Unit 1: 1920s America

Question 1

Emergency Tariff May 1921

Answer 1

This increased the tax duty on imports by an average of 40%. However, some tariffs increased by nearly 400%!

Question 2

Fordney-McCumber Tariff 1922

Answer 2

This meant tariffs on imported goods were now the highest they had ever been.

Question 3

What was the red scare

Answer 3

The fear of the spread of communism

Question 4

Why were immigrants treated poorly

Answer 4

Red scare, WASPs wanted WASPs, Germans after WW1, isolationism, taking jobs and money.

Question 5

Causes of the economic boom

Answer 5

Tariffs, laissez fairs, Henry Ford, borrowing money, advertising, new consumer goods, isolationism

Question 6

Emergency tariff:

Answer 6

This is increased the tax duty on importantes by an average of 40 percent

Question 7

Fordeney mccumber tariffs 1922:

Answer 7

Tariffs on imported goods were now the largest they had ever been

Question 8

Republican Party:

Answer 8

A right wing American political party who typically believe in competition and appeal to middle or high class

Question 9

Other causes of the boom:

Answer 9

America were big producers of agricultural products
Increase in population
The treaty of Versailles
Hire purchase

Question 10

What year was the kkk formed

Answer 10

1866

Question 11

When was slavery abolished

Answer 11

1865 by the 13th amendment

Question 12

When was segregation legal

Answer 12

1896

Question 13

NAACP

Answer 13

National association for the advancement of coloured is formed

Question 14

What is the great migration

Answer 14

This was when 500,000 black Americans migrated from south of America to the North 1914-1919

Question 15

How many black Americans fought during WW1

Answer 15

200,000

Question 16

Key moments of Al Capones life

Answer 16

Born in Naples in 1899
Slashed face, known as scar face
Worked for Colosimo whom died meaning he then worked for torio
Torrio then died leading to Capone taking over
Capone rented a suite at the metropole hotel and used as a base for his activities making 100k a year
Capone was arrested for tax evasion and spent 1931 to 1939 in Alcatraz
When he was released he lived peacefully until his death in 1947 due to dementia

Question 17

When was the Valentine’s Day massacre

Answer 17

1929 - 7 of buggy malo es men murdered

Question 18

What was prohibition

Answer 18

The government’s attempt to stop the manufacturing and sale of alcohol introduced in 1920

Question 19

How did prohibition fuel organised crime

Answer 19

Alcohol was smuggled illegally into the country
Al Capone
Many officials and government workers took bribes
Too little prohibition enforcement agents

Question 20

What were the effects of prohibition

Answer 20

Alcohol consumption fell by 30 %
Bootleggers set up illegal distilleries and sold illegal alcohol
Gangsters became richer
Speakeasies which were illegal bars
Moonshine was poor quality and could kill people

Question 21

Why did prohibition fail

Answer 21

Alcohol related crimes increased during that time
It was very difficult to enforce
The law was unsuccessful

Question 22

How did life change for woman

Answer 22

There were flappers: short dresses, bob haircuts, voting no male chaperones, kissing dancing smoking in public

Question 23

The cycle of prosperity

Answer 23

Different parts of the American economy boosted each other which ensured growth

Question 24

What date were saco and Vanzetti convicted

Answer 24

14th July 1921

Question 25

What years were the great migration

Answer 25

1914-1919