Truman - Domestic Policies

Question 1

how many Americans died in ww2?

Answer 1

400,000

Question 2

how much of the worlds income did america have in 1945?

Answer 2

42%

Question 3

how much of the worlds manufacturing output did america have in 1945?

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

how much of the worlds cars did america have in 1945?

Answer 4

80%

Question 5

how much of the worlds discovered oil did america have in 1945?

Answer 5

62%

Question 6

by 1944, how much of the workforce was female?

Answer 6

36%

Question 7

what were the statistics for the GI bill?

Answer 7

1946 - only 1/5 of the 100,000 black Americans who applied had claimed the bill

Question 8

when was Potsdam and who attended?

Answer 8

July- August 1945
Truman, Stalin and Churchill/Attlee

Question 9

when was Yalta and who attended?

Answer 9

February 1946
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

Question 10

when was slavery abolished?

Answer 10

1865

Question 11

when were five million on strike

Answer 11

1945-6

Question 12

when were 750,000 steel workers striking

Answer 12

1946

Question 13

what was government debt reduced by between start and end of truman’s

Answer 13

went from 269 bn to 266 bn