1920s USA History PDF

# Year 9 Knowledge Organiser Autumn 2: 1920s USA ## 1920s USA | Question | Answer | |---|---| | 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 | | What was the name o...

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