Cue Cards USA After WW1 Flashcards
Progressivism and examples of actions
Aim= to improve living conditions and achieve equality in society.
Examples
-increased pay rates and less hours working
- ending child labor
-women suffrage
-prohibition of alcohol
Examples President Wilson was progressive.
introduced reforms to…
-regulating trade
-prohibit unfair business practices
- lowered tariffs
-graduated fed income taxes.
After WW1 = 14 point plan which lead to league of nations/ resolve conflict/ avoid war/ promote international cooperation
Conservatism and examples
Aim= keep religion values + morals = basis of society by rejecting modern scientific theories + supported laws that enforced moral codes
Examples
- lowered govt intervention-> ppl build personal wealth
- keep AA inferior through Jim Crow laws
- African slaves-> cotton +tabaco plantations = AA poor but owners are rich
Impact of WW1 on USA
Domestic Problems
-physical injuries, psychological trauma, injury +disability from chem weapons
Eco Problems
- -> mini eco dep.= increased diff. + living standards 1919= decrease of 15% ppl unemployed an increase inflation t/f increase in prices
Eco Chaos
-Red summer 1919= increased violence in 36 cities b/c competition for work
Why did America want a ‘return to normalcy’?
-1920- many A’s= frustrated Post war USA public= worried USA might get dragged into euro war
- bc of Wilsonian internationalism = unpopular -> period of isolationism= stay out of world affairs
- return to pre-ww1 mentality, focus on themselves not the world
What was the economic impact of the economic boom?
eco= more ppl willing to take risks w/ money - banks willing to loan ppl more freely+ investing in stock market -> values of stock and shares increased
-more ppl lived in cities -> industry and factories ->earned increase in wages
- b/c US had raw materials( steel, coal, oil)-> effective eco growth by producing cars, telephones
-dominate euro markets
- film
- over production farming - tech developed -imports expensive
What were the social impacts of the economic boom?
-Change in state of mind= believe they have right to prosperity/ -> increased consumption-> increased prod. -> increased eco
- ppl ‘ bought on credit’ = ‘ buy now pay later’
- new aims= marketing + advertising -> new mail
Why was Henry Ford successful?
b/c could produce in just 1.5 hrs by 1913 + price dropped to $285= affordable in urban areas/ single color and engine size ->fewer parts needed= cheaper/ Late 1920’s = assembly line bought work to worker= more efficient + produce car every minute
What was the impact of the car on the USA?
- changed how cars were made
- new mass prod. technique to other industries -> more efficient
- new product = affordable+ accessible -> outer suburbs of cities devlp. quickly
Creation + Growth Other Industries - construction
- petrol station
- diners
- motels
How did USA immigration change after 1900?
Restricting immigration act of 1917= literature requirement/ Immg act of 1924 limited no. immig through nationality = only 2% of total no. ppl of each nationality/ law heavily favored North + Western Euro / Great B + Ireland+ German accounted for 70% visas - Philippines = can enter however Japan, Korea and China were unable to
What laws were introduced to restrict immigrants?
Immigration Act1917
-literature requirement were designed to halt Asian immg
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
- 1st law to cap immigration to roughl;y 358,000 from east hemisphere
Immigration Act 1924
- limited immigration through nationality quotas yearly
What were the impacts of these laws?
-> reduced 80% compared to pre-ww1
- growth cities= 1 mill + ppl
immigrants= poor quality -> over crowding+ inadequate water, facilities, poor sanitation+ disease +limited opportunities
H/W organizations = settlement houses to bring rich and poor together by providing daycare-education, healthcare to have better lives
Cultural and Economic changes for women.
Eco= paid 50% of men’s wage/ only 10% of women had an education h/w couldn’t enter into prestige’s colleges such as Harvard for medicine/ if women = pregnant-> potentially sacked-> decrease in job productivity
Cultural changes
- flappers -> flouted social norms by wearing short skirts, drinking, smoking/ mostly middle class women h/w there were little no. which meant that there was no significant influence on society and most women at the time wanted to stick to their traditional role
Impacts of Women suffrage?
Aug 18th, 1920-> 19th Amendment -> gave US women the vote
Immediate effect= had tow in women’s vote now by caring for prohibition, child health, public skls.
For example, Sheppard-Towner Act (1921)= govt funded maternity + child care ->creation of 300 children and maternal health centers-> decrease infant mortality 76.2 deaths to 67.6 deaths
H/W women’s% didn’t match men’s % bc only 11 women elected congress in 1920’s
