1920s USA History PDF

# Year 9 Knowledge Organiser Autumn 2: 1920s USA ## 1920s USA | # | Question | Answer | |---|---|---| | 1 | What was the name of the Republican candidate elected into office in 1920 after Woodrow Wilson with the largest majority of that time in American History (61%)? | Warren Harding | | 2 | What w...

# Year 9 Knowledge Organiser Autumn 2: 1920s USA ## 1920s USA | # | Question | Answer | |---|---|---| | 1 | What was the name of the Republican candidate elected into office in 1920 after Woodrow Wilson with the largest majority of that time in American History (61%)? | Warren Harding | | 2 | What was the name of the policy which kept the United States out of European affairs? | Isolationism\* | | 3 | What impact did immigration have on America in the 1920s? | New cultures, religions and political ideas spread throughout American society | | 4 | What was the name of the tariff that put high taxes on European imports? | The Fordney-McCumber Tariff | | 5 | What was the aim of this tariff| American people were encouraged to buy American goods| | 6 | Who built the first motor car in 1896? | Henry Ford\* | | 7 | How many cars had been produced by the assembly line in the 1920s? | Over 1 million | | 8 | Why was the cycle of prosperity so important? | It created jobs in multiple industries | | 9 | How much had the cost of a Model T ford dropped to by the early 1920s?| About $300\* | | 10 | What was the name of younger middles class girls who found new freedom in the 1920s? | Flappers\* | | 11 | What was the name of the first black American women who starred in an American film? | Josephine Baker | | 12 | What law was passed banning of making, selling and drinking alcohol? | Prohibition\*/The Volsted Act | | 13 | What was the name for clubs where you could drink illegally? | Speakeasies | | 14 | What was the name for people who traded in alcohol illegally? | Bootleggers | | 15 | Who was the most famous gangster of the prohibition era? | Al Capone | | 16 | What was the name of the group who preached intolerance and spread fear in the 1920s? | The Ku Klux Klan\* | | 17 | What was the name of the state and local laws that enforced racial segregation? | The Jim Crow Laws\* | | 18 | What devastating economic event happened in 1929? | The Wall Street Crash\* | | 19 | In October 1929, how many shares were sold on Wall Street in one day? | 13 million | | 20 | When was the height of the Great Depression? | 1933 | ## Key Dates | | Key Dates | |---|---| | | January 1920- Volsted Act comes into force. This was the banning of alcohol. Also known as Prohibition | | | August 1920- Women in the US can vote | | | 1925- Charleston becomes famous. Women who dance the Charleston became known as Flappers | | | October 1927- The Jazz singer becomes the first full length Talkie - A motion picture with sound and songs | | | 1925- Ford makes its 10 millianth Model T Ford | | | October 1929- New York Stock Exchange falls - Knows as the Wall Street Crash. | # ASPIRING TO EXCELLENCE TOGETHER ## Hard Work Ambition Respect Kindness