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History USA 1919 - 1929 Flashcards

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3 Push Factors

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Religion
Government changes
Overpopulation

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3 Pull Factors

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Rising economy
Jobs
‘Land of the free’

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Why were there restrictions for Immigration in the USA

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Immigrants were taking jobs. Bringing disease, bringing drunkenness, etc.
People feared Anarchism and Communism.

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian anarchists that were convicted of killing and robbing people.

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Palmer Raids

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They had nothing to do with ‘potential communists. He deported lots of Russian/Irish/Italian immigrants.

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Red Scare

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A time when Americans feared a communist takeover because of the 1917 Russian Revolution.

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3 Immigration Laws

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Emergency Quota Act
National Quota Act
Literacy Test

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Xenophobia

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Fear of people different to you

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Anarchists

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People who don’t want a government

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Open Door Policy

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Anyone can immigrate to the USA

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Melting Pot

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A mixture of people from different countries

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Segregation

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Division of people based on ethnicity, skin colour or religion

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Jim Crow Laws

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White and African American children cannot mix and were separated

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Deep South

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Deep South states such as Texas and Florida

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Bible Belt

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Deep South states such as Texas and Florida

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Religious Fundamentalist

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People who believe that the bible is 100% true

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Evolution vs Creation

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The debate about whether God made everything or whether evolution happened

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Assimilation

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Making people who aren’t from one country into a different one (Example) Native Americans into (Normal) Americans

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Scopes Monkey Trial

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John Scopes was a teacher in the Deep South of the USA
He taught evolution to his classes
Teaching evolution was banned because a lot of people were Religious Fundamentalists
John Scopes was unfairly trialled and banned from teaching
He taught evolution deliberately to defy the law as he saw it as stupid

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Native American Treatment

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Forced to learn ‘The American Way’
Forced to wear ‘American’ clothes
Forcefully taken from their parents to become ‘Americanised’

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UNIA

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A group that made deals with the KKK to emigrate African Americans back to their ‘Homeland’ (Africa)

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NAACP

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The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People is an organisation that believed in equality for everyone. They believed in peaceful protests to get what they wanted

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The Great Migration

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People came from the South parts of the USA to the North part where there were less members of the KKK and less racism

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KKK

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The KKK terrorised, killed and tortured African Americans

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Prohibition

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(The 19th Amendment) when the production, selling and consumption of alcohol was banned

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Speakeasy

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Illegal bars that sold alcohol illegally

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Anti-Saloon League

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A group who wanted prohibition

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Volstead Act

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The agreement that brought in prohibition (19th amendment)

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Temperance

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A religious movement that wanted prohibition

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Who was Warren Harding

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The US President in 1921

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Who were the ‘Ohio Gang’

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A group of politicians who betrayed the public

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Where was Teapot Dome

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Wyoming

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What was special about Teapot Dome

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It was oil that was reserved for the Army

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What was the Teapot Dome Scandle

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Albert Fall sold the oil reserves to oil companies (Pan American Petroleum) and Albert Fall took bribes to stay quiet about it then Mammoth Oil wanted to have that oil and in 1922 they spoke out against it causing the teapot dome scandal

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Who repealed (Removed) prohibition

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Herbert Hoover in 1929

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Prohibition consequences

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Drunkenness
Less work done
Families had less money
People drank more

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Why was prohibition introduced

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Drunkenness
Late to work
Men’s families were losing out on money
People stopped working

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Turning point of organised crime

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People realised that they couldn’t stop people from drinking alcohol meaning the illegal distiallation of alcohol became less profitable

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Who was ‘The King of Chicago’

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Al Capone

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How did WW1 help with the Economic Boom?

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Europe needed food
Tanks needed Oil
Europe need iron for tanks and infrastructure

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What resources did the USA have in the 20’s

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Oil
Iron
Grain
Timber

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How did the abundance resources help the USA’s Economy

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Selling these resources gave them money

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New items in the 20’s

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Washing Machines
Refrigerators
Ford (Cars)

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How did the new industries help the USA

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Natural Resources were sold, Credit, Employability

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How did credit help the USA’s Economy

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Buy now pay later meaning people could buy more stuff

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How does the American ‘State of Mind’ link with economic growth

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The government didn’t care how companies were run so they let people do what they want (Laissez faire)

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Economic Boom

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The ‘Golden Age’ when everything is good

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Prosperity

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When things are good and go well

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Rugged individualism

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Self Resilient and doesn’t require outside input

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Isolationism

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When you cut yourself off from the world

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What is mass production

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Lots of things are being made quickly

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Who mainly worked in the 20’s

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Working class

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How does mass production and the assembly line contribute to the economic boom

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People were earning more ‘disposable income’

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What does Laissez-Faire mean

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Hands off

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What does Tariff mean

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Tax on foreign products

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How do Tariffs and Laissez-Faire help the USA’s economy

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People brought American products

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How did the Wall Street Crash cause a chain of events

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Wall Street Crash - Panic Selling- Economic Crash - Unemployment - Banks go bust - Banks that people had loans with took houses and land - Homelessness - The Great Depression

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What was the fall in consumer demand?

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People didn’t need more than one car or fridge so people didn’t buy produce meaning companies were selling less and still making more.

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Why did land and property value increase?

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Land and property value increased as things decreased

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What was overproduction

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When companies make too much of something

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What things were being overproduced

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Car’s, Radio’s, Fridge’s, Washing Machine’s

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What is overspeculation

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When companies are valued more than they really were worth

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Why did overspeculation lead to the economic crash

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People brought stocks and when people realised that they were losing money they panic sold leading to a crash

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Stock market

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Stock exchange

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Buying on the margin

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When you take loans from a bank and buy stock hoping to make a profit

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Boom and Bust

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When things go from good to bad

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Depression

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A time of poverty and lack of moral

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Speakeasy culture

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Drinking became a popular thing after ‘breaking the law’ was seen as a cool thing and also because it was impossible to stop people from drinking in the 20’s

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A new dance in the 1920’s

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Charlston

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Entertainment

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Live goldfish swallowing, Flagpole sitting

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Famous music club

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Cotton Club

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Famous Musicians

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Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

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What was the post popular type of music

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Jazz

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What did the radio allow in the USA

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It allowed music to be broadcasted around the USA

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Who opposed the changes

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Taditional People

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Two popular films

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Rise of a Nation
The Son of the Sheik

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Movie stars

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Rudolph Valentino
Clara Bow
Charlie Chaplin

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Why were films significant

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Entertainment

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Popular sport

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Baseball
Boxing
Cricket

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Sport stars

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Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Red Grange

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Culture

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Something associated with a country (e.g. Tea in the UK)

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Talkies

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Films with sound

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Gramophone

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A technology that allowed ‘records’ to be played

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Flapper

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Middle/Upper Class women who ‘defied’ the ‘usual’ role of women

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Feminism

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Advocacy of Women’s Rights

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Modernity

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Being modern

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Tradition

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How things are ‘normally’

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How did WW1 change the role of women

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As all the men went to War women were left to do ‘men’s’ jobs

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Why did feminism come around

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Because of the rise in ‘defiance’ of tradition women started advocating their rights

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What did jazz mean for womn

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Dancing

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Aspects of the Flapper lifestyle

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Driving, Smoke, Jazz, Drinking, ‘Petting Parties’, Makeup

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What was female fashion in the 1920’s

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Women started wearing less clothing

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How did consumer goods change the life of women

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Cleaning, Cooking and Entertainment was made easier

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Who opposed the new flapper lifestyle and why

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People who lived traditional lives and Fundamentalists as they saw it as sinful

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Three things for the new flapper style

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Feminism
Flappers
Women gaining rights

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Three things against the new flapper style

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Some people stayed traditional
Some women weren’t effected by the change
Some people fought against the change

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Key Question 1

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Why did Immigration become such a Major issue

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Key Question 2

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What was living as an immigrant in the USA like

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Key Question 3

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Was the 1920’s a decade of crime and courruption

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Key Question 4

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What were the causes of the economic boom experienced in the 1920’s

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Key Question 5

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What factors lead to the end of prosperity in 1929

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Key Question 6

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How did popular entertainment develop during the 1920’s

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Key Question 7

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How did the lifestyle and status of women change during this period

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