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 was the nam...

# 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 | Date | Event | |---|---| | 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 | Symbol | Value | |---|---| | % | Hard Work | | Mountain | Ambition | | Parallel lines | Respect | | Heart | Kindness |