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How much did the model T cost in 1925?
$290
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
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 many cars were produced in 1920?
7.5 million
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
Non violent black people rights group
NAACP
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
