the Great Depression: Urban workers Flashcards
1
Q
By 1933 over
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100,000 companies had went bankrupt
2
Q
The average hourly wage fell from
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59c in 1926 to 44c in 1933
3
Q
Unemployment in cities:
Toledo
Cleveland
Why?
A
80%
50%
These cities were ‘steel’ cities (industrial cities)
4
Q
African American unemployment
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5 times higher than for whites
5
Q
4/5 workers who weren’t fired saw
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large cuts in their wages
6
Q
By 1932 there were
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6,000 men selling apple on the streets of NYC
