How did US society change during the 1920's

Question 1

How did the population grow

Answer 1

106.5 million up to 123 million in 1920s

Question 2

How did the population migrate

Answer 2

By the end of the 1920s more people lived in urban areas than rural, black Americans migrated to North Eastern cities and lived in ghettos like Harlem (85% still lived in south)

Question 3

What immigration laws were put in place

Answer 3

1) 1921 Emergency immigration - cap at 3% of population rate in 1911
2) Johnson Reed - cap reduced to 150,000, ban on Japanese and other Asian immigrants

Question 4

What was the Red Scare 1920 and what caused this

Answer 4

Bolshevik revolution and rise in communism, particularly amongst workers

Question 5

What happened as a result of the Red Scare 1920

Answer 5

Palmer Raids, arrest of 6,000 suspected communists, many had little evidence to incriminate them. Some were deported

Question 6

What was the Sacco and Vanzetti trial

Answer 6

Two Italian immigrants, admitted to carrying fire arms and being anarchists, but not to murder. They were executed for armed robbery and murder despite little evidence

Question 7

What happened to the membership of the KKK during the 1920s? What might have been some reasons for this

Answer 7

1) 4 million

2) Belief in the moral decline of the country and growing immigrant population