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1
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Cara bought on credit

A

6/10

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2
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By 1930, how many houses had a radio

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40%

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3
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How many americans used mail order

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1/3

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4
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How many radios in 1920

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60,000

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5
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How many radios in 1929

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10 mill

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6
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Americans owned car in 1930

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1 in every 5

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7
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How many ppl employed in car industry

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Half million workers

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8
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Glass production in cars

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75%

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9
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Steel production in cars

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20%

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10
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In 1919 how many cars

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9m

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11
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In 1929 how many cars

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26 m

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12
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How many Model T fords had been manufactured by 1927

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15m

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13
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How many flights in 1930

A

162,000

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14
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In 1927, how many cars made every 10 sec

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1

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15
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Number of americans affected by farming probs

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Directly affected: 60,000,000

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16
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How many americans unemployed due to farming probs

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750,000

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17
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Unemployment % in 1920-1929

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5%

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18
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% of americans living below poverty line in 1920?

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40%

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19
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Baseball stars

A

Babe ruth

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20
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When was the fist talkie

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1927

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21
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Typical jazz dance

A

Charlestone

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22
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How many women had jobs in 1929

A

10m

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23
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In 1924, how many ppl joined the KKK

A

5m

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24
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Film that glorified the KKK

A

The birth of a nation

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25
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Hollywood stars

A

Charlie Chaplin, Rudolf Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks

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26
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When was the first national network broadcasted?

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1926 (NBC)

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27
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What does WASPS stand for

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White Anglo Saxons Protestants

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28
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From 1920 to 1929, how many people went to the cinema?

A

95 million ( more than doubled)

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29
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How many houses had a radio In chicago, 1930

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2/3

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30
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In 1919, how many ppl killed with a bomb in a church

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10 ppl

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31
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How many cities were bombed in june 1919

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7

32
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Who was Mitchel Palmer

A

Led the case of Red Scare ( Justice Department)

33
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From 1919 to 1920 how many immigrants deported bcs of communist ideas

A

10,000

34
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Who were Sacco and Vanzetti

A

2 anarchists, italian

35
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When were saco & vanzetti murdered? And why?

A

1927
Because they were suspicous of murder and robbery
( self-confessed anarchists and communist)

36
Q

When was the emergency quota bank introduced?

A

1924

37
Q

How many immigrants entering country 1900-1910 ( per yr )

A

1m /yr

38
Q

1929 how many immigrants entering country per yr

Reduction of ..% ?

A

150,000

Reduction of 80%

39
Q

Divorce rates increase from 1914-1929?

A

From 100,000 to 205,000

40
Q

Who creates the UNIA

For what was it?

A

marcus garving

Encourage african american buisinesses, and support them

41
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1st unniversity for AA

A

Howard

42
Q

Who was Paul Robenson?

A

Famous AA actor

43
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Famous AA writer

A

Langston Huges

44
Q

Web Dubois created the ….?

What was it for?

A

Created the NAACP

Campaigned against lynching & segregation for AA

45
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Decrease in the number of Native Americans (1920)

A

1.5 m to 250,000

46
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When were NA granted the citizenship

A

1924

47
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How many native americans fought in WW1 ?

A

12,000

48
Q

When were NA allowed to vote

A

1920

49
Q

What was the Merriam Report

When introduced

A

1934

Improve laws of NA

50
Q

How much did the income dropped during the boom for the agriculute industy

A

22bl- 13bl

51
Q

Hoe much unemployment in 1920

A

5%

52
Q

Night club were Jazz was danced

A

Cotton Club

53
Q

Percentage of semi skilled workers owning a car in chicago in 1920s

A

3%

54
Q

How much did Babe Ruth earn

A

80K

55
Q

When was the monkey trial?

A

1925

56
Q

How much were fined the anti-evolutionists after trial?

A

100$

57
Q

Numb of farms lost from 1920-1930

A

1m

58
Q

The production of barley decreased …%?

A

90%

59
Q

When did the women could vote for the 1st time?

A

1920

60
Q

Americans on strike 1929

A

10m

61
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How many ppl listening to the radio , 1927

A

50m

62
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Numbers of members of the NAACP in 1919

A

90,000

63
Q

Wages rise by 1920

A

11%

64
Q

Who was John Scopes

A

Bio teacher

65
Q

When was the monkey trial?

A

1925

66
Q

Who was William Jennings Bryan

A

Leader of fundamentalists

67
Q

In how many states did the Anti-evolution lon of america was implemented?
In what year?

A

6 states

1924

68
Q

When was the Volstead Act?

What was it?

A

1920(Jan)

Prohobited the manufacturing, transportation and selling of intoxicationg liquors

69
Q

How many agents were being traded

A

1/2

70
Q

How many agents were dismissed for corruption

A

1/12

71
Q

How much did Alcapone made in 1 yr

A

60m

72
Q

How much illegal alcohol came from Canada

A

2/3

73
Q

How much did gansters make in a year?

A

2bl/yr

74
Q

How many assinations b/w 1926-1927 by gangland?

A

130

75
Q

How many did murders did the Alcapone gang make to to the power of ganglands ic Chicago by 1929?

A

300

76
Q

When was the St valentines murder?
How many ppl killed?
What group of ganglands assesinted the other gangland?

A

1920
7 ppl
Alcapones men murdered men from Bugsy Moran’s gang

77
Q

How many stills closed?

A

280,000

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