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1K The Making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975

American Society and Industrial Power by 1920

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What ethnic tensions existed in American society by 1920?

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What cultural divide characterised American society by 1920?

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What major international agreement did the Senate reject, demonstrating political reaction against internationalism?

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  1. 1

    What proportion of global industrial output did the USA produce by 1920?

    Model answer

    Approximately 40% of global industrial output.

  2. 2

    What ethnic tensions existed in American society by 1920?

    Model answer

    Tensions between 'old stock' Americans and recent immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.

  3. 3

    What racial conflict occurred in 1919?

    Model answer

    The 'Red Summer' of 1919, involving race riots and violence against African-Americans in numerous cities.

  4. 4

    What cultural divide characterised American society by 1920?

    Model answer

    Urban-rural cultural divides over values, religion, and lifestyle.

  5. 5

    What was the Great Migration?

    Model answer

    The movement of hundreds of thousands of African-Americans from the rural South to Northern industrial cities during and after the war, seeking economic opportunity and escaping Jim Crow.

  6. 6

    What was the Red Scare of 1919-1920 and what actions resulted from it?

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    A period of fear of Bolshevism and radicalism, leading to the Palmer Raids, deportations of suspected radicals, and suppression of labour activism.

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