The Era Of The Great War #14: New Industries In The 1920s

Question 1

How did Scotland’s geography create much difficulty in the 1920s?

Answer 1

• much of it was not connected to the electric to grid, making it hard to power factories
• others were too far away from good transport links

Question 2

What was prohibition?

Answer 2

(Banning of alcohol) USA

Question 3

When was prohibition introduced in the USA?

Answer 3

1920

Question 4

Why did prohibition have a negative impact on Scotland?

Answer 4

Fewer orders for whisky caused problems in distilleries

Question 5

What did some companies do to tackle failure?

Answer 5

Merged to have fewer workplaces, to attract more work

Question 6

How did the government tackle unemployment?

Answer 6

Offered loans to companies set up in areas of high unemployment

Question 7

What did post-war unemployment lead to?

Answer 7

Fears there might be a violent revolution in Britain

Question 8

How did the government offer help to Brits who moved elsewhere with in the empire to work?

Answer 8

Free travel, land

Question 9

Many jobs appeared with the introduction of…

Answer 9

New industries

Question 10

Example of new industries

Answer 10

Car manufacturing

Question 11

Examples of car manufacturing companies

Answer 11

Halleys & Arrol Johnson

Question 12

Example of a new car produced

Answer 12

‘Victory’ (Arrol Johnston)

Question 13

What did the Albion Motor Company build?

Answer 13

Buses & lorries

Question 14

Where was Harland & Wolff based?

Answer 14

Glasgow

Question 15

What did Harland & Wolff build?

Answer 15

Diesel engines to power their ships

Question 16

When was the Grangemouth oil refinery opened?

Answer 16

1924

Question 17

Who opened the Grangemouth oil refinery?

Answer 17

Anglo-Persian oil

Question 18

Work also began to build what in Scotland?

Answer 18

A British electricity grid

Question 19

Where was the first ‘grid tower’ (pylon) built?

Answer 19

Edinburgh

Question 20

What did the rise of electricity in homes mean?

Answer 20

That people could afford more luxury goods

Question 21

What did factories in the south of England make?

Answer 21

Vacuum cleaners & electric irons

Question 22

Where were sewing machines made?

Answer 22

Clydebank

Question 23

Where were most heavy industries that emerged in Britain based?

Answer 23

In south, for from Scotland

Question 24

Why were most heavy industries based in the south?

Answer 24

• better electricity connection
• closer to customer

Question 25

What other industries also saw change in the 1920s?

Answer 25

Insurance companies

Question 26

Example or insurance firm

Answer 26

General Accident insurance firm in Perth

Question 27

Example of how the General Insurance company expand in the 1920s?

Answer 27

They had a deal to insure every Morris Minor car

Question 28

New farming technologies

Answer 28

Tractors

Question 29

What new food did farms produce?

Answer 29

Soft fruit (like strawberries) and poultry