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1
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Which party like to keep traditions the same?

Republicans or democrats?

A

Republicans

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2
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Which party like to help those in need?

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Democrats

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3
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What doubled between 1915-1930?

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American industry

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4
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What year did USA start working on electricity?

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1918

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5
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What year did all houses in USA have electricity?

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1929

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6
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In 1921 what did every household have?

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Fridge

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7
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How many telephones in 1915?

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10 million

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8
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How many telephones in 1930?

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20 million

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9
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How many cars in 1919?

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9 million

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10
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Why were cars important?

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So Americans could live in suburbs

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11
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What does liaises faire mean?

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Leave alone

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12
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Why were assembly lines important?

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Goods made bit by bit
Companies got good at making them
Goods became cheaper
Created more jobs

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13
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Explain credit

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Department stores sold goods from a catalogue to your door

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14
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Describe propaganda

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Companies using marketing techniques to support war effort

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15
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What is hire purchase?

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Buying on credit

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16
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Give a reason American boom

A

Mass production

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17
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Who benefitted from the boom?

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Business men
Housewives
Flappers
Factory workers
Immigrants 
Native Americans
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18
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In 1929 how many Americans lived in poverty?

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60%

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19
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Who suffered the most in boom?

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Farmers

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20
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Name some leisure activities of roaring twenties

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Mahjong
Swimming
Dancing competitions

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21
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Describe a flapper

A 
Single
Smoked
Drank alcohol
Made whopee 
Wore short dresses
Wore lots of make up
Socialised with friends 
Stayed out late
Rebelled
Had low paid jobs
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22
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What did prohibition stop?

A

Making or carrying alcohol

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23
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What year was prohibition introduced?

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1920-1933

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24
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What is Volstead act?

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Penalties for breaking prohibition rules

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25
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Were speakeasies legal?

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No illegal

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26
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How much money was made from speakeasies?

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60 million dollars

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27
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How many murders did Al Capone commit?

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Over 300

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28
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What nationality was Al Capone?

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Italian

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29
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Why did Al leave school?

A

Hit a teacher

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30
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When was Valentine day massacre?

A

February 14th 1929

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31
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Who set up soup kitchens?

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Al Capone

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32
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What happened in 1919?

A

Strikes and riots

The Red scare

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33
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Give reasons for and against Sacco and Vanzetti

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Against
Eyewitnesses saw them carrying guns
Bullets same size
Already convicted robbers

For
Carried guns as scared
Witnesses disagreed with what wearing

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34
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When were KKK started?

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1915

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35
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How many members did KKK have in 1920?

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6 million

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36
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What silent film glorified the KKK?

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Birth of the Nation

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37
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What crimes did KKK commit

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Burning crosses
Kidnapping
Murder
Racial hatred

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38
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Uniform of KKK

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Cloak

Tall white hood

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39
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What date was Black Thursday?

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24th October 1929

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40
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What day did great depression end?

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December 1941

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41
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Why was Roosevelt elected in 1932?

A

3 Rs
Relief help the poor
Recovery boost economy
Reform welfare provisions

42
Q

Who was helped by social security act?

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Elderly, sick and disabled

43
Q

What is Wagner act?

A

Helped employees negotiate for better conditions

Illegal to sack workers in a union

44
Q

What is resettlement administration?

A

Helped farmers by giving loans so they can afford better houses

45
Q

4 most popular sports in 1930s

A

Basketball
Baseball
Boxing
Track and field

46
Q

Which brands supported the war?

A

Coca Cola

Wrigleys

47
Q

Who took over from Roosevelt and how did he tackle poverty?

A

Truman’s fair deal

48
Q

When was first freedom ride?

A

May 1961

49
Q

When was civil rights act passed?

A

1957

50
Q

What was Malcolm X real name?

A

Malcolm Little

51
Q

When was civil rights act?

A

1964

52
Q

List 3 new forms of entertainment available in 1920s?

A 
Radio
Cinema
Silent forms
Jazz
Charleston
Baseball
53
Q

List 3 limitations on lives of women in 1920s

A

Paid less than men
Very few female politicians
Traditional view of role eg housewife

54
Q

What do KKK believe?

A

White people are better than black people

55
Q

Who was killed in Valentine day massacre?

A

A rival gang

56
Q

Which gang related incident helped bring prohibition to an end?

A

St Valentine’s Day massacre

57
Q

In what ways was American society affected by prohibition?

A

Increase in organised crime
Gangs smuggling alcohol across border
Money to be made as a gangster
Division between who supported prohibition and those who didn’t

58
Q

Which was more important in ending prohibition
Failure of law enforcement against illegal speakeasies
Or
The violence of gangsters controlling illegal alcohol

A

The violence of gangsters controlling illegal alcohol

59
Q

Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants

True or false?

A

True

60
Q

When was Wall Street crash?

A

1929

61
Q

What were Hoovervilles?

A

Shanty or slum towns for homeless people named after President Hoover

62
Q

List 2 things that damaged Hoover’s reputation?

A

Refused to meet with bonus marchers About paying war pension early
He believed people should help the self not rely on government

63
Q

List 2 promises made by Roosevelt

A

A new deal for Americans

He would spend money to create jobs

64
Q

Was Roosevelt democrat or republican?

A

Democrat

65
Q

Was Hoover a democrat or republican?

A

Republican

66
Q

In what way was American society affected by depression?

A

High unemployment
Low wages
Homelessness
Life was harder

67
Q

2 consequences of Wall Street crash for businesses?

A

Companies went bankrupt
Laid off workers so more unemployment
Average wages fell
Unemployed people bought less so companies sold less

68
Q

3 consequences of the depression for farmers

A 
Demand for food went down
Demand for meat dropped
Farmers went bankrupt and lost homes
Cost mor to get animals to market than could sell them for
Dust storms from over farming
69
Q

What was Hoover referred to as?

A

The do nothing president

70
Q

What was civilian conservation corps?

A

Gave unemployed young men low paid work in conservation

Eg planting trees to stop erosion

71
Q

What was Huey Long’s criticism of new deal?

A

It did not go far enough

Businesses still had too much power

72
Q

List 2 developments in popular culture in 1930s

A 
Radio 
Film
Talkies
Films took people’s minds off depression 
Musicals
73
Q

Describe 2 ways new deal helped American economy

A 
Restored confidence 
Helped trade unions
Created jobs
Standards of living rose
Native Americans got money to improve living conditions
74
Q

List 2 impacts of WW2 on American industry

A

Worked in factories producing war goods
Decreased unemployment
Drafted into army
Farmers got a boost as food exports increased

75
Q

What was the purpose of war production board?

A

Organise production and recruitment

76
Q

In what ways were lives of African Americans affected by WW2?

A 
Treated equally 
Not segregated 
Membership of NAACP (national association for advancement of coloured people)
Empowered to challenge racism
Worked in factories
77
Q

Which was more important for US recovery after depression, New Deal or opportunities created by WW2?

A

War boosted industry and improved unemployment
More women in paid employment
New deal started to restore confidence, reduce poverty and create jobs
African Americans benefited from alphabet agencies

But new deal did not go far enough
Failed to discourage discrimination

78
Q

What was American dream?

A

Own home with well stocked fridge

79
Q

In 1958 how many Americans owned a TV?

A

83%

80
Q

Most popular type of TV shows in 1950s?

A

Soap operas
Sport
Children’s

81
Q

Why were teenagers seen as rebels?

A

Wore different clothes
Listened to rock and roll music
Money to spend but no family responsibilities
Misunderstanding between adults and teens

82
Q

What was HUAC?

A

House Un American Activities Committee

To investigate suspected communists

83
Q

What is McCarthyism?

A

Extreme anti communism
Named after Joseph McCarthy
List of communists working in government

84
Q

When was Cold War?

A

1947-1991

85
Q

Who is involved in Cold War?

A

Soviet Union and Unites states of America

86
Q

What was made illegal in civil rights act 1964?

A

Illegal to discriminate against people in housing and employment

87
Q

When did Martin Luther King give his I have a dream speech?

A

August 1963

During March to Washington

88
Q

What was outcome of Brown vs Board of education in 1954?

A

Linda Brown had to walk past white schools to get to hers

School segregation laws changed

89
Q

When was Rosa Parker’s arrested and why

A

1955 for not giving up her seat to a white person

90
Q

What are freedom rides?

A

Began in 1961

Mixed groups of black and white students traveled together ignoring order to desegregate

91
Q

When was Martin Luther King assassinated?

A

1968

92
Q

Who led civil rights movement?

A

Martin Luther King

93
Q

Name 2 radical progress groups in civil rights campaigns

A

SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference

SNCC
Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee

CORE
Congress of racial Equality

94
Q

In 1961 what did JFK appeal to US?

A

To ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country

95
Q

When was JFK assassination?

A

1963

96
Q

Who took over from JFK?

A

Lyndon Johnson

97
Q

When was NOW formed and what does it stand for?

A

1966

National Organisation of Women

98
Q

When was Equal pay act?

A

1963

99
Q

When was Equal Rights Amendment Act?

A

1972

100
Q

How did Roe vs Wade help women?

A

Abortion in first 3 months legal

Gave women more independence and control

101
Q

Describe 2 improvements towards female equality in 1970s

A

Equal pay act

Equal rights amendment act

102
Q

Why was women’s equality slow?

A

Did not have support of all women
Comfortable so do not see need for feminism
Religious views on abortion and contraception
Protests against Miss World ignored

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