GCSE history- America:The boom
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- Created on: 13-11-18 19:10
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- GCSE history: America The Boom- 1920'
- Productivity rises dramatically- companies adapted- assembly lines(Henry Ford)
- This means new products and new jobs for americans
- By 1929, half of all American families had a car
- 80% of the worlds cars were from America.
- Household appliances such as fridges, vacuums etc.. allowed more time for leisure
- Products were put on credit so more people were able to afford them
- This means new products and new jobs for americans
- The film industry rose, actors and actresses in Hollywood such as Clara bow and Rudolph Valentino
- Women gained more rights
- Flappers- women drank and smoked in public and were cutting their hair into a bob.
- Birth control was now available
- Women gained more rights
- Black americans gained some rights
- They migrated to cities- Harlem
- Klu klux klan - claimed 3 million members, this meant more racism and lynchings
- White people were still superior
- " America must be kept American"
- White people were still superior
- Negatives of the boom
- Americans went into debt to follow the American dream
- Prosperity
- Small businesses lost
- 40% of Americans lived in poverty
- 1% of nations banks controlled 80% of the nations financial resources
- Farm incomes dropped steadily
- Immigration- new immigration law made numbers drop
- Productivity rises dramatically- companies adapted- assembly lines(Henry Ford)
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