The American Boom

• By 1929, more than 26 million cars were registered
• In 1916 only 15% of American homes had electricity. But nearly 70% had it by 1927
• 600,000 farmers lost their farms in 1924 alone.
• In 1920, the 18th Amendment made alcohol illegal.
• St Valentine’s Day Massacre was in 1929
• During prohibition $2 billion worth of business was transferred.
• Only 1,500 Prohibition agents were around in 1920, of whom had a low salary
• Literacy Test 1917

  Emergency Quota Act 1921

  National Origins Act of 1924
• Mitchell Palmer claimed that there were around 150,000 communists in America.
• “Palmer Raids” started and 6000 were arrested without trial
• 1927 - Sacco and Vanzetti were electrocuted unjustly.
• Slavery ended in 1865
• 5 million KKK members in the mid-1920s
• 400 African Americans were lynched in the 1920s
• The first talkie was called "The Jazz Singer (1927)
• Around 100 million went to the cinema by 1929
• Women got the vote in 1920
• The first “talkie“ was The Jazz Singer (1927)
• By 1930, there were over 5000 cinemas across America
• In 1932, 13 million lost their job
• The Depression was in 1929
• Roosevelt had 30 fireside chats between 1933 and 1944
• The ”Hundred Days“ saw 77 laws passed towards the economy
• 2.5 million jobs were made due to the CCC.

  200K to African american. 10K to women
• 1935 Wagner Act created work unions
• 16 million shares were sold in October 1929
• Hawley-Smooth Act 1930 raised tariffs by 50%
• The Bonus March in 1932 saw WW1 veterans marching the streets demanding earlier war bonuses
• Economy Act saved nearly $1 billion.
• The 3 Rs

  Relief

  Reform

  Recovery
• Against the New Deal:

  Republicans

  Businesses

  The Rich
• The Supreme Court thought the New Deal went against constitution
• "Cash and Carry" allowed the USA to sell weapons to Britain and France
• 1941, $7 billion worth of weapons sold as a part of "Lend Lease"
• 1941 - 2000 men killed in Peal Harbour
• 350,000 women joined the armed forces.
• 1940 - 1945: 12-19 million working women
• 1/3 of all American jobs were occupied by women.
• 1 million African Americans fought during the war.
• 1/10 aircraft makers were black. Out of 30,000 total workers