america Flashcards

1
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what was the name of the first mass produced car

A

T ford

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2
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how many cars in 1919

A

9 mil

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3
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how many cars by 1929

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26mil

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4
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how many radios where brought on credit

A

8/10

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5
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how did womens lives improve

A

gave them jobs from ww1, wore more daring clothes and could smoke in public

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6
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how where women’s lives still bad

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payed less than men, considered unelectable, couldn’t afford the latest trends

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7
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how did black americans lives improve

A

black capitalist movement , they could set up there own business

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8
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how many member where there in the naacp by 1919

A

90000

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9
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how where black americans lives still bad

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no good jobs or education, life expectancy was 48 while whites was 59 in 1930

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10
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what was the boom

A

progress which lead to mass production of good and huge amounts of consumers

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11
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what benefitted the boom

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growing cities- more to build, morals-sex outside of marriage became common, cars- let them do the basics

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12
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prohibition gains

A

death rate decreased from 30-50%, 30% decrease in alcohol consumption

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13
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prohibition losses

A

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

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14
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losses of the boom

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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

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15
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what is the red scare

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fear of communism, immigrants coming over from italy giving them communist beliefs

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16
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what happened in the red scare

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400000 workers went on strike to complain about low wages and bad conditions

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17
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what is the eba

A

emergency banking act, set up 5000 trustworthy banks

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18
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what is aaa

A

agricultural adjustment administration, helped reduce produce and raise prices

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19
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what is the nra

A

national recovery administration, improved working conditions and outlawed child labour

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20
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what were some of the economical effects of ww2

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workers unemployment disappeared, everyone had jobs, getting a loan was introduced, farmers income grew by 250%, 1944 7mil women joined the work force

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21
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what where social effects of ww2

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shortage in shops. taxes increased, 15mil people joined the war effort, 1/3 workers were women 1944

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22
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what was the montgomery bus boycott

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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

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23
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what was martin luther kings march on washington

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more than 200000 black and white people came to have a non violent protest about black peoples rights and stopping segregation

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24
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causes of the boom

A

ww1, industries

25
Q

how many radios brought on credit

A

8/19

26
Q

how many cars brought on credit

A

6/10

27
Q

how much did the industrial production increase by 1920

A

50%

28
Q

how many cars made per year 1929

A

4.8mil

29
Q

how many cars made per year 1900

A

4000

30
Q

what’s laissez faire

A

government not interfering with businesses and letting them grow

31
Q

boom, how much were unskilled workers payed at t-ford

A

$5 a day

32
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boom, where did unskilled workers get jobs from

A

building sky scrapers , and roads (doubled)

33
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boom, what % of glass produced went to cars

A

75%

34
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how’d women benefit in the boom

A

number of workers increased to 10mil, they started buying shares, and got jobs from war

35
Q

boom, how were black americans affected

A

first fired, last hired, 1 million black farm workers lost their job, moved to cities

36
Q

how were farmers lives affected in boom

A

income dropped from $22 to 13 bil, Canadian farmers made cheaper goods, over production

37
Q

1929 how much money spent on shares

A

9 bil

38
Q

how much did female employment increase during boom

A

24%

39
Q

how many people did river rouge employ

A

80,000

40
Q

what % did household w toilets grow from

A

20% to 52%

41
Q

how much was a bushel of wheat in 1920 to 1931

A

$233 to $32

42
Q

how many farmers forced to find work in rural areas

A

6 mil

43
Q

how much were coal and steel workers paid

A

1/3 of national avarage

44
Q

where did 10% of wealth go to

A

the bottom 42% of the population

45
Q

what % of population lived below poverty line 1920

A

42%

46
Q

what was a hire purchase schemes

A

buy now pay later so ppl could buy stuff that was previously out of their reach

47
Q

what did better jobs and wages cause

A

demand for more food and faster production methods

48
Q

how many licensed radio stations from1921 to 1922

A

1 to 508

49
Q

what happened to divorce rate women

A

doubled

50
Q

what could women now do they couldn’t before

A

smoke wear makeup vote drank

51
Q

limitations of womens lives in 1920s

A

got the vote but no power, still payed less for same job

52
Q

how much were women earning in 1920

A

18 cent per hr for a 56 hr week

53
Q

what did the naacp do 1920

A

end racial segregation and lynching

54
Q

how many branches and me never did naacp have 1920

A

300 branches 90000 members

55
Q

how many lynchings per year 1920

A

50

56
Q

life expectancy for black compare to white in 1930

A

48 to 59

57
Q

limitations of black lives improving 1920

A

no jobs/education, poverty

58
Q

red scare, what was melting pot theory

A

immigrants would forget their culture and be put in a pot to return as americans

59
Q

example of red scare

A

sacco and vanceyyi