the belief that your country should not get involved with international affairs
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what were the effects of isolationism?
weakened the league of nations, racism in america got worse, led to the red scare
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who were the KKK?
a militant organisation of white supremacists
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who did the KKK target as "non-true americans?"
jews, catholics, black people, immigrants from southern europe (e.g italians) and immigrants from eastern europe (e.g russians)
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how many immigrants moved to the USA between 1850 and 1914?
40 million
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what did the 1921 emergency quota act state?
there is a limit of 357,000 immigrants per year
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what did the 1929 immigration law state?
limit reduced to 150,000 immigrants per year and immigration from asia is blocked
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what was the red scare?
the idea that all immigrants were communist and dangerous to society
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who were sacco and vanzetti?
they were two italian immigrants and anarchists who were accused of a robbery and murder of two guards. they were arrested and imprisoned then later killed by an electric chair.
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what was prohibition?
making, selling and transporting of alcohol became illegal in the USA
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what were the consequences of prohibition?
moonshine, speakeasies, bootlegging, organised crime and corruption
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what were the causes of the economic boom?
laissez faire, assembly line, credit, knowledge, position of USA in the world, advertising, new consumer goods, tariffs, share confidence
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what were the features of the economic boom?
mass production, ford model T, consumer goods, industry/manufacturing, transport
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what type of music was popular in the 1920s? give an example of a musician
jazz music - duke ellington
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what was a flapper?
a woman who wore short skirts, had bobbed hair and went to nightclubs with men
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when was the first talking movie released? what was it called?
1927- the jazz singer
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what year did the wall street crash happen?
1929
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what caused the wall street crash?
tariff policy, overproduction, financial speculation, unequal wealth distribution
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what were the effects of the wall street crash?
banks suffered huge losses and 700 closed due to money shortages, prices of goods continued to fall until american economy was destroyed
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
what were the effects of isolationism?
Back
weakened the league of nations, racism in america got worse, led to the red scare
Card 3
Front
who were the KKK?
Back
Card 4
Front
who did the KKK target as "non-true americans?"
Back
Card 5
Front
how many immigrants moved to the USA between 1850 and 1914?
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