(Economic prosperity) Limitations

Question 1

Unequal distribution of wealth - where was prosperity largely concentrated in the 20s?

Answer 1

Industrial North and far West.

Question 2

Unequal distribution of wealth - __% of ______ lived on less than $______ a ____.

Answer 2

a) 60%
b) families
c) $2,000
d) year

Question 3

Unequal distribution of wealth - name one way traditional industries were negatively affected by prosperity.
Give an example.

Answer 3

Prices went down so businesses were forced to move to the North.

Synthetic fibre industries.

Question 4

Unequal distribution of wealth - what industries suffered during prosperity? (3)

Answer 4

Coal mining
Ship-building
Shoe and leather manufacturing

Question 5

Unequal distribution of wealth - explain income distribution across America.

Answer 5

North East - $921

South East- $365

Farmers in South Carolina - $129

Question 6

Unequal distribution of wealth - what % of families earned an annual income of less than $2000?

Answer 6

60%

Question 7

Unequal distribution of wealth - 60% of Americans had an annual income of less than what?

Answer 7

$2,000

Question 8

Farmers - what did a huge decrease in demand lead to?

Explain how.

Answer 8

Overproduction & devastating drop in prices.

Question 9

Farmers - huge decrease in demand led to overproduction and a devastating drop in prices.
List the reasons why.

(6)

Answer 9

End of WW1
Prohibition
Production of synthetic fibres
Modern machinery
High foreign tariffs
Republican policy

Question 10

Farmers - huge decrease in demand led to overproduction and a devastating drop in prices.
List the reasons why.

(6)

Answer 10

End of WW1
Prohibition
Production of synthetic fibres
Modern machinery
High foreign tariffs
Republican policy

Question 11

Farmers - name 3 ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity.

Answer 11

Production slowed due to lack of customer interaction because of changing diets.

Prohibition decreased demand - 13 mill of acres lost to machines & $2.50 per bushell became $1.

Loss of foreign market (Fordney-McCumber Act).

Question 12

Farmers - name 3 ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity.

Answer 12

Production slowed due to lack of customer interaction.

Prohibition decreased demand.

Loss of foreign market.

Question 13

Farmers - one of the ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity was a slow down in production because of less customer interaction.
Why?

Answer 13

Better diets.

Question 14

Farmers - one of the ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity was because prohibition decreased demand.
Give evidence.

Answer 14

13 million acres lost to machines and $2.50 per bushell became $1.

Question 15

Farmers - one of the ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity was because of a loss of foreign market.
Why?

Answer 15

Fordney-McCumber Act

Question 16

Farmers - Republican policy created a huge decrease in demand, leading to overproduction and a devastating drop in prices.
This was particularly evident in the Agricultural Credits Act of 1923.
What did this do?

Answer 16

Encouraged small farmers to form cooperatives, but only large farming businesses benefited.

Question 17

Black Americans - __% lived in the ______.

Answer 17

85%

South

Question 18

Black Americans - what was the occupation of most black americans, particularly in the south?

Answer 18

Sharecroppers

Question 19

Black Americans - what is the context of what was taking place during this time?

Answer 19

Northern migration

Question 20

Black Americans - what did northern migration lead to?

Answer 20

Ghettoisation and discrimination

Question 21

Black Americans - name three ways that black americans were negatively affected by prosperity.

Answer 21

Lynchings still legal

Fewer opportunities

Forced to move North in search of a better life

Question 22

Black Americans - one of the ways black americans were negatively affected during prosperity was due to fewer opportunities.
Give examples.

Answer 22

Limited to low skill jobs, bad education and segregation.

Question 23

Black Americans - where did many black americans move to when forced to migrate north in search of a better life?

Answer 23

Harlem, NY

Question 24

Women - name three ways women were negatively affected by prosperity.

Answer 24

Women had less opportunities

Faced fewer opportunities due to stereotypes.

The expectation was to stay at home.

Question 25

Women - one of the ways women were negatively affected during prosperity was due to less opportunities.
Give evidence
(3).

Answer 25

College attendance decreased by 5%

2/435 congress delegates were women

150 female dentists

Question 26

Women - one of the ways women were negatively affected during prosperity was due to expectations to stay at home.
Give evidence.

Answer 26

700,000 women were domestic servants.