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Roaring 20's
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GCSE History Mind Map on Roaring 20's, created by lornaboothroyd on 07/09/2015.
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Roaring 20's
USA's reaction to WW1
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson's idea
Would act as world parliament-Stop another war happening
America didn't join
Wilson wanted to but American people didn't want to join
Americans didn't trust League of Natiosn
Upset about large number losses in WW1
Felt they would be obliged to fight if they joined
Worried about costs
Didn't want to help Britain and France with colonies, went against freedom and democracy
Isolationism
WW1
US economy boomed
US exported foods and weapons to Europe
Joined allies in 1917
European countries bout US goods with US loans
European Imports
US businesses worried about cheap foreign goods
Unemployment high in Europe
People willing to work at low costs
If people bought cheap European goods
Loss of jobs
Lower profit for US companies
Less money in taxes
Tarrifs
Harding (1921) brought in Emergency Tariff Act- May 1921
Increases tariff rates on farm goods
Fordney-McCumber Tariff- 1922
Immigration Control
Open doors before WW1
WASP's want limit on immigration
Thought anarchists+communists coming in
Also Asian, Catholic+ Jewish
1921 Quota system put in
Prosperity
Low inflation, unemployment, interest rates
Cities made more modern
Consumer boom
Ad's became big business and encourged spending
Income tax reduced so people have more money
Banks encouraged to give loans on easier terms
1.5 mil Americans bought shares in 1920's
Motor industry created lots of jobs
Cars more affordable
Assembly line introduced
Poverty
Maldistribution of wealth
Richest 5% owned 33% of wealth
Urban poverty due to high numbers
African Americans moved from South to North due to predjudice
Old industries did bad e.g coal due to new industries like cars
Overproduction
Farm population shrunk
Intolerance
Prejudice against new immigrants
Red scare
1919 Gov set up bombing around country
Deported over 4000+
Sacco + Vanzetti case
Executed on basis on very little evidence (1927)
1921 Quota system
1924- National Origins Act
KKK popularity increased after Birth of a Nation
1925- 4 mil members
Used violence + intimidation
Hated immigrants, Jews, Catholics, Blacks (basically anyone who wasn't a WASP)
Jim Crow laws in South
Forced segregation
'Separate but equal'
Prohibition
MAMBA
Movements: CTM, ASL
Claimed alcohol led to violence, immoral behaviour+ family problems
Anti-German feeling
Most breweries German, US just came out of war with Germany
Middle Class
Blamed alcohol for disorder within immigrants
Business
Blamed alcohol for unreliability within workers
Already existed
In some states
Organised Crime
Hijackers; Stole alcohol
Moonshine; homemade liquor
Bootleggers; smuggled in alcohol
Social Developments
The Wall Street Crash
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