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Question 1

what % of the population were black in 1945?

Answer 1

10% - 14 million

Question 2

what was the inflation rate between 1945-1946

Answer 2

25%

Question 3

1939-1938 of those with college education increased by?…

Answer 3

5%

Question 4

1944-1954 how much did gov invest into GI bill?

Answer 4

$20 million

Question 5

how much did income per person increase?

Answer 5

40%

Question 6

how many soldiers did truman demobilise 1945?

Answer 6

9 million ( kept small army of 3 mill)

Question 7

how many veterans took advantage of GI Bill?

Answer 7

7.8 million

Question 8

when was the railway strike?

Answer 8

1945

Question 9

how many passengers and fright trains stopped?

Answer 9

17,000 people

24,000 freight trains

Question 10

how much did truman ask from bi-partisan group for Truman Doctrine 1947?

Answer 10

$400 million

Question 11

how much did US give to chinese nationalists in National Security Act 1947 to help fight against communism

Answer 11

$2 million

Question 12

when was Marshall Plan

Answer 12

1948

Question 13

how much did Marshall Plan give to rebuild European Colonies

Answer 13

$17 billion

Question 14

hmm in 1950 to how many more americans did social security extend to

Answer 14

1 million more

Question 15

how many houses were built by 1953

Answer 15

156,000

Question 16

how many americans were found to be communist

Answer 16

80,000

Question 17

how many actors, directors, producers, writers were blacklisted

Answer 17

500

Question 18

how many people were investigated after Federal Employee Loyalty Programme was introduced 1947?

Answer 18

3.2 million
212 dismissed
2,900 resigned out of fear

Question 19

how many communists did McCarthy list in state department

Answer 19

57 then 81 then 205

Question 20

what did the NAACP increased to during the war

Answer 20

50,000 members to 450,000

Question 21

what % of African Americans could vote in 1940? what did this increase to in 1947?

Answer 21

3% 1940

increased to 12% in 1947

Question 22

how many blacks moved from south to north during the first Great Migration (40s n 50s)

Answer 22

2.5 million black people

Question 23

how many blacks moved from south to north during 2nd Great Migration

Answer 23

more than 5 million

Question 24

which metropolitan areas had growth rates from 41% to 86%

Answer 24

areas like Atlanta Birmingham Houston and Memphis

Question 25

why did Detroit have hate riots?

Answer 25

more than 9000 families applied for city housing 1941 but less than 2000 were offered apartments

Question 26

what % of black lived in cities by the end of the 2nd Great Migration

Answer 26

80%

Question 27

by 1952 how many states had legislation against some form of racial segregation

Answer 27

19 states