america Flashcards
what was the name of the first mass produced car
T ford
how many cars in 1919
9 mil
how many cars by 1929
26mil
how many radios where brought on credit
8/10
how did womens lives improve
gave them jobs from ww1, wore more daring clothes and could smoke in public
how where women’s lives still bad
payed less than men, considered unelectable, couldn’t afford the latest trends
how did black americans lives improve
black capitalist movement , they could set up there own business
how many member where there in the naacp by 1919
90000
how where black americans lives still bad
no good jobs or education, life expectancy was 48 while whites was 59 in 1930
what was the boom
progress which lead to mass production of good and huge amounts of consumers
what benefitted the boom
growing cities- more to build, morals-sex outside of marriage became common, cars- let them do the basics
prohibition gains
death rate decreased from 30-50%, 30% decrease in alcohol consumption
prohibition losses
people set up there own bars (speakies), al capone and other gangs made around 2$bil all together as they provided it, some people consuming even more alchol
losses of the boom
farmers income dropped from $22bil in 1919 to $13bil in 1928 (told to work in urban areas), black segregation, coal steel workers had low wages, 42% of americans under poverty line
what is the red scare
fear of communism, immigrants coming over from italy giving them communist beliefs
what happened in the red scare
400000 workers went on strike to complain about low wages and bad conditions
what is the eba
emergency banking act, set up 5000 trustworthy banks
what is aaa
agricultural adjustment administration, helped reduce produce and raise prices
what is the nra
national recovery administration, improved working conditions and outlawed child labour
what were some of the economical effects of ww2
workers unemployment disappeared, everyone had jobs, getting a loan was introduced, farmers income grew by 250%, 1944 7mil women joined the work force
what where social effects of ww2
shortage in shops. taxes increased, 15mil people joined the war effort, 1/3 workers were women 1944
what was the montgomery bus boycott
buses lost 65% of its income after people stopped taking the bus after rosa parks got arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white person
what was martin luther kings march on washington
more than 200000 black and white people came to have a non violent protest about black peoples rights and stopping segregation