USA 1 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Economic benefits of world war 1
Europeans involved in war didn’t have time to grow goods
Increased demand on US trade
Growth in overseas demand
Growth in industry
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
Impacts on workers
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
Reasons for the economic boom
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
Mass production meant
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
Hide purchases
Instalments
Encouraged people to keep on buying
Advertising
Adverts on radios
Newspapers
Posters
Rebranding
Caused increased spending and a need for increased production
Which led to More jobs
Social impact of roaring twenties - leisure
Sporting events
Brought radios
Watched films in the cinema
Cinema
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
Famous baseball player
Babe Ruth
Famous tennis
Bill Tilden
The role of women in 1918 jobs
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
Woman’s rights 1918 - the role of woman
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.
Woman lifestyle- role of women in 1918
Most thought woman should do house hold jobs
Follow their husbands instructions
Behave respectably in public
Improvement for woman jobs
More married woman worked
2 million woman joined the workforce
They had access to different types of jobs
Woman’s rights
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
Woman’s lifestyle
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
Features of the flappers
Cut their hair short
Putting on make up
Short skirts
Stockings rolled down to their knees
Went to clubs and dance halls
Smoked
Problem industries
Agriculture
Overproduction in agriculture
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
As demand reduced but production increased
Many farmers went bankrupt as the value of crops fell
