America

Question 1

When did the USA join WW1

Answer 1

1917

Question 2

In 1919 how many cars were there, and then how many in 1929

Answer 2

9 million - 26 million

Question 3

What percentage did industrial production go up by in the 20s

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

When did ford create the assembly line

Answer 4

1913

Question 5

How much was spent on advertising in the 20s

Answer 5

3 billion

Question 6

What fraction of cars and radios were bought on credit

Answer 6

6/10 & 8/10

Question 7

Name 2 republican policies

Answer 7

Laissez Faire & import tariffs

Question 8

(Winners from the boom) by 1929 how many people spent how much money on shares

Answer 8

20 million people spent 9 billion

Question 9

(Winners from the boom) how much did female employment increase by?

Answer 9

24%

Question 10

(Winners from boom) how many employees did the river rouge have

Answer 10

80,000

Question 11

(Losers from boom) between 1919-29 farm income dropped from what to what

Answer 11

$22 billion to $13 billion

Question 12

(Losers from boom) less than ___% of farms had electricity or mains water

Answer 12

10

Question 13

(Losers from boom) 1/2 of Americans lived in rural areas, how many were forced off land?

Answer 13

6 million

Question 14

(Losers from boom) how many black farm labourers lost their jobs?

Answer 14

1 million

Question 15

(Losers from boom) how much were men and women paid in North Carolina for a ____ hour week?

Answer 15

Men $18, women $9 for a 70hr week

Question 16

(Losers from boom) what percentage of wealth went to the bottom _____percentage of the population?

Answer 16

10% went to the bottom 42%

Question 17

(Losers of boom) what was unemployment % in 1920s

Answer 17

4%

Question 18

How much were NBC making per year by 1929

Answer 18

$150 million

Question 19

how many licensed stations in 1921 compared to 1922

Answer 19

1 - 508

Question 20

What dance developed during the 1920s

Answer 20

The Charleston

Question 21

(1920s woman life changes) by 1929 how many female workers

Answer 21

10 million

Question 22

(Women life changes in 20s) name 2 role models to women

Answer 22

Gloria slawson and Clara Bow

Question 23

(Changes for women in 20s)By what year were hems of skirts knee height?

Answer 23

1927

Question 24

Bessie smith was in a car crash, then what happened

Answer 24

Wasn’t allowed in white hospital and died

Question 25

In what year did the UNITED TEXTILE WORKERS UNION go on strike in tennesse as women were working 56 hour weeks at how much per hour

Answer 25

1927 and 18 cents per hour

Question 26

Universal negro association has how many members in 1921

Answer 26

1 million

Question 27

Kkk grew to how many members by what year

Answer 27

5 million by 1928

Question 28

How many lynchings per year in 20s

Answer 28

50

Question 29

What was black life expectancy compared to white in 1930

Answer 29

48 compared to 59

Question 30

Moe smith and Izzy Einstein made how many arrests

Answer 30

4392

Question 31

Consumption of alcohol dropped by what %

Answer 31

30%

Question 32

Death rate due to alcohol decreased by what %

Answer 32

42

Question 33

Crime decreased by what % during prohibition

Answer 33

54%

Question 34

Arrests for public drunkness declined by % between _____

Answer 34

50% between 1916-22

Question 35

What ratio of agents were corrupt

Answer 35

1:12

Question 36

How many murders in Chicago during prohibition

Answer 36

300

Question 37

How much did gamgstas make during prohibition

Answer 37

$2 billion

Question 38

How much did al Capone make per year

Answer 38

$60 million

Question 39

Most Americans earned under what amount before the Wall Street crash

Answer 39

2000 per year

Question 40

Top ___% of the country owned ___% of the wealth

Answer 40

5% owned 33%

Question 41

__ farmer in ___ evicted due to crash

Answer 41

1 in 20

Question 42

Farm income dropped from $13 billion to what after the crash

Answer 42

5 billion

Question 43

Rockefeller lost how much after the crash

Answer 43

160 M

Question 44

Wages decreased by what % due to the crash

Answer 44

60

Question 45

How many people were unemployed per day during depression

Answer 45

12,000

Question 46

In 1931 how many were admitted to hospital from starvation

Answer 46

238

Question 47

How many banks closed due to crash and how many businesses went bankrupt

Answer 47

10,000 banks and 100,000 businesses

Question 48

International trade went down from ____ billion to ____ billion

Answer 48

$10 to $ 3

Question 49

CCC- aimed at young unmarried men between ___-___ who earned ___ per month and how many were helped

Answer 49

18&25 €30 per month and 2.5 million helped

Question 50

EBA- how many trust worthy banks reopened and deposits were insured up to how much

Answer 50

5000 and $5000

Question 51

PWA- how much was spent and to build what

Answer 51

$3 billion and built dams bridges schools

Question 52

(Second New deal) WPA- how many jobs in ___ years

Answer 52

8 million in 8 years

Question 53

Even after Second new deal how many were unemployed by 1941

Answer 53

6 million

Question 54

FSA(second new deal)- set up in what year and loaned how much to farmers

Answer 54

1937 and $ 1 billion

Question 55

Huey long reduced personal fortunes to how much

Answer 55

$3 million

Question 56

How much did Huey long cap income at per year through share our wealth scheme

Answer 56

1 million

Question 57

how many homes had radios by 1939

Answer 57

28 million

Question 58

how many women employed by CCC

Answer 58

8000

Question 59

what was the name of the black woman who headed the National Youth Administration

Answer 59

Mary Bethune

Question 60

how much were the USA spending on the war per day by 1945

Answer 60

250 million

Question 61

How much many rounds of ammo and guns did the USA provide

Answer 61

44billion and 20 million

Question 62

by 1945, how many cargo ships could be built in a day

Answer 62

1

Question 63

what year did unemployment disappear by

Answer 63

1942

Question 64

What did the USAs GNP go from between 1939-1945

Answer 64

91 billion to 167 billion

Question 65

How many million workers worked in factories during the war

Answer 65

14 million

Question 66

How much did Britain get from lend lease from the USA during WW11

Answer 66

31 billion

Question 67

A total of how much ($) was shipped on lend lease during WW11

Answer 67

50 billion

Question 68

How many black Americans moved to cities during ww11

Answer 68

5 million

Question 69

In 1944, how many women joined the work force

Answer 69

7 million

Question 70

how many Americans were called up to join the war effort (ww11)

Answer 70

15 million

Question 71

What fraction of aircraft workers and munitions/electronics workers were women during ww11

Answer 71

1/3 and 1/2

Question 72

What was TV ownership by 1958

Answer 72

83.2%

Question 73

During the 50s the USA produces around % of the worlds goods

Answer 73

50

Question 74

Name 2 events which caused the second red scare

Answer 74

Berlin blockade and Korean War

Question 75

What did Johnson call his new idea to tackle unemployment, bad housing, medical care and civil rights

Answer 75

Great Society

Question 76

How much did Kennedys housing act spend on improving homes in cities

Answer 76

$5 billion

Question 77

How much did Johnson spend on primary and secondary eduction

Answer 77

$1.5 billion

Question 78

When were Medicare and Medicare set up

Answer 78

1965

Question 79

What did the economic opportunity act 1964 provide

Answer 79

Training for youths aged 16-21

Question 80

What year was Brown Vs Board of education

Answer 80

1954

Question 81

What year was the Montgomery Bus boycott and how much did bus companies loose (%)

Answer 81

1955-56 65%

Question 82

What year was the Selma march and what was the nickname it was given

Answer 82

1965, Bloody Sunday

Question 83

The march on Washington was in what year and how many people were involved

Answer 83

1963 and 250,000

Question 84

Name 2 people involved in the Nation of Islam

Answer 84

Muhammad Ali and Malcom X

Question 85

The black panthers had how many members and killed how many police officers

Answer 85

2,000 and 9

Question 86

what year was the civil rights act passed

Answer 86

1964

Question 87

20 months on from the civil rights act how many black Americans had registered to vote

Answer 87

430,000

Question 88

What year was the voting rights act passed

Answer 88

1965

Question 89

What year was the NOW set up

Answer 89

1966

Question 90

When was the now bill of rights

Answer 90

1967

Question 91

What year was Roe Vs Wade and what did it make legal

Answer 91

1973 and abortion

Question 92

What year was the equal pay act

Answer 92

1963

Question 93

What percentage of men’s pay was women’s by 1972

Answer 93

70%