The USA, c1920-1929

Question 1

What year did the St Valentines Massacre take place?

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

How many people were killed in the St Valentines Massacre?

Answer 2

6 people

Question 3

How many Chicago police were on gang payrolls?

Answer 3

400 cops

Question 4

Which state has not supported Prohibition?

Answer 4

Maryland

Question 5

Why could the Volstead Act never be effectively enforced?

Answer 5

Congress never allocated enough money

Question 6

Why were prohibition agents open to bribery?

Answer 6

They were paid low salaries

Question 7

How did rural areas receive prohibition?

Answer 7

It was seen as an imposition by Comservatives

Question 8

How long was the American coastlines?

Answer 8

29000 km

Question 9

Why did long coastlines make the Volstead Act hard to enforce?

Answer 9

Harder to patrol with little agents

Question 10

What did FERA provide?

Answer 10

Direct relief

Question 11

What was unemployment among the working population in 1933?

Answer 11

24.9%

Question 12

What was unemployment among the working population in 1941?

Answer 12

9.9%

Question 13

When did industry and agriculture levels go back to 1929 levels after the depression?

Answer 13

1941

Question 14

What agency could be criticised as limited and temporary?

Answer 14

The CCC

Question 15

Who did had a cultural significance with alcohol?

Answer 15

Immigrants, particularly Italians, Irish Catholics and Germans

Question 16

How much did Sacramental Wine demand increase by?

Answer 16

800%

Question 17

Who were the KKK’s public relation agents?

Answer 17

Edgar Young Clark and Elizabeth Tyler

Question 18

What was the infamous 1915 silent film by the KKK?

Answer 18

The Birth of a Nation

Question 19

Who made The Birth of a Nation?

Answer 19

D.W.Griffith

Question 20

What was Jim Crow?

Answer 20

A radical system which caused segregation

Question 21

Which group was the KKK linked to?

Answer 21

The Anti-Saloon League

Question 22

What was the KKK called?

Answer 22

“The extreme wing of the temperance movement”

Question 23

Was the KKK in or out of favour with Prohibition?

Answer 23

Against

Question 24

By 1914, how many minutes could a Model T be produced in?

Answer 24

93 Minutes

Question 25

What was the average price of the Model T by 1914?

Answer 25

$400

Question 26

Who came up with Taylorism?

Answer 26

Fredrick Taylor

Question 27

What article originated Fredrick Taylor's ideas in?

Answer 27

"The principles of Scientific Management"

Question 28

What did the "Principles of Scientific Managment" propose?

Answer 28

It proposed strictly enforced work schedules and worker cooperation

Question 29

What was the stock market called during the economic boom?

Answer 29

The Great Bull Market

Question 30

What is the name for a prosperous stock market?

Answer 30

A bull market

Question 31

Who was David Stephenson?

Answer 31

The grand dragon of Indiana

Question 32

What was the name of the KKK's paper called?

Answer 32

The Fiery Cross

Question 33

Who set up the 2nd KKK?

Answer 33

William Simmons

Question 34

Where was the KKK set up?

Answer 34

Atlanta

Question 35

Who was William Simmoms?

Answer 35

The founder of the KKK and a Methodist preacher

Question 36

What happened to David Stephenson?

Answer 36

Was sentenced to 25 years for rape and manslaughter

Question 37

What did David Stephenson's arrest to the KKK's reputation?

Answer 37

Spoiled their reputation as defenders of womanhood and moral purity

Question 38

When did Elizabeth Tyler's death occur?

Answer 38

1924

Question 39

What did Elizabeth Tyler's death do to the KKK?

Answer 39

Made publicity and marketing less effective

Question 40

Why did the the Palmer raids take place?

Answer 40

A fear of Communism Bombing attack, including one targeting Palmer Wilson had a stroke and there was no clear leadership

Question 41

Why did the Red Scare take place in 1919-1920

Answer 41

Comintern, the fear of America being influenced Bolshevik Revolution Immigrants were linked culturally to drinking and there was support for prohibition Anarchist exclusion act had endorsed scare

Question 42

What were two long term reasons for the KKK attracting so many members?

Answer 42

Many had grown up with Jim Crow laws at the end of the civil war Many were in favour of isolation

Question 43

What were short term reasons for the KKK attracting so many members?

Answer 43

Demobilisation had been smooth with many jobs being taken by African-Americans The PR work of Elizabeth Tyler and Edgar Young Clark Birth of a nation

Question 44

Why did the invention of the assembly line boost the American economy?

Answer 44

Because it made production more efficient, which lowered the cost which increased demand and therefore profit

Question 45

Why was their an economic boom in America in the 1920s?

Answer 45

There was a consumer culture which meant more money was spent A laissez faire economy allowed America to thrive Andrew Mellon, the secretary of the treasury who kept taxes low The assembly line

Question 46

Who was Andrew Mellon?

Answer 46

The secretary to the treasury from 1921 to 1932

Question 47

When was the Mellon plan created?

Answer 47

1923

Question 48

What did the Mellon plan recommend?

Answer 48

Reduce national debt and keep taxes low, especially for the rich

Question 49

When was the Emergency Quota Act created?

Answer 49

1921

Question 50

What were the restrictions of the 1921 Emergency Quotas Act?

Answer 50

3% of the specific country at the 1910 census

Question 51

When was the National Origins Act created?

Answer 51

1924

Question 52

What were the restrictions of the 1924 National Origins Act?

Answer 52

2% of a specific country at the 1890 census

Question 53

Why was prohibition undermined during the 1920s?

Answer 53

Alcohol was popular There were not enough agents Many of the agents were corrupt These agents couldn't patrol all of America's coast and borders

Question 54

What government policies were responsible for prosperity?

Answer 54

High tariffs Tax reductions Fewer regulations

Question 55

What technical advances were responsible for prosperity?

Answer 55

The motor vehicle industry | Electrical consumer goods

Question 56

What new business methods were responsible for prosperity?

Answer 56

The growth of huge corporations Management science Advertising and salesmanship

Question 57

What were reasons for prosperity?

Answer 57

``` Government policies Technical advances New business methods Easy credit Influence in foreign economies ```

Question 58

By 1929, how many goods were sold on credit?

Answer 58

$7 Billion worth

Question 59

How many cars were taken out using easy credit?

Answer 59

75%

Question 60

Where did the Firestone Corporation develop a rubber industry?

Answer 60

Liberia

Question 61

How much was US foreign investment worth by 1930?

Answer 61

$17,200 million

Question 62

In what ways was America isolationist?

Answer 62

Rejection of peace treaties Rejection of League of Nations Neutrality Acts Ludlow Amendment

Question 63

In what ways was America interventional?

Answer 63

Washington Conference Kellogg-Briand Pact Destroyers for bases

Question 64

What trade policies were part of America's foreign policy 1920 onwards?

Answer 64

Open door | Good neighbour

Question 65

What was the Good Neighbour policy?

Answer 65

Cordell Hull, encouraged trade with Latin America