History - USA 1910-29

How many members of the KKK in 1921?

100,000

How many members of the KKK at their peak?

5 million

Who could join the KKK?

Only WASPS

What ways did the KKK kill black people?

Lynched

Burnt them with tar and feathers

Whipped them with a belt

Why were the KKK powerful?

Members included police, government members, doctors

What did David Stephenson do?

Raped a woman on a train, membership fell rapidly shortly after

Where did black people migrate to?

Seemed there was no segregation in the North

How many black people migrated to the north?

1 million

How big did Detroits population grow to?

2400% growth

How many black people were lynched?

430

What were Jim Crow laws?

segregation laws

How many black people helped with war effort?

360,000

How many black people did ford employ?

10,000

How many people were hurt/killed in the race riot in Chicago?

23 black people were killed

15 white people were killed

537 were injured

Non violent black people rights group

NAACP

More violent black peoples rights group

UNIA

What did these black people rights groups stand for?

Worked to improve conditions for black people

How much did the model T cost in 1908?

$850

How much did the model T cost in 1925?

$290

How many cars were produced in 1920?

7.5 million

How many cars were produced in 1929?

27 million

How fast could the model T be built along the assembly line?

1 hour 33 mins

How much did Ford pay his workers?

$5

Benefits of the assembly line

Created new industries

Boosted industries

Cars made faster and cheaper

How did Listerine increase sales?

They convinced that people had bad breath and sales increased by 1000%

What number of woman bought goods?

9-10 of good were bought by women

How much more did women spend on clothing in 1920'?

400% more

How many homes had electricity in 1912?

16%

How many homes had electricity in 1927?

63%

What benefits did the First World War bring the economy?

Banks lent huge sums to European countries

USA produced good such as guns and sold them to the UK and France

How many soldiers were given work?

1 million

What policy did Warren Harding introduce?

Fordney Mccumber act 1922

What policy did Herbet hoover introduce?

Strong individualism policy

What is a bootlegger?

Sold alcohol illegally

What is a rum runner?

Smuggled alcohol into the USA from Canada and Mexico

What is a moonshiner?

Created alcohol illegally

What was a speakeasy?

An illegal bar

How many speakeasies were there in New York by 1925?

100,000

Reasons for banning alcohol

Alcohol caused violence in the homes

Seen as the work of the devil

Damaging American society

Main dry groups

Anti-saloon league

Methodists and Baptist's

What was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

The murder of seven gang members in order for Al Capone to control organised crime in 1929

What was the Volstead Act?

the law that officially enforced Prohibition

What was the 21st Amendment?

repealed the 18th amendment

What did Jess Smith do?

Accused of selling alcohol to bootleggers

Who were the Ohio Gang?

Warren Harding's friends,

Jess Smith

Albert fall

Harry Daughtery

What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Albert fall sold oil fields to friends for $400,000 in bribes. Amber ford was found guilty and had to pay $100,000 and sentence a year imprisonment (1929) Harry Daughtery was accused of supporting Albert instead of doing his job as attorney general

How many cinemas were there in 1926?

17,000

How many cinemas were there in 1930?

303,000

How cheap were cinema tickets?

5c

In 1930 how many cinema tickets were sold each week?

100 million

Who was the 'it girl'?

Clara bow

What was the Hayes Code?

Bible Belt criticised silent movies as the beloved they were lowering morals, Clara Bow and Rudolph Valentino were seen as sex symbols. Hollywood responded to this by creating the Hayes code controlling what was seen to keep the south happy

famous jazz musicians

Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith

What cities banned jazz?

New York and Cleveland

How many people listened to the radio?

50 million

How many homes owned a radio?

40%

How many gramophones were sold by 1921?

$106 million

Where was jazz performed?

Speakeasies and night clubs

What were dance marathons?

Non stop dancing until 1 couple are still standing, longest one ever was alma Cummings who dance for 27 hours

How many people immigrated to the USA by 1919?

40 million

Who were the WASPs?

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants who came from north and west Europe

What % of immigrants ended up in New York?

70%, 5000 a day

What was the Island called were immigrants were dropped off?

Ellis island

Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?

Italian immigrants, example of racial discrimination refused their rights due to being Italian and were convicted based on flimsy evidence

Why did immigrants migrate?

Escape poverty in their country

Plenty of land

Sense of adventure

Religious freedom

Reasons why Americans didn't like immigrants

Took jobs for low wages

Increase in crime

Couldn't speak English

Fear of communism

How were Native Americans treated?

Converted them to Christians

Forced to assign there territories to the government

Given food rationing and temporary housing

Children's were sent to poor underfunded schools to be taught how to act white

How were Native American men treated?

Had to shave their hair

How were Native American women treated?

Women weren't allowed to pain their faces

What was the Meriam Report?

Started the understaffed and underfunded schools the children's would go to and that it was run to harshly

When we're native Americans allowed to become citizens?

1924

What was the Butler Act?

Illegal to teach any theory of evolution

Who was the man who challenged the butler act?

John Scopes

What was the Monkey Trial?

John scopes was arrested and send on trial for teaching the theory of evolution, he was fined $100 but the case went to high court and Tennessee's decisions was overruled

How did the monkey trial make fundamentalists look?

Ruined the public image and embarrassed them

What was life like before the war for women?

Weren't allowed to vote

No woman had a career

No part in politics

Had to go out with a chaperone

Wear long dresses

Long hair tied back and no makeup

What were the women rights group?

North American woman sufferage

How many women served in the war?

90,000 in the armed forces

What did the war allow women to do?

Smoke and drink in public

What's was the 19th amendment?

Giving woman the right to vote

What was the flapper lifestyle?

Short hair

Short dresses

Makeup

Going out without a chaperone

What did women gain after the vote?

New jobs on cosmetics and modelling

White good have woman more leisure time

Negative impact on women after the vote

Woman were denied equal rights act

Denied by the Bible Belt

What was the stock market value in 1925?

$27 billion

What was the stock market value in 1929?

$87 billion

How many shareholders were there in 1920?

4 million

How many shareholders were there in 1929?

20 million

What % of stocks was bought on credit?

75%

What happened on Black Thursday?

Big invested sold their shares, small investors panicked and sold theirs too. There was a small crash in the stock market but went up again

How many shares were sold on Black Thursday?

12.8 million

What happened on Black Tuesday?

The stock market had crashed

How many shares were sold on Black Tuesday?

16 million

What were the direct results of the Wall Street crash?

People lost everything

Wages were cut

People made redundant

Banks refused to give out loans

No confidence in the financial system banks become bankrupt

What was the problem with over production?

Couldn't sell products abroad because of the fordney mccumber act

Farmers couldn't compete with Australia and Argentina and soon went bankrupt

What did less demand mean?

Many people were in debt due to credit

Less demand for consumer food because everyone had already bought them

Less demand means business went corrupt as they couldn't earn profit