act

33
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How many arrests did Izzy and Moe make?

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4392

34
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Name three consequences or effects of prohibition

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.Not enough prohibition agents so many got away with breaking the law
.Moonshine-could lead to death
.Bootlegging made it impossible to seal the US borders
.Speakeasies became fashionable
.Organised crime increased
.Corruption-gangsters bribed law enforcement officers

35
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How many Speakeasies did New York have?

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32,000

36
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How much money did Al Capone make?

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$60 Million a year

37
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How many deaths were there in the Saint Valentines massacre of 1929?

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130

38
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Give three reasons to why prohibition was repealed in 1933

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.Drinking continued
.Enforcement impossible
.Brought law into disrepute
.Concern about violence and gangsters
.Depression meant to expensive to enforce
.Could create jobs and tax revenue if alcohol was made legal

38
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Give three reasons to why prohibition was repealed in 1933

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.Drinking continued
.Enforcement impossible
.Brought law into disrepute
.Concern about violence and gangsters
.Depression meant to expensive to enforce
.Could create jobs and tax revenue if alcohol was made legal

39
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In the 1920s how many members were there in the ku klux clan?

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over 5 million

40
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In the 1920s how many members were there in the ku klux clan?

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over 5 million

41
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Between 1919 and 1925 how many black Americans were murdered by lynching?

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300

42
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Between 1919 and 1925 how many black Americans were murdered by lynching?

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300

43
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The government refused the cry for help from which civil rights organisation?

A

NAACP

43
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The government refused the cry for help from which civil rights organisation?

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NAACP

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