America Topic 1 and 2

Question 1

By 1929, how many Americans were unemployed?

Answer 1

2.5 million people

Question 2

By 1932, how many were unemployed?

Answer 2

13 million plus

Question 3

What were homeless camps commonly called?

Answer 3

Hoovervilles

Question 4

How many hobos were there in 1932?

Answer 4

2 million hobos

Question 5

What was the dust bowl?

Answer 5

20 million hectares of dry farmland

Question 6

Marriages fell how much between 1929 and 1932?

Answer 6

230,000

Question 7

Suicides rose to what number per 1000 in 1932?

Answer 7

17.4 people per 1000

Question 8

Who estimated that 25% of the population had no income in 1932?

Answer 8

The magazine Fortune

Question 9

When did the bonus marchers march?

Answer 9

May and June 1932

Question 10

How much would the bonuses have cost?

Answer 10

$2.3 million

Question 11

What does the judicial branch do?

Answer 11

They decide whether the laws are constitutional

Question 12

What does the legislative branch do?

Answer 12

They decide on the laws

Question 13

Who must approve the laws?

Answer 13

Senate

Question 14

What theory do the republicans believe in?

Answer 14

Rugged individualism

Question 15

Are the democrats liberals?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

What year was the Great Depression?

Answer 16

1929

Question 17

Who did WW2 bring into the work place?

Answer 17

Women and coloured people

Question 18

What percent of steel did the USA produce?

Answer 18

57%

Question 19

What percent of cars were American in WW2?

Answer 19

80%

Question 20

How many people were in the army due to conscription?

Answer 20

16 million

Question 21

Did the war effect the US in a positive or negative way?

Answer 21

A positive way as it improved the economy, but sites like Pearl Harbour were damaged

Question 22

How many working women were there?

Answer 22

12 million

Question 23

When did the Great Depression begin?

Answer 23

1929

Question 24

When was the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 24

October 1929