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1
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What and how many cars were there?

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26 million, 1929

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2
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What and how many radios?

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10 million, 1929

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3
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How much per day were Ford’s workers paid?

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$5

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4
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How many people worked at Ford’s River Rouge Plant?

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80,000

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5
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Which suburb of Detroit grew by 700%

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Grosse Point Park

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6
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When and what was total farm income?

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$22 to 12b, 1919 and 1928

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7
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Which country was destroying the US farm industry?

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Canada

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8
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How many black farm labourers lost their jobs in the 1920s?

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1 million

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9
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In Elizabethtown, Tennessee, how much were girls paid in the textile factories and for how many hours a week?

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56hours at a wage of 18centers per hour

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10
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What percentage of wealth went to bottom percentage of the population?

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10% to the bottom 42%

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11
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When and how many radio stations were there?

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1922 and 508

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12
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When and how much was NBC making?

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1929 and $150 million

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13
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When and how many new female workers were there?

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1929 and 10 million

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14
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When and what happened to the divorce rate?

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1929 and it doubled to 200,000

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15
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How many files did J Edgar Hoover have on suspects and how many proved to be truthful?

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60,000 and 556

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16
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When were Sacco and Vanzetti arrested and executed?

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1920 and 1927

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17
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When and hw many members did the KKK have?

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1924, 4.5 million

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18
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How much lower was life expectancy for blacks than whites?

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11 years (48-59)

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19
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On average, how many lynchings took place per year in the 1920s?

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50

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20
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Name a group in the temperance movement

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Womens Temperance Christian Society

Anti-saloon league

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21
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How many more votes could politicians gain in rural areas by supporting prohibition?

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50%

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22
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How many babies were allegedly smothered by drunken parents each year?

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3000

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23
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How many arrests did Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith make?

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4932

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24
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By what percentage did alcohol consumption decline in the 1920s?

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30-50%

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25
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How many unsolved murders were there in Chicago by 1929?

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300

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26
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How much did Capone make from speakeasies per year?

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$60 million

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27
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When was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and how many died?

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14th February 1929

7 died

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28
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What did George Remus give out to guests at his parties?

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$25,000 diamond cufflinks

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29
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What fraction of prohibition agents were corrupt?

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1/12

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30
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How many saloons and breweries were shut down during the prohibition era?

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180,000 and 1800

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31
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How much was made by gangsters in total during prohibition?

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$2 billion

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32
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How much money did Capone give to soup kitchens during

the Great Depression?

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$300,000

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33
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Give 2 aims of the New Deal

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Get USA back to work, protect savings, provide for sick, old and unemployed, make industry and agriculture productive again

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34
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What did the NRA set up to improve factories and how many factories signed up?

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Blue Eagle Badge Scheme, 2 million

35
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How many black Americans were employed by the CCC?

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200,000

36
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What was the EBA and what did it do?v

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Emergency Banking Act

Setup 5000 trustworthy banks

37
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What nickname was given to useless jobs?

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Boondoggling

38
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How much money did the PWA spend?

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$3 billion

39
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How many women were employed by the CCC?

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8000

40
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How many jobs did the WPA create in how many years?

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8 million in 8 years

41
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Why was the AAA contradictory?

A

Taught farming methods yet set quotas

42
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Name 3 things the PWA built?

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Dams, bridges, schools and airports

43
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In which month and year was FDR elected?

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November, 1932

44
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How much did FERA give to states and name 3 things they bought?

A

$500 million

Soup kitchens, blankets and nurseries

45
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What did the share the wealth scheme want to cap personal fortunes at and annual income?

A

$3 million personal fortunes

$1 million annual income

46
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When and how many people were still unemployed?

A

1941, 6 million

47
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How many people were hired by the CCC?

A

2.5 million

48
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How many Supreme Court judges did FDR threaten to sack?

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6

49
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How much did the US government spend per day on the war by 1945?

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$250 million

50
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How many machine guns and warships did the USA produce during WW2?

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2.6 million machine guns

86,000 warships

51
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How many workers were there in factories during WW2?

A

14 million

52
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How many black Americans gained jobs during WW2?

A

2 million

53
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How many women joined the workforce during WW2?

A

7 million

54
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What policy did JFK announce in 1960 to improve the lives of ordinary Americans?

A

The Great Society

55
Q

When and where did Martin Luther King organise a march to encourage blacks to register to vote?

A

Selma, 1965

56
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What % of its income did bus companies lose as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

A

65%

57
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During the 1950s, what percentage of the world’s goods did the USA produce?

A

50%

58
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How many US soldiers were there by 1950?

A

600,000

59
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Which famous boxer joined the Nation of Islam?

A

Muhammed Ali

60
Q

By how much was the US standard of living higher than people in Britain?

A

3x

61
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When and what was the act of government from which banned literacy tests when registering to vote?

A

Voting Rights Act, 1965

62
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When and how many blacks and whites were involved in the March on Washington in?

A

200,000 B
50,000 W
1963

63
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What did the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education Topeka Act introduce?

A

Segregated schools had to allow black children in ‘with all deliberate speed’

64
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When and how many new homes were built?

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1965, 240,000

65
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During the 1950s what happened to the USA’s GNP?

A

It doubled

66
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When and what did the Supreme Court make available to unmarried couples for the first time?

A

1972, contraception

67
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When and what % of households had a TV?

A

1958, 83%

68
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Which group had 2000 members and were effectively a private, black army?

A

Black Panthers

69
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How much did President Johnson spend on education?

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$1.5 billion

70
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What was the name of the town in Arkansas which failed to allow black students to attend and how many were denied?

A

Little Rock, 9

71
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When and which president signed the Civil Rights Act?

A

President Johnson, 1964

72
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What percentages of blacks were registered to vote in Mississippi in the 1950s?

A

5%

73
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How much did US’s total industrial production increase by in the 1920s?

A

50%

74
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How many radios are cars were bought on credit?

A

8/10 radio

6/10 cars

75
Q

When and how many people were speculating on the stock market?

A

1929, 20 million

76
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When and how much were people were speculating on the stock market?

A

1929, 9 billion

77
Q

What happened to road length?

A

It doubled

78
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When and what happened to workers wages?

A

1919 and 1927

Rose from $1150 to $1300

79
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What did unemployment stay at during the boom?

A

4%

80
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How much did the top 5% of us own?

A

33% of the wealth

81
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How much did most americans make per year?

A

Less than $2000

82
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How many farmers were evicted during the great depression?

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1 in 20

83
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When and what was the Marshall Plan?

A

1947

A plan that gave $17 billion to European countries

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