The document summarizes key aspects of the United States between 1917-1933. It describes the US becoming the leading industrial economy prior to 1917 due to its vast natural resources, large immigrant workforce, and technological innovation. After entering WWI reluctantly in 1917, the US adopted an isolationist stance afterwards due to its traditions, dislike of Europe, and fears over ideologies like communism. The 1920s saw economic boom and a culture of consumerism but was followed by the Great Depression starting with the stock market crash of 1929.

1. The USA 1917-1933

2. Aim: what were the main features of the USA in 1917 ?

3. Why was the USA so dominant ? The USA is roughly the same size as Australia but with ten times the population.

4. Safe from invasion ! Pacific ocean Canada. Small population. Friendly. Mexico. Very poor country. Atlantic ocean

7. Poor immigrants arriving from Naples and Ireland .

8. Ellis Island, then and now.

9. Henry Ford’s assembly line technique for mass-producing cars.

10. Rural poverty. Poor white and black sharecroppers were amongst the poorest in the USA.

30. Young ladies cut their hair and became “flappers”. They danced the Charleston with bobbed hair and short skirts. They even went to the “Speakeasies and drank illegal alcohol. Times Sure Do Change