History: America 1920s

Question 1

What year did America gain there Independence

Answer 1

1716

Question 2

The first President of America

Answer 2

George Washington

Question 3

Who were the Old Immigrants ?

Answer 3

The Old Immigrants were from Western European countries
spoke English,
were white
and protestant.

Question 4

What does WASP stand for ?
Who does this acronym refer to ?

Answer 4

White Anglo Saxon Protestants
Old Immigrants

Question 5

Who were the new immigrants ?
When did they arrive ?

Answer 5

The new immigrants came form
Eastern and Southern Europe
were poor
illiterate
and couldn’t speak English

Question 6

What was the American Car manufacturing State ?

Answer 6

Michigan

Question 7

What was the American Film Industry State?

Answer 7

Hollywood

Question 8

5 Slave states ?

Answer 8

Texas Mississippi Alabama Kentucky Louisiana

Question 9

What is the capital of America ?

Answer 9

Washington D.C

Question 10

What is a Economic boom ?

Answer 10

An economic boom is when a country experiences high levels of production and job opportunities.

Question 11

What is an economic bust ?

Answer 11

An economic bust is when a country experiences low production or economic depression ?

Question 12

What are the 4 causes of the economic boom ?

Answer 12

America made a profit during WW1
The consumer society
New ways to buy and sell
Republican government

Question 13

Define Isolationism

Answer 13

A policy that refers to a countries non-involvement in foreign affairs, conflict between countries, military and political affairs.

Question 14

When did America join WW1 & why /

Answer 14

America joined WW1 in 1917
America joined WW1 in 1917 because Germany had sunk their merchandise ship.

Question 15

What policy did America practice during WW1 ?

Answer 15

Isolationism

Question 16

What side of the war did America support and eventually join
What did America supply them with ?

Answer 16

Triple Entente
America supplied the Triple Entente food and weaponry.

Question 17

How did America Benefit from WW1 ?`

Answer 17

America adopted Isolationism so they were not directly involved in the war but were supplying the countries of the Triple Entente food and weaponry resulting in a lot of profit.

Question 18

Why was there a high standard of living after WW1 in America

Answer 18

The development of factories
meant more job available
more people were able to earn an income

Question 19

Why was consumer society developed ?

Answer 19

More income resulted
in a higher standard of living
so people bought more comfort products
hence a consumer society

Question 20

What was a new way to buy and sell developed in the 1920s ?

Answer 20

BUY NOW and PAY LATER

Question 21

What type of government was present during the 1920s ?

Answer 21

Republican government

Question 22

What did the Government at the time do to contribute to the economic boom ?

Answer 22

Reduce taxes paid by the rich to enable them to employ more people.

Question 23

Why is America considered a “Meting pot” ?

Answer 23

America is considered a “Meting pot” because of the many races,religions,nationalities and cultures.

Question 24

What was the symbol for the Republicans ?

Answer 24

Elephant

Question 25

What is an Industrialist ?

Answer 25

A person who has achieved great wealthy through the creation and ownership of enterprises and businesses.

Question 26

What company was founded by Ford Motor Company ?

Answer 26

Ford Motor company

Question 27

How did For motor company produce so many cars ?

Answer 27

Ford's assembly line used an electric conveyor bet that carried partly assembled cars past workers who stood in one place and were responsible for one or two small jobs. The parts they needed were stacked behind them.

Question 28

2 positive impacts of the motor of the Motor industry on the American people in the 1920 ?

Answer 28

The job opportunities in the car manufacturing factories The sense of freedom it brought people, they could go wherever they wanted, live wherever they wanted and drive to work.

Question 29

3 other industries that benefited from the motor industry ?

Answer 29

Tyre Rubber

Question 30

Why was working for Henry Ford more attractive than working in other factories ?

Answer 30

Henry Ford payed his workers higher wage. 3x other factories

Question 31

Who was Henry Ford ?

Answer 31

Henry Ford was an American industrialist who founded Ford Motor Company.

Question 32

4 groups of people that did not benefit from the economic boom ?

Answer 32

Farmers Traditional Industries African American Worker Native Americans

Question 33

Why did Farmers not benefit from the boom ?

Answer 33

Farmers did not benefit during the war as the demand for agriculture and farm products fell. The global market revitalized after the war and once America's allies stabilized and recovered from the war the demand for U.S agricultural imports swiftly decreased. American Farmer's who had taken federal loans to purchase land and equipment during the war to meet the growing demand for agriculture during the war were now in debt and a state of overproduction. Due to overproduction, agricultural prices plummeted and many had to sell their farms. Farmers experienced a decrease in their wages and were unable to pay their debts

Question 34

FARMERS STATISTICS Fill in the Gaps Farmers income fell from --------- billion to --------- billion. Roughly -------- farmers losing their farms in --------- alone. The average income of a farmer was around ------- per year The national average was ------- By ------ ---------- of farmers were living in poverty

Answer 34

$22 Billion $13 billion 600,000 1924 $275 $750 1928 half

Question 35

Which farmers were not negatively affected by the boom?

Answer 35

The fruit growers in California and Florida Large grain farmers of the Midwest made profit

Question 36

Why did farmers benefit from World War 1 ?

Answer 36

During WW1 there war an increase in food for America's allies and the U.S military and farmers were tasked with producing as much food as possible. They were encouraged to take out federal loans in order to purchase more land and machinery and meet the increasing need.