The Boom

Question 1

What policy did republicans believe in

Answer 1

Laissez Faire. - “leave it alone”

Never interfered with peoples lives

Question 2

Republican values

Answer 2

Don’t support high taxes

More conservative

Question 3

Democratic Party

Answer 3

‘Ordinary people’s party’
Favoured helping the most vulnerable
More liberal

Question 4

Positive of Hire purchase

Answer 4

Help people buy goods

Question 5

Positive of mass production

Answer 5

Goods can be made a lot cheaper.

Question 6

Positive of advertisment

Answer 6

Persuades people to buy more goods

Question 7

Positive of prosperity cycle

Answer 7

More people are employed to make the goods and are then putting their wages into the companies

Question 8

When was the first ford factory built and where

Answer 8

1903 in Detroit Michigan

Question 9

How do shares work

Answer 9

To set up a company you need money for wages and equipment
You get this money from investors
These investors then have a share of the company.

Question 10

What animal were the democrats represented by?

Answer 10

Donkey

Question 11

What animal were the republicans represented by?

Answer 11

Elephant

Question 12

When British settlers went to America how many regions did they establish?

Answer 12

13

Question 13

When did the 13 colonies decide to leave the British empire?

Answer 13

4th July 1777

Question 14

Why was there a boom?

Answer 14

Shares
First World War
Mass production 
Hire purchase
Advertisement

Question 15

Who lived in rural areas that were struggling for money?

Answer 15

Farmers
Black people
Miners

Question 16

What were crazes in the 1920’s?

Answer 16

Mah jong - board game
Flagpole sitting
Marathon dancing

Question 17

How did advertisement help sporting?

Answer 17

Radio broadcasts newspapers and magazines helped bring audiences.

Question 18

What happened with jazz music?

Answer 18

Whites were exposed to ‘black music’

Artists like Louis Armstrong made big money from nightclub appearances.

Question 19

What happened to movies in the 1920s?

Answer 19

‘Talkies’ were made

This ended some careers due to them having funny accents or strange voices.

Question 20

Qualities of a flapper

Answer 20

Short hair 
Cigarette 
Chanel no5 perfume 
Sun tan and makeup 
Cocktail
Bangles

Question 21

What were flappers?

Answer 21

Mainly middle or upper class women
Rebelling against several aspects of women’s lives

Question 22

When did prohibition begin?

Answer 22

1920-1933

Question 23

What was prohibition?

Answer 23

Prohibited any drink from being sold or produced that contained more then 0.5% alcohol

Question 24

Why did prohibition fail?

Answer 24

Speakeasies
Bootleggers
Gangsters controlled the trade through violence

Question 25

Who was Al capone?

Answer 25

Alphonse ‘Scarface’ Capone
Infamous gangster
Making 2 mill a week through illegal gambling dens, bootlegging and brothels.

Question 26

When was the Valentine’s Day massacre?

Answer 26

February 14th 1929

Question 27

What was the red scare?

Answer 27

Fear of communism

Question 28

What were Sacco and Vanzetti accused of?

Answer 28

Robbery and murder

Question 29

Why was the KKK called that?

Answer 29

Ku klux klan
Greek word meaning circle
No one can enter

Question 30

When was the KKK formed?

Answer 30

1860

Question 31

Who did the Klansmen hate?

Answer 31

Catholics
Jews
Blacks 
Drunkards
Sometimes divorced

Question 32

What did the KKK wear?

Answer 32

Robe and hood

Carried ‘Kluxers kmifty knife”

Question 33

What was the Monkey trial and when?

Answer 33

By 1924, 6 states had deemed it illegal to teach Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory. 
Johnny scopes agreed to put the law to the test, he taught his class and let his friend sue him. He was arrested. 
He was fined 100 dollars.