Roaring Twenties Flashcards
What two things did the USA do to ensure isolation
Rejected the treaty of versiles
Kept out of foreign affairs
What was the consequence of isolationism
USA Europe relations were bad, Europe angry about how late USA joined the war
Who passed the emergency tarrif
Warren Harding
What did the emergency tarrif do
Increase taxes on food imports
When was the fordney mcumber act passed
1922
What were the two tarrifs in the fordney mcumber act
Scientific tarrif to tax the country of export
American selling price tarrifs on the price of USA good making then always the cheapest
Why was the consequence of the tarifs
Other counties retaliated to the tarrifs by putting tarrifs in American exports
However in the short term worked ok as there was plenty of demand
What was the immigration law of 1917
Everyone immigrating had to speak English
No Asians
€8 payment
What was the emergency quota act of 1921
Maximum number of migrants at 357,000 each year from eastern hemisphere
What was the national origins act of 1924
Reduced the maximum number of Eastern Europeans to 20,000
What caused farmers to struggle
Over production in 1929 farmers income was 40% of the avereage
How much of the money was held by the top 5% of the population
33%
Outline the saccu zanzetti case
Migrants from Italy accused of murder, lots of evidence to say they weren’t guilty but were found guilty
How many witnesses were produced in the saccu Vanzetti case
107
When did prohibition start
1919
Why did isolationism occur?
Americans hasn’t wanted to be involved in ww1
What was the key problem with prohibition
Impossible to in force
Name the sellers manufactures and transporters of alcohol during prohibition
Speakeasies, moonshiners, bootleggers
Who took over alcohol production
Gangsters
What was the Main problem with gangsters
Fought each other over territory eg at valentines massacre where 7 people died
How much did al Capone earn a year
€100,00 just from beer
How many people is al Capone relegated to the killings of
200
How large was al capones personal army
700
What Is the cycle of prosperity
Spending SAles Production Workers and wages Spending Etc
