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

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1929

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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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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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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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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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In what year did a bomb destroy the house of the man in charge of law and police (palmer)
1919
26
How many suspected communists were arrested in the ‘palmer raids’
6000
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When was the Sacco & Vanzetti trail
1921
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When was the Wall Street crash
1929
29
How much did shareholders loose during the Wall Street crash
Total of $8 billion
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By 1932, how many farmers had been evicted
1 in 20 farmers
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How many people had lost their jobs by 1932
13 mill
32
How many ‘Bonus Army’ members protested in the summer of 1932
25,000
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What did the Emergency Banking Act do
Temporarily close banks and reopen trusted ones
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What did The Beer Act do
End prohibition
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What does the AAA stand for
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
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What does the HOLC stand for
Home Owners Loan Corporation
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What does the CCC stand for
Civilians Conservation Corps
38
How many jobs did the CCC create
2.5 mill for 18-25 yr olds
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What does FERA stand for
Federal Emergency Relief Agency
40
How much was given to states for the homeless through the FERA
$500 mill
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What radicalist believed in ‘Share our wealth’
Huey Long
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What was the first system of social welfare in 1935 called
Social security act
43
What did the Wagner Act do
Allow workers to join a trade union
44
How many African Americans gained jobs in the CCC
200,000 (but camps were segregated)
45
What did unemployment rise to in 1938
10.5 mill
46
When did the New Deal end
1939
47
How many people went to the cinema each week in the 1930s
Over 100 mill
48
When and what was the cash & carry plan
1939 - selling weapons to Britain and France
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When and what was the Lend Lease plan
1941- lent weapons to countries fighting Germany
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When and why did America join the war
1941- Pearl harbour attack
51
How many jobs did women occupy during the war
1/3 of all jobs
52
How many women joined the womens section of the armed forces
350,000
53
How many African Americans fought in the war
1 mill
54
By the end of the 1950s, how many US households had a TV?
9 out of 10
55
What was the % increase of the baby boom
40%
56
What did truman do to help the economy
Raise hourly min wage from $0.40 to $0.75
57
What was one of Truman’s failures
His proposal to introduce a national health insurance was blocked
58
What caused frustration in the 1950s for women
When they tried for a high-flying career, they faced discrimination = frustrated
59
In the 1950s, how much did the avrg teenager spend a week compared to the early 1940s
$10-15 compared to $1-2 in early 1940s
60
What % of the population watched a TV performance of Elvis Presley
82%
61
What did Joseph McCarthy claim he had
A list of over 200 communists working for the gov
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What was the name of the us member accused of spying for the Soviet Union
Alger Hiss
63
When was the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka case
1954
64
When was the Montgomery Bus boycott
1955-56
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How much of the Montgomery bus company’s income made from African- Americans
75%
66
When was the Little Rock Nine
1957
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By 1960, out of Arkansas’ 2 mill black students, how many were going to the same school as white children
Only 2500
68
When was the Alabama March
May 1963 (arrested 900 children)
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When was the Washington march
August 1963
70
When was the Selma March ‘Bloody Sunday’
1965
71
In 1960 & 61 how many compaigners staged sit ins in the south
Around 70,000
72
When was Kennedy assassinated
1963
73
When was the civils right act passed
1964
74
When were interracial marriages legalised
1967
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What did Kennedy do to help the economy
Increased min hourly wage from $1 to $1.25
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What did Kennedy do to decrease poverty
Social security act in 1962 (financial to help to elderly & unemployed)
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What did Kennedy do for the civils rights movement
He sent soldiers to protect James Meredith while attending Mississippi uni in 1962
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What was a failure of kennedy’s new frontier
4.5 mill remained unemployed
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What did Johnson do to help the economy
Increased min hourly wage from $1.25 to $1.40
80
What did Johnson do to decrease poverty
The Medical care act
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What did Johnson do for the civils rights movement
Pass the civil rights act 1964
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What was a failure of Johnson’s great society
He spend $30 bill a year on the war
83
What % of mangers were male in the early 1960s
95%
84
When was The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan published
1963
85
What does NOW stand for
National Organisation for women
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When was the ‘Roe vs Wade’ case / abortion legalised
1973
87
What does the ERA stand for
Equal Rights Amendment
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What year were all married couples allowed to use contraceptives
1965

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