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
causes of the boom
ww1, industries
how many radios brought on credit
8/19
how many cars brought on credit
6/10
how much did the industrial production increase by 1920
50%
how many cars made per year 1929
4.8mil
how many cars made per year 1900
4000
what’s laissez faire
government not interfering with businesses and letting them grow
boom, how much were unskilled workers payed at t-ford
$5 a day
boom, where did unskilled workers get jobs from
building sky scrapers , and roads (doubled)
boom, what % of glass produced went to cars
75%
how’d women benefit in the boom
number of workers increased to 10mil, they started buying shares, and got jobs from war
boom, how were black americans affected
first fired, last hired, 1 million black farm workers lost their job, moved to cities
how were farmers lives affected in boom
income dropped from $22 to 13 bil, Canadian farmers made cheaper goods, over production
1929 how much money spent on shares
9 bil
how much did female employment increase during boom
24%
how many people did river rouge employ
80,000
what % did household w toilets grow from
20% to 52%
how much was a bushel of wheat in 1920 to 1931
$233 to $32
how many farmers forced to find work in rural areas
6 mil
how much were coal and steel workers paid
1/3 of national avarage
where did 10% of wealth go to
the bottom 42% of the population
what % of population lived below poverty line 1920
42%
what was a hire purchase schemes
buy now pay later so ppl could buy stuff that was previously out of their reach
what did better jobs and wages cause
demand for more food and faster production methods
how many licensed radio stations from1921 to 1922
1 to 508
what happened to divorce rate women
doubled
what could women now do they couldn’t before
smoke wear makeup vote drank
limitations of womens lives in 1920s
got the vote but no power, still payed less for same job
how much were women earning in 1920
18 cent per hr for a 56 hr week
what did the naacp do 1920
end racial segregation and lynching
how many branches and me never did naacp have 1920
300 branches 90000 members
how many lynchings per year 1920
50
life expectancy for black compare to white in 1930
48 to 59
limitations of black lives improving 1920
no jobs/education, poverty
red scare, what was melting pot theory
immigrants would forget their culture and be put in a pot to return as americans
example of red scare
sacco and vanceyyi
