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Question 1

Economic benefits of world war 1

Answer 1

Europeans involved in war didn’t have time to grow goods
Increased demand on US trade
Growth in overseas demand

Question 2

Growth in industry

Answer 2

During First World War factory production grew by 35 percent
One of the largest areas of growth was in the steel industry in 1910 it had produced 26.1 million tonnes of steel and by 1920 it had reached 42.1 million

Question 3

Impacts on workers

Answer 3

Increased demand meant more workers where needed
Reduced unemployment
Wage increases
Many woman joined the workforce and African Americans moved from agriculture to industrial jobs

Question 4

Reasons for the economic boom

Answer 4

New production methods allowed goods to be produced at a faster rate
The availability of credit
Advertising
Increased popularity in investing in stocks and shares

Question 5

Mass production meant

Answer 5

Price drop as more cars could be produced quicker
Led to Increased demand
This helped the economy to boom as constructing a car was dependent on many other resources
As well as increased the demand for petrol

Question 6

Hide purchases

Answer 6

Instalments
Encouraged people to keep on buying

Question 7

Advertising

Answer 7

Adverts on radios
Newspapers
Posters
Rebranding
Caused increased spending and a need for increased production
Which led to More jobs

Question 8

Social impact of roaring twenties - leisure

Answer 8

Sporting events
Brought radios
Watched films in the cinema

Question 9

Cinema

Answer 9

Developed colour
Developed sound
Developed animation techniques

Before movies were black and white and had no sound
Resulted in Americans going to the cinema weekly

Question 10

Famous baseball player

Answer 10

Babe Ruth

Question 11

Famous tennis

Answer 11

Bill Tilden

Question 12

The role of women in 1918 jobs

Answer 12

The first work war me at women where needed to replace men in jobs
It was expected that women would not continue to work after they got married

Question 13

Woman’s rights 1918 - the role of woman

Answer 13

Some states gave woman teh right to vote such as New York, which passed this law in 1917
Despite this many woman did not have the right to vote, right to equal pay of same employment opportunities as men.

Question 14

Woman lifestyle- role of women in 1918

Answer 14

Most thought woman should do house hold jobs
Follow their husbands instructions
Behave respectably in public

Question 15

Improvement for woman jobs

Answer 15

More married woman worked
2 million woman joined the workforce
They had access to different types of jobs

Question 16

Woman’s rights

Answer 16

The nineteenth amendment gave woman the right to vote
As a result the government began to pass more laws which reflected the interest of woman
Such as the Shepard tonwer act which provided health care services with the money needed to support pregnant woman
Some woman became politicians

Question 17

Woman’s lifestyle

Answer 17

Woman’s freedom increased in the 1920s
Divorce rates rose
Birth rates fell
Invention of vacuum cleaner reduced domestic roles
Gave them more leisure time

Question 18

Features of the flappers

Answer 18

Cut their hair short
Putting on make up
Short skirts
Stockings rolled down to their knees
Went to clubs and dance halls
Smoked

Question 19

Problem industries

Answer 19

Agriculture

Question 20

Overproduction in agriculture

Answer 20

Demands in goods fell at the same rate that production rates rose
NEw man made materials reduced demand for Cotten
Prohibition reduced demand for wheat normally used in brewing process
Mechanisation meant farmers now needed fuel to run their farm
Tariffs meant American goods became harder to sell overseas
The recovery of Europe meant farms overseas could produce their own goods reducing demand

Question 21

As demand reduced but production increased

Answer 21

Many farmers went bankrupt as the value of crops fell