USA

Question 1

How did the Wallstreet Crash led to the Depression?

Answer 1

1. Banks called in loans and there was a fall in demand.
2. Companies cut back on production, workers and wages.
3. The more unemployed the less money spent on goods.
4. Less money spent, further fall in demand.
5. Companies go bust, more unemployed.
6. Many more companies go bust, more unemployed, less money spent, further fall in demand and so on…

Question 2

In 1929 how many people were unemployed?

Answer 2

1.6 million.

Question 3

In 1933 how many people were unemployed?

Answer 3

14 million.

Question 4

How did overproduction in American industry led to the Wallstreet Crash?

Answer 4

New mass production methods and mechanisation had the production of consumer goods expand enormously. Too many goods were reaching the market and not enough people could buy them: they already had one.

Question 5

How did an unequal distribution of wealth led to the Crash?

Answer 5

Most families were only scraping a living and only purchased the essentials. No money could be spent on consumer goods.

Question 6

How did the panic selling of shares led to the Crash?

Answer 6

Experts spotted a weakness in economy and sold their shares. Small investors panicked and tried to sell their shares which led to a complete collapse of prices and thousands of investors lost millions of dollors.

Question 7

When was Prohibition introduced?

Answer 7

18th Ammendment
Volstead Act
1919

Question 8

What was Prohibition?

Answer 8

Profited the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol.

Question 9

What was alcohol said to cause?

Answer 9

3/4 of all poverty and crime.

Question 10

Which groups campaigned for Prohibition?

Answer 10

Anti-Salon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Movement.

Question 11

Why was alcohol seen as unpatriotic?

Answer 11

Because during the war, many brewers were German.

Question 12

What did alcohol do the workforce?

Answer 12

Made workers lazy and inefficient.

Question 13

How much money did gangs make a year from alcohol during Prohibition?

Answer 13

$2 billion.

Question 14

Why was organised crime hard to contain?

Answer 14

Agents were appointed to control this activity but due to Americas borders there was too few of them to solve the problem efficiently.

Question 15

Why was Prohibition repealed?

Answer 15

Organised Crime
Big Businesses
Corruption
Lack of Reinforcement
Lack of Pubic Support
Profits

Question 16

How did life improve for black people in the 1920’s?

Answer 16

Black culture and pride flourished.
Black American music became one of the most influential art forms of the 20th century.
Black peoples talent was recognised all over the world (new opportunities).

Question 17

Was does the KKK reach in 1924?

Answer 17

Reaches a membership level of 4.5 million.

Question 18

What was the Jimmy Crowe law?

Answer 18

Segregation of blacks from whites in schools, parks, hospitals and other public places.

Question 19

Who was Sacco and Vancetti?

Answer 19

Two Italian immigrants accused of an armed robbery of a shoe factory at which two people were killed.

Question 20

How did old industries not benefit for the economic boom?

Answer 20

They were getting replaced by new industries e.g. electricity replacing coal.

Question 21

How many people were below the poverty line in the 1920s?

Answer 21

42%.

Question 22

How many farming families were earning less then $1000 a year?

Answer 22

More than 3 million.

Question 23

Why was there a boom in the 1920s?

Answer 23

WW1
Mass Production
Mass Marketing
Credit
Natural Resources
Confidence
Policies of Republican Presidents

Question 24

How did Confidence help the boom?

Answer 24

Created the right frame of mind for developments to take place.

Question 25

How did WW1 cause the boom?

Answer 25

Gave American industry a flying start to the beginning of the 1920s.

Question 26

How did Mass Production mean in the economic boom?

Answer 26

Meant more people could afford to buy cars and other goods.

Question 27

What were the key features of the boom?

Answer 27

Cars
Mail Order
New Cheap Fabrics
Electrical products
Electricity in homes
Magazines 
Big stores 
Radios

Question 28

What did cars mean in the 1920s?

Answer 28

Meant people could travel and gave them more freedom, holidays and growth of the suburbs.

Question 29

What did radios mean?

Answer 29

Connected suburb areas to cities, published news, national events, music and advertisement.

Question 30

How did electrical products improve people’s lives?

Answer 30

It meant more leisure time, communication got better. People got more freedom to do things they enjoyed.

Question 31

How was the Depression blamed on?

Answer 31

Many people blamed the Depression on Hoover and named some of the results after him
“Hooverville” “Hooverblanket” “Hooverflags”.