BTRCC HISTORY GCSE Knowledge organiser Unit 4.1: USA Boom Key terms and words American Dream American ideal in which equality is available to all Congress The American national government Consumerism A social and economic order and ideology that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts Credit Buying goods with an agreement to pay later (in instalments) Hire Purchase Method to buy goods and pay in regular instalments Immigration People moving to a foreign country to live there permanently Ku Klux Klan White American group using violence against Black Americans and other minority groups/individuals Mass production Making large quantities of goods (usually using assembly lines) Prohibition Law banning the production and sale of alcohol 1920-33 Roaring Twenties Decade of wealth and excitement for many Americans Speculation Investing money in the hope of gain, but also risking loss Key terms and words American Dream American ideal in which equality is available to all Congress The American national government Consumerism A social and economic order and ideology that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts Credit Buying goods with an agreement to pay later (in instalments) Hire Purchase Method to buy goods and pay in regular instalments Immigration People moving to a foreign country to live there permanently Ku Klux Klan White American group using violence against Black Americans and other minority groups/individuals Mass production Making large quantities of goods (usually using assembly lines) Prohibition Law banning the production and sale of alcohol 1920-33 Roaring Twenties Decade of wealth and excitement for many Americans Speculation Investing money in the hope of gain, but also risking loss Movers and Shakers Al Capone Chicago gang leader Charlie Chaplin Movie star David Stephenson Grand Wizard in KKK convicted of murder F.D. Roosevelt Became US President 1932 Gloria Swanson Movie Star Henry Ford Revolutionised car production. Isadore Einstein One of the two most famous prohibition agents. Jack Dempsey Champion Boxer Timeline 1913 Ford set up world’s first moving production line in a Detroit factory. 1920 Republican government into power Volstead Act – start of prohibition 1927 First ‘talkie’ movie was made 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre shocks America Wall Street Crash and start of economic depression 1933 Prohibition had clearly failed. Roosevelt repealed Movers and Shakers Al Capone Chicago gang leader Charlie Chaplin Movie star David Stephenson Grand Wizard in KKK convicted of murder F.D. Roosevelt Became US President in 1932 Gloria Swanson Movie Star Henry Ford Revolutionised car production. Isadore Einstein One of the two most famous prohibition agents. Jack Dempsey Champion Boxer Timeline 1913 Ford set up world’s first moving production line in a Detroit factory. 1920 Republican government into power Volstead Act – start of prohibition 1927 First ‘talkie’ movie was made 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre shocks America Wall Street Crash and start of economic depression 1933 Prohibition had clearly failed. Roosevelt repealed BTRCC History Department…….. ‘in pursuit of excellence.’ BTRCC History Department…….. ‘in pursuit of excellence.’