1917-45 NEED TO LEARN

Question 1

How many cars were registered in 1917

Answer 1

4 million

Question 2

when did Marcus Garvey establish himself in Harlem

Answer 2

1919

Question 3

what riots occurred in 1919

Answer 3

Chicago riots between returning soldiers and black workers

Question 4

how many people own their homes in 1920

Answer 4

6 million

Question 5

what occurred to consumer debt from 1920-1922

Answer 5

it rose from $3 billion to £6 billion

Question 6

what happened to the Yankee Stadium

Answer 6

rebuilt in 1923 to hold 53,000

Question 7

how many members did the KKK have in 1925

Answer 7

8 million members

Question 8

what changed air travel in the 1920s?

Answer 8

1925 Kelly Act - set national routes for mail delivery and allowed passengers

Question 9

what occured to western Air Express between 1926 and 1929

Answer 9

1926 carried 267 passengers and would then carry 25,000 in 1929

Question 10

music stats 1929?

Answer 10

50% of homes had a gramophone and that year $75 million worth of records were sold

Question 11

how many cars were registered in 1929

Answer 11

27 million

Question 12

leisure pursuit spending 1919 vs 1929?

Answer 12

$2 billion spent in 1919 and $4 billion spent in 1929

Question 13

how many speakeasies in New York in 1929

Answer 13

30,000

Question 14

University of Michigan change in the 1920s?

Answer 14

built a stadium to hold 90,000 spectators in 1929

Question 15

what happened to American control of cuban sugar production in the 1930s (when specifically)

Answer 15

1930 - America now owned 2/3 of cuban sugar production

Question 16

Chicago Black residents comparison?

Answer 16

1910 - 40,000 black residents

1930- 200,000 residents

Question 17

what tariff act set further trade tariffs and when

Answer 17

Swoot Hawley Tariff Act - 1930

Question 18

What film regulation came into place to make films more appropriate

Answer 18

1930 - Hays Code

Question 19

how many americans owned a radio in 1930?

Answer 19

40%

Question 20

What Priest broadcasted on the radio with how many listners by 1930

Answer 20

Father Coughlin - 40 million listeners

Question 21

Roosevelt New Deal - how many bills - what was the AAA what was NRA

Answer 21

15 major bills in hsi first 100 days
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act set crop prices
National Recovery Administration set minimum wages and regulated working hours

Question 22

what was created in 1938 to tackle communist fears

Answer 22

HUAC

Question 23

Presidency grew up power - what was created in 1939

Answer 23

executive office

Question 24

first technicolour film - what and when

Answer 24

Gone with the Wind and the Wizard of Oz - 1939

Question 25

15 million own their house

Answer 25

1940

Question 26

gov spending on healthcare comparison?

Answer 26

government spend 40 million on healthcare in 1940 compared to 1917 rate of 3 million

Question 27

cinema expansion statistic?

Answer 27

1 movie theatre seat for every 12 people in America 1941

Question 28

what policy effected Mexicans in the early 1940s and then

Answer 28

Bracero Program - 1942

Question 29

who founded CORE, when and where

Answer 29

James Farmer, 1942, Chicago

Question 30

hate strikes 1940s?

Answer 30

There were over 250 hate strikes towards resentment to black workers across America in 1943

Question 31

what happened to the baseball league with men away at war from 1941

Answer 31

All American Girls professional Baseball League set up with men away at war 1943

Question 32

war economy?

Answer 32

1944 - unemployment drops to 1% and farmers personal income doubles

Question 33

sports attending rates - 1944

Answer 33

14 million attend a major baseball park and 35 million attend a major football game