1917-45 NEED TO LEARN Flashcards
How many cars were registered in 1917
4 million
when did Marcus Garvey establish himself in Harlem
1919
what riots occurred in 1919
Chicago riots between returning soldiers and black workers
how many people own their homes in 1920
6 million
what occurred to consumer debt from 1920-1922
it rose from $3 billion to £6 billion
what happened to the Yankee Stadium
rebuilt in 1923 to hold 53,000
how many members did the KKK have in 1925
8 million members
what changed air travel in the 1920s?
1925 Kelly Act - set national routes for mail delivery and allowed passengers
what occured to western Air Express between 1926 and 1929
1926 carried 267 passengers and would then carry 25,000 in 1929
music stats 1929?
50% of homes had a gramophone and that year $75 million worth of records were sold
how many cars were registered in 1929
27 million
leisure pursuit spending 1919 vs 1929?
$2 billion spent in 1919 and $4 billion spent in 1929
how many speakeasies in New York in 1929
30,000
University of Michigan change in the 1920s?
built a stadium to hold 90,000 spectators in 1929
what happened to American control of cuban sugar production in the 1930s (when specifically)
1930 - America now owned 2/3 of cuban sugar production
Chicago Black residents comparison?
1910 - 40,000 black residents
1930- 200,000 residents
what tariff act set further trade tariffs and when
Swoot Hawley Tariff Act - 1930
What film regulation came into place to make films more appropriate
1930 - Hays Code
how many americans owned a radio in 1930?
40%
What Priest broadcasted on the radio with how many listners by 1930
Father Coughlin - 40 million listeners
Roosevelt New Deal - how many bills - what was the AAA what was NRA
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
what was created in 1938 to tackle communist fears
HUAC
Presidency grew up power - what was created in 1939
executive office
first technicolour film - what and when
Gone with the Wind and the Wizard of Oz - 1939
15 million own their house
1940
gov spending on healthcare comparison?
government spend 40 million on healthcare in 1940 compared to 1917 rate of 3 million
cinema expansion statistic?
1 movie theatre seat for every 12 people in America 1941
what policy effected Mexicans in the early 1940s and then
Bracero Program - 1942
who founded CORE, when and where
James Farmer, 1942, Chicago
hate strikes 1940s?
There were over 250 hate strikes towards resentment to black workers across America in 1943
what happened to the baseball league with men away at war from 1941
All American Girls professional Baseball League set up with men away at war 1943
war economy?
1944 - unemployment drops to 1% and farmers personal income doubles
sports attending rates - 1944
14 million attend a major baseball park and 35 million attend a major football game
