ROARING TWENTIES
Why were the 1920s called the “Roaring Twenties”?
Because of rapid social, cultural and economic change.
Who were the Ku Klux Klan?
A racist extremist group in the USA.
What was Prohibition?
The banning of alcohol.
What was the Wall Street Crash?
The collapse of the US stock market.
What was the Cold War?
Tension between the USA and the USSR.
Name one cultural development of the 1920s.
Jazz / cinema / radio / sport.
Where and when did the KKK begin?
Southern USA after the Civil War.
When did Prohibition last?
1920–1933.
In which year did the Wall Street Crash happen?
1929.
What two ideologies were in conflict during the Cold War?
Capitalism and communism.
Give one reason for the economic boom in the 1920s.
Mass production / new industries / Republican policies.
Name one belief of the KKK.
White supremacy / anti-Catholic / anti-immigrant.
Give one reason why Prohibition failed.
Speakeasies / organised crime / corruption
Give one cause of the Wall Street Crash.
Speculation / overproduction / unequal wealth.
What was the Domino Theory?
The idea that countries would fall to communism one by one.
Who benefited most from the economic boom?
Middle-class Americans and business owners.
Why did the KKK become powerful in the 1920s?
Fear of immigration and social change.
What right did women gain in 1920?
The right to vote.
What is capitalism?
An economic system based on private ownership.
Name one reason why the USA got involved in Vietnam.
Fear of communism / weak South Vietnam.
Why did not all Americans experience a “roaring” decade?
Racism, inequality, poverty and discrimination still existed.
What does the KKK show about American society in the 1920s?
The decade was divided and unequal.
Give two ways women were still limited in the 1920s.
Lower pay / expected to focus on home / fewer jobs.
What is communism?
An economic system where the government controls industry.
What event in 1964 increased US involvement in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident.