Usa 1920s boom

Question 1

Republican policies

Answer 1

1. Low taxation - more cash to spend

2. Import tarrifs - tarrif act 1922

Question 2

New industries &; methods

Answer 2

1. 1913 Henry Ford assembly line - more cars

2. Credit schemes &HP- Sears Roebuck mail order catalogue

Question 3

Total industrial production increased by__%

Answer 3

50

Question 4

1919 - _ million cars

1929 - _

Answer 4

9

26

Question 5

__% of all glass used in cars

Answer 5

75

Question 6

3 Problems - immigrants

Answer 6

Last 2 b hired..
least skilled jobs
3% owned a car

Question 7

2 problems immigrants (why they moved to usa)

Answer 7

Escape poverty in Italy

start new life & hope of prosperity

Question 8

4 Problems - black

Answer 8

Least skilled jobs
3% owned car
Persecuted by KKK
1 million farm labourers lost work

Question 9

Prohibition:) GOOD

Answer 9

1. 4392 arrests - moe smith & izzy einstein
2. Homicide rates remained constant
3. Drunk arrests declined 50%
4. Gained widespread approval in states

Question 10

Prohibition BAD

Answer 10

1. Gangsters earned $2 billion
2. Organised crime; feb 14 1929 - 7 killed
3. 1/12 agents corrupt - george remus $25000 cufflinks
4. Not introduced in Maryland
5. Government lost tax money

Question 11

Improved - black

Answer 11

1. Harlem - black pride centre
   Louis armstrong
2. Howard University

Question 12

Rural - affected BADLY

Answer 12

1. Less than 10% farms electricity
2. Canada competition
3. Overproduction
4. 1919-29 income dropped $22 to $13 billion

Question 13

Urban affected GOOD

Answer 13

1. Skyscrapers = powerful symbol
2. More lived in cities
3. More cars

Question 14

Women GOOD

Answer 14

1. Divorce doubled since 1914
2. 1920 vote all states
3. 1929 - 10 mil workers
4. Theda bara role model

Question 15

Women BAD

Answer 15

1. Paid less
2. Employment only rose bc cheaper than men
3. Few female politicians
4. Bessie smith died bc went to white hospital & they refused to treat her