1920s

Question 1

What type of government approach was used in the 20s

Answer 1

Laissez-faire economics

Question 2

Corruption in Harding’s government

Answer 2

Attorney General Harry Daugherty: accepted money to not prosecute criminals
Int. Secretary Albert Fall: took $500,000 from private companies for leases in government oil resources at Teapot Dome

Question 3

How did businesses work

Answer 3

Older industries adopted Ford’s assembly lines
Newer companies provided more jobs and products

Question 4

Annual production of cars

Answer 4

Tripled to 4.8 million

Question 5

Population owning cars

Answer 5

By 1929 half of all American families owned a car

Question 6

How much of the world’s cars did America produce

Answer 6

85%

Question 7

Who were the three main car manufacturers

Answer 7

Ford
Chrysler
Harley Davidson General motors

Question 8

How much of America’s overall manufactured goods were produced in America

Answer 8

40%

Question 9

Time saving inventions

Answer 9

Vacuum cleaners, washing machines, toasters and refrigerators

Question 10

Leisure developments

Answer 10

Baseball, boxing, radio and cinema

Question 11

American Film Industry

Answer 11

Moved to Hollywood before WW1
By 1925 became the best in the world for scale and quantity of production
More people went to see them

Question 12

Why did people have more spending money

Answer 12

Consumer debt and the wide use of credit.
Became normalised to go into debt to maintain the standard of living
Low taxes

Question 13

Harlem

Answer 13

Became the capital of Black America as African Americans continued to migrate from the South to the North, especially during the war

Question 14

Flappers

Answer 14

Drank illegally and smoked
Short hair and dresses
Androgynous presentation to reject the Gibson Girl ideal
Still expected to marry and have kids to settle into stereotypical roles

Question 15

Employer vs employee income

Answer 15

Industrial wages rose by a quarter from 1922-29
Corporate profits rose by double that rate

Question 16

Banks’ control of finance

Answer 16

By 1929 1% of banks controlled 50% of the nation’s financial resources

Question 17

Wealth distribution

Answer 17

Top 5%’s national income exceeded that of the bottom 60%

Question 18

Percentage of Americans living in poverty

Answer 18

40%

Question 19

How many Americans owned stock

Answer 19

By 1920 1.5m Americans owned some kind of stock

Question 20

Manufacturing workers decline

Answer 20

5%
Some jobs were replaced by those in new industries

Question 21

How many Americans owned washing machines

Answer 21

By 1930 75% of American homes did not have a washing machine

Question 22

How many Americans had radios

Answer 22

40%

Question 23

Farms

Answer 23

During WW1 the government subsidised farms to maintain production for the war effort.
Production continued at the war rate after subsidies were taken back due to the use of fertilisers and new machinery, so they were losing money
Banks foreclosed their properties

Question 24

KKK

Answer 24

Resurged due to the 1915 film ‘Birth of a Nation’ and hyper-nationalism in the war
Rose to over 3 million by the mid 20s
Majority White Protestants concerned about immigration, specifically Jews and Catholics

Question 25

What was the economic situation

Answer 25

Downturn since WW1 but laissez faire economics

Question 26

White House march

Answer 26

100,000 members of the KKK at the White House protesting for white supremacy. Took place during the Great Migration, in which ghettoisation took place in Northern cities such as Chicago and New York

Question 27

What was Wilson's campaign slogan for re-election

Answer 27

'He kept us out of the war' Then joined WW1 the following year, leading people to vote Republican

Question 28

Dockyard strikes in Seattle

Question 29

What was Harding's slogan

Answer 29

'Return to Normalcy' Appealing to the public to return to regular taxes and be freed from the pressure of interfering with international issues, especially after lending $4bn to Britain.

Question 30

When did Wilson have a stroke

Answer 30

Late 1919 after touring the US to convince the electorate to have their representatives vote in favour of the League of Nations

Question 31

How well did Harding work with Congress

Answer 31

Very well

Question 32

What was Congress like in the 20s

Answer 32

Republican, meaning a united government and smooth sailing legislation

Question 33

What was the Republican style of war and foreign policy

Answer 33

Isolationism

Question 34

Indian Citizenship Act 1924

Question 35

Immigration Act 1921

Question 36

Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924

Question 37

Commerce Air Act 1926

Question 38

Nellie Ross

Answer 38

First female governor elected in Wyoming 1924

Question 39

Teapot Dome Scandal

Question 40

Emergency Relief Construction Act of 1932

Question 41

Bonus March

Question 42

Hoovervilles

Answer 42

Slums and makeshift homes created en masse following homelessness from the Great Depression

Question 43

1929 fuel stations

Answer 43

121,000 making $4.6m a year

Question 44

Car manufacturing in 1929

Answer 44

2 million cars in 1920, 23 milion by 1929

Question 45

Electricity

Answer 45

Federal Electrification Administration laid 100,000 miles of cable to advance American households to electric power

Question 46

How many households had indoor flushing toilets in 1920

Answer 46

40%

Question 47

Bertha Knight Landes

Answer 47

First female mayor in Seattle 1926