How Far Was Americas Society Divided

Question 1

Older industries

Answer 1

• 42 percent below the poverty line
• five percent unemployed
• 1920 hunger march in washington
• people losing jobs to machines

Question 2

Farmers

Answer 2

• Not making money
• Did not like the boom
• Income went form 22billion in 1919 to 13billion in 1928
• Europe wasn’t buying food because they had tariffs
• 60 million people living in the country
• Canada had good wheat production

Question 3

Ku klux klan

Answer 3

• 1924 there was 4.5 million members
• died down in 1925 because girl being raped tied to a car
• AA moved to north for better life (jobs, life,homes)
• NAACP formed to end segregation
• Marcus Garvey founded UNIA (black pride) and have 1million supporters
• didn’t like AA jews,catholic, immigrants
• lynching

Question 4

Red scare

Answer 4

Red- communist; everyone is equal

1000 deported from america like…sacco and Vanzetti

1919- riots because economy is so bad

Question 5

Who are Sacco and venzetti

Answer 5

Italian immigrants charged with armed robery

Probably innocent but judge called them “those anarchist bastards” because they were Italian

They were executed

Anarchist -don’t believe in rules, want to overthrow government, do bombsm

Question 6

How far was americas society divided

Answer 6

Rich vs poor (agriculture vs cities)
Race (immigration/ kkk)
Prohibition/ gangsters
Fashion/flappers  
Red scare

Question 7

Prohibition successes and failures:

Answer 7

Success:
30 percent less alcohol drawn
Popular in countryside
Factory owners were pleased people no longer went to work drunk

Failures:
More speakeasies in 1925 than ever
2/3 alcohol was smuggled from Canada

Question 8

Prohibition - corruption

Answer 8

• Judges, policemen and 1/12 prohibition agents took bribes

- prohibition made people break the law just to have an alcoholic drink

Question 9

Al capone

Answer 9

• made 100million a year out of prohibition
• nicknamed scar face
• gave big tips,gave money to charity and liked baseball
• he killed 300 people
• battered 2 of his men with a baseball bat
• killed 7 people on st.valentines day massacre

Question 10

Why and when did the prohibition end

Answer 10

In 1933 because of st.valentines day massacre public turned against gangsters and prohibition ended.

Question 11

Prohibition

Answer 11

1920-33 being banned from drinking,was illegal

Question 12

Flappers

Answer 12

10million more women had jobs in 1929, 24 percent more than in 1920

White/rich women
Immigrants and countryside women’s life stays the same (stay traditional)