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USA Two Key Features
Describe TWO key One key feature of …was… For example, …… This meant/lead that……
features of … A second key feature of …was… For example, …… This meant/lead that……
*Example/Evidence in (bracket)
The Economic Boom 1) Republican policies e.g. low taxes on income and company profits
in 1920s (people spent more money on American goods)
2) Hire purchase/buying on credit (the growth of credit made it much
easier for people to buy goods)
3) Mass production/Production Line
4) Confidence
5) Advertising
The Car Industry 1) Mass production (By 1929, Ford was producing more than one car per
minute)
2) Create more jobs (By producing a large number of cars on an
assembly line, Ford needed fewer skilled workers)
The famer life in 1) Overproduced (Farmers suffered due to overproduction since the
1920s First World War and European farmers could grow enough to meet
their own demand)
2) Poverty (3 million farming families were earning less than $1000 a
year)
Rural America in 1) Poverty
1920s 2) Farming
Republican Policies 1) Low taxes (people spent more money on American goods)
in 1920s 2) High tariffs (taxes on imported goods to encourage people to buy
American)
3) Laissez Faire-don’t interfere in the economy
Flappers 1) The way they dressed (short skirts, bobbed hair, powered knees,
bright clothes and lots of make-up)
2) The way they behave (smoked in public, drove car, got more freedom)
Entertainment and 1) Cinema (Hollywood became the film-making capital of the world and
leisure in 1920s movie-going had become one of the most famous leisure pursuits in
America) (In 1922, cinemas made $4 million a week in ticket sales)
2) Sports (145,000 saw the boxing match between Jack Dempsey and
Gene Tunney in 1926)
3) Car
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