Social 1890-1929

Question 1

Position of African American essay plan 1890-1920

Answer 1

P1) political, Supreme Court , Jim Crow, grandfather cause , NAACP
P2)social, lynching, impact of segregation, migration north
P3) economic, sharecroppers, Booker T Washington & tuskegee

Question 2

Extent of social change 1890-1920

Answer 2

P1) immigration/ urbanisation
P2) Divisions increasing , including progressivism impact
P3)African American

Question 3

How did American society 1890-1917 transform

Answer 3

Mass immigration
Urbanisation
Industrialisation
Demographic change

(Increased)

Question 4

Between 1890 and 1914 how many European immigrants came to America

Answer 4

18.4 million

Question 5

Why did immigrants come to America

Answer 5

Wanted a better life - provided cheap labour

Question 6

What area did most immigrants go to in USA

Answer 6

Urban areas, pushed into society however helped shape it

Question 7

How did immigrants help cultural identities

Answer 7

Created nicknames such as ‘little Italy’ in NY

Question 8

What were the push factors for people to leave their homeland

Answer 8

Poverty
Hunger
persecution (Russification proves of 1881)

Question 9

What were the pull factors to US

Answer 9

Idealised belief of the land of the free

Question 10

What did migration help improve regarding movement ?

Answer 10

Transport

Question 11

What were the percentages of people who returned home from America

Answer 11

1/3

Question 12

What was he Italian plan regarding immigration to USA

Answer 12

Earn money then go home

60% of Italians who came went back

Question 13

What was the plans of Jewish migrants regarding the USA

Answer 13

Came to settle and make families

2/3 skilled workers

Question 14

How was the American society 1890-1917 regarding urbanisation

Answer 14

Increasing
Urban sky line growing
Taller buildings
Construction boom
Housing
Elevated railways
Noise
Movement
Crowds
Advertising
Mass entertainment 
Small cinemas

Question 15

What were small cinemas otherwise known as

Answer 15

Nickelodeans

Question 16

How was the north / east regarding urbanisation

Answer 16

Biggest growth
Even happened in smaller towns
Street lighting 
Trams
Paths
Utilities
Population on rise
Low death rate

Question 17

In the north / east what was population in 1900 and what in 1920

Answer 17

1900 76 million

1920 100 million

Question 18

What was a division between 1890-1920 caused by immigration

Answer 18

The melting pot
Positives -
people came and adopted American values
Ethnic communities stuck together

Question 19

How did the melting pot effect local politics

Answer 19

People felt they needed protection against discrimination

Politicians offered this in return to get votes (Tammany hall)

Populists reacted against this type of corruption

Question 20

How did immigrants effect trade unions

Answer 20

Trade unions recruits them but seen as threat of cheap labour

Question 21

What was the north east regional division 1890-1920

Answer 21

Scale of modernisation at the largest
Booming cities
Transport networks

Question 22

What was the regional differences in the south 1890-1920

Answer 22

Very different from the rest of the USA
Dominated by Democrats ‘king cotton’
Not many European immigrants
1910 onwards African-American started to move away

Question 23

What was the regional differences in the west 1890 to 1920

Answer 23

Patchy development
Some cities develop rapidly
Booms and busts led to ghost towns
Western society influenced by rugged individualism

Question 24

What was the social impact of progressivism 1900 onward

Answer 24

Was a major force in politics, society , culture and moral beliefs
Upton Sinclair liked to expose corruption ‘muck raking’ of ‘kickbacks’

Question 25

How did progressivism link to immigrants

Answer 25

Why did social justice for immigrants
Campaigning against unfair practices for example child labour

However,
Progressives complain immigrants were drinking , smokers and ‘vices’

Question 26

Who was against prohibition

Answer 26

Women’s Christian temperance union
Anti saloon league
Carrie nation

Question 27

Who was Carrie nation

Answer 27

Direct action against alcohol, smashes up bars and frequently arrested

Question 28

What was an example of women fighting for the right to vote

Answer 28

In 1909 the National American woman suffrage association organise rallies working with the suffragette

Question 29

When was the KKK reformed

Answer 29

1915

Question 30

When was it clear equality for African Americans was not going to happen and why

Answer 30

1890

Jim Crow system established

Question 31

Between 1889 and 1929 how many people were lynched and what percentage were black

Answer 31

3724

85%

Question 32

Between 1889 and 1929 how many people were arrested for lynching

Answer 32

50 - 4 people were sentenced

Question 33

Which political member encouraged lynching

Answer 33

Ben Tillman - South Carolina governor

He had total dominance over southern political

Took away AA voting rights

Question 34

When was the NAACP set up

Answer 34

1909

Question 35

What was the aims of the NAACP

Answer 35

To abolish segregation and enforce voting rights legally

Question 36

Who supported the NAACP

Answer 36

White liberals

W.E.B Du Bois was a leading member