GCSE USA Booklet 1

Question 1

How many cars were there by ____?

Answer 1

1929 26 million

Question 2

How many radios by ____?

Answer 2

1929 10 million

Question 3

How much per day were Ford’s workers paid?

Answer 3

$5 per day

Question 4

How many people worked at Ford’s River Rouge Plant?

Answer 4

80,000

Question 5

Which suburb of Detroit grew by 700%

Answer 5

Grosse Point Park

Question 6

What % of cars were bought on credit?

Answer 6

60%

Question 7

What did Sears Roebuck start?

Answer 7

Mail Order catalogues

Question 8

What was total farm income in two dates

Answer 8

1919 $22 billion and 1928 $13 billion

Question 9

How many black farm labourers lost their jobs in the 1920s?

Answer 9

1 million

Question 10

What percentage of semi-skilled workers owned a car?

Answer 10

3%

Question 11

In _________________, ____________, how much were girls paid in the textile factories and for how many hours a week?

Answer 11

Elizabethtown, Tennessee, 18c per hour for a 56 hour week

Question 12

What percentage of wealth went to bottom percentage of the population?

Answer 12

10% to bottom 42%

Question 13

What was introduced by __ states to control how relationships were shown in Hollywood films and when was this?

Answer 13

36 states Hays Code, 1930

Question 14

The first talkie, The Jazz Singer, was released in which year?

Answer 14

1927

Question 15

How many new female workers were there by ____?

Answer 15

1929 10 million

Question 16

What happened to the divorce rate by ____?

Answer 16

1929 Doubled to 200,000

Question 17

How many immigrants arrived from Britain and Germany during the 1920s?

Answer 17

5 million Britain
4.4 million Germany

Question 18

Give an example of violent attacks during the Red Scare

Answer 18

May 1919: letter bombs sent to 36 Americans

Question 19

How many files did J Edgar Hoover have on suspects during the red scare and how many proved to be truthful?

Answer 19

60,000 and 556

Question 20

When were Sacco and Vanzetti arrested and executed?

Answer 20

1920 and 1927

Question 21

How many members did the KKK have by ____?

Answer 21

1924 4.5 million

Question 22

Name one of the two states that had a KKK governor

Answer 22

Oregon and Oklahoma

Question 23

How much lower was life expectancy for blacks than whites?

Answer 23

11 years (48 compared to 59)

Question 24

On average, how many lynchings took place per year in the 1920s?

Answer 24

50

Question 25

How many more votes could politicians gain in rural areas by supporting prohibition?

Answer 25

50%

Question 26

How many babies were allegedly smothered by drunken parents each year?

Answer 26

3000

Question 27

By what percentage did alcohol consumption decline in the 1920s?

Answer 27

30%-50%

Question 28

How long did it take Izzy Einstein to find alcohol in New Orleans?

Answer 28

35 seconds

Question 29

Name three gangsters during the prohibition era

Answer 29

Bugs Moran, Al Capone, George Remus

Question 30

How many unsolved murders were there in Chicago by ____?

Answer 30

1929 300

Question 31

How much did Capone make from speakeasies per year?

Answer 31

$60 million

Question 32

When was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and how many died?

Answer 32

14th February 1929 and 7

Question 33

What did George Remus give out to guests at his parties?

Answer 33

$25,000 diamond cufflinks

Question 34

What fraction of prohibition agents were corrupt?

Answer 34

1/12

Question 35

How many saloons and breweries were shut down during the prohibition era?

Answer 35

180,000 and 1800

Question 36

How much was made by gangsters in total during prohibition?

Answer 36

$2 billion

Question 37

How much money did Capone give to soup kitchens during the Great Depression?

Answer 37

$300,000

Question 38

In which year did prohibition end?

Answer 38

1933