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1
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How long did prohibition last

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From 1920 - 1933

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2
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By what year did America make nearly half of all the world’s consumer goods

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1929

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3
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By how much did electricity increase in homes

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15% in 1916 to nearly 70% in 1927

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4
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How many cars were bought out of hire purchase

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6 out of 10

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5
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How many cars were Ford

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1 in 2

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6
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How much did farmers earn by early 1930s

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1/3 of what they earned in 1920

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7
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How many farmers lost their farms in 1924 alone

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600,000

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8
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Name 2 famous 1920s stars

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Charlie Chaplin & Clara Bow

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9
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When was the first talkie released and what was it called

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The Jazz singer 1927

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10
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How much did Babe Ruth earn a year

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$80,000 (= $7 mill)

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11
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When did women gain the right to vote in America

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1920

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12
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What did the divorce rate do during the 1920s

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Double

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13
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By 1929, how many more women were in jobs compared to 1920

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25% more

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14
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Give two reasons why prohibition was introduced

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Any two from:

  • Morality
  • Rural America (Anti-Saloon League)
  • Religious organisations
  • Patriotism
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15
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How much did Al Capone make a week from organised crime

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$2 mill

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16
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How many speakeasies were there in America

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200,000 (in NY, more speakeasies than bars before prohibition)

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17
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When did Franklin D Roosevelt win the election

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1932

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18
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What year was the literacy act

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1917

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19
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In the 1921 Immigration Quota, how many immigrants were allowed in per year?

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Only 350,000

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20
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In the 1924 National Origins Act, how many immigrants were allowed in per year?

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150,000 a year

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21
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What was the population of the KKK in 1925

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5 mill

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22
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What movie rebooted the KKK’s reputation

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The Birth of a Nation 1915

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23
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What did the KKK population fall to in 1926

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300,000

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24
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When was the Russian revolution

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1917

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25
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In what year did a bomb destroy the house of the man in charge of law and police (palmer)

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1919

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26
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How many suspected communists were arrested in the ‘palmer raids’

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6000

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27
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When was the Sacco & Vanzetti trail

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1921

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28
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When was the Wall Street crash

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1929

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29
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How much did shareholders loose during the Wall Street crash

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Total of $8 billion

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30
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By 1932, how many farmers had been evicted

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1 in 20 farmers

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31
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How many people had lost their jobs by 1932

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13 mill

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32
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How many ‘Bonus Army’ members protested in the summer of 1932

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25,000

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33
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What did the Emergency Banking Act do

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Temporarily close banks and reopen trusted ones

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34
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What did The Beer Act do

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End prohibition

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35
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What does the AAA stand for

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Agricultural Adjustment Agency

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36
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What does the HOLC stand for

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Home Owners Loan Corporation

37
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What does the CCC stand for

A

Civilians Conservation Corps

38
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How many jobs did the CCC create

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2.5 mill for 18-25 yr olds

39
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What does FERA stand for

A

Federal Emergency Relief Agency

40
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How much was given to states for the homeless through the FERA

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$500 mill

41
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What radicalist believed in ‘Share our wealth’

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Huey Long

42
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What was the first system of social welfare in 1935 called

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Social security act

43
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What did the Wagner Act do

A

Allow workers to join a trade union

44
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How many African Americans gained jobs in the CCC

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200,000 (but camps were segregated)

45
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What did unemployment rise to in 1938

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10.5 mill

46
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When did the New Deal end

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1939

47
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How many people went to the cinema each week in the 1930s

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Over 100 mill

48
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When and what was the cash & carry plan

A

1939 - selling weapons to Britain and France

49
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When and what was the Lend Lease plan

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1941- lent weapons to countries fighting Germany

50
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When and why did America join the war

A

1941- Pearl harbour attack

51
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How many jobs did women occupy during the war

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1/3 of all jobs

52
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How many women joined the womens section of the armed forces

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350,000

53
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How many African Americans fought in the war

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1 mill

54
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By the end of the 1950s, how many US households had a TV?

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9 out of 10

55
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What was the % increase of the baby boom

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40%

56
Q

What did truman do to help the economy

A

Raise hourly min wage from $0.40 to $0.75

57
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What was one of Truman’s failures

A

His proposal to introduce a national health insurance was blocked

58
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What caused frustration in the 1950s for women

A

When they tried for a high-flying career, they faced discrimination = frustrated

59
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In the 1950s, how much did the avrg teenager spend a week compared to the early 1940s

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$10-15 compared to $1-2 in early 1940s

60
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What % of the population watched a TV performance of Elvis Presley

A

82%

61
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What did Joseph McCarthy claim he had

A

A list of over 200 communists working for the gov

62
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What was the name of the us member accused of spying for the Soviet Union

A

Alger Hiss

63
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When was the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka case

A

1954

64
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When was the Montgomery Bus boycott

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1955-56

65
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How much of the Montgomery bus company’s income made from African- Americans

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75%

66
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When was the Little Rock Nine

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1957

67
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By 1960, out of Arkansas’ 2 mill black students, how many were going to the same school as white children

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Only 2500

68
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When was the Alabama March

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May 1963 (arrested 900 children)

69
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When was the Washington march

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August 1963

70
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When was the Selma March ‘Bloody Sunday’

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1965

71
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In 1960 & 61 how many compaigners staged sit ins in the south

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Around 70,000

72
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When was Kennedy assassinated

A

1963

73
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When was the civils right act passed

A

1964

74
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When were interracial marriages legalised

A

1967

75
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What did Kennedy do to help the economy

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Increased min hourly wage from $1 to $1.25

76
Q

What did Kennedy do to decrease poverty

A

Social security act in 1962 (financial to help to elderly & unemployed)

77
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What did Kennedy do for the civils rights movement

A

He sent soldiers to protect James Meredith while attending Mississippi uni in 1962

78
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What was a failure of kennedy’s new frontier

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4.5 mill remained unemployed

79
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What did Johnson do to help the economy

A

Increased min hourly wage from $1.25 to $1.40

80
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What did Johnson do to decrease poverty

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The Medical care act

81
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What did Johnson do for the civils rights movement

A

Pass the civil rights act 1964

82
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What was a failure of Johnson’s great society

A

He spend $30 bill a year on the war

83
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What % of mangers were male in the early 1960s

A

95%

84
Q

When was The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan published

A

1963

85
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What does NOW stand for

A

National Organisation for women

86
Q

When was the ‘Roe vs Wade’ case / abortion legalised

A

1973

87
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What does the ERA stand for

A

Equal Rights Amendment

88
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What year were all married couples allowed to use contraceptives

A

1965

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