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How many cars were there by 1929?

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26 million

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How many radios by 1929?

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10 million

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How much per day were Ford’s workers paid?

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$5 per day

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

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80,000

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5
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Which suburb of Detroit grew by 700%

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Grosse Point Park

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What % of cars were bought on credit?

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60%

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7
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What did Sears Roebuck start?

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Mail Order catalogues

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8
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List two industries that prospered during the boom

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Cars, electricals, construction

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9
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What was total farm income in 1919 and 1928?

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$22 billion and $13 billion

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10
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Which country was destroying the US farm industry?

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Canada

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11
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How many black farm labourers lost their jobs in the 1920s?

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1 million

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12
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What percentage of semi-skilled workers owned a car?

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3%

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13
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In Elizabethtown, Tennessee, how much were girls paid in the textile factories and for how many hours a week?

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18c per hour for a 56 hour week

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14
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What percentage of wealth went to bottom percentage of the population?

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10% to bottom 42%

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15
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What was introduced by 36 states to control how relationships were shown in Hollywood films and when was this?

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Hays Code, 1930

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How many radio stations were there by 1922?

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508

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By 1929, how much was NBC making per year?

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$150 million

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18
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The first talkie, The Jazz Singer, was released in which year?

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1927

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19
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How many new female workers were there by 1929?

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10 million

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20
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What happened to the divorce rate by 1929?

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Doubled to 200,000

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21
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How many immigrants arrived from Britain and Germany during the 1920s?

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5 million and 4.4 million

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Give two examples of violent attacks during the Red Scare

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April 1919: bomb killed 10 in Milwaukee church, May 1919: letter bombs sent to 36 Americans, June 1919: Attorney General Mitchell Palmer’s house was blown up.

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

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60,000 and 556

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24
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When were Sacco and Vanzetti arrested and executed?

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1920 and 1927

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25
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How many members did the KKK have by 1924?

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4.5 million

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26
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Name one of the two states that had a KKK governor

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Oregon and Oklahoma

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27
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How many branches and members did the NAACP have by 1919?

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300 and 90,000

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28
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How much lower was life expectancy for blacks than whites?

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11 years (48 compared to 59)

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Which organisation did Marcus Garvey set up and how many members by 1921?

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UNIA and 1 million

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30
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On average, how many lynchings took place per year in the 1920s?

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50

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31
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Name a group in the temperance movement

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Anti-Saloon League, Women’s Christian Temperance Society

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32
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How many more votes could politicians gain in rural areas by supporting prohibition?

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50%

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33
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How many babies were allegedly smothered by drunken parents each year?

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3000

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34
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How many arrests did Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith make?

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4932

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35
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By what percentage did alcohol consumption decline in the 1920s?

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30%-50%

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36
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How long did it take Izzy Einstein to find alcohol in New Orleans?

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35 seconds

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37
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Name three gangsters during the prohibition era

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O’Banion, Bugs Moran, Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Johnny Torio, the Guizenbergs, George Remus

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38
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How many unsolved murders were there in Chicago by 1929?

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300

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39
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How much did Capone make from speakeasies per year?

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$60 million

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40
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When was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and how many died?

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14th February 1929 and 7

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41
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Who was the FBI boss of New York who sacked corrupt agents?

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Don Chaplin

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42
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What did George Remus give out to guests at his parties?

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$25,000 diamond cufflinks

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43
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What fraction of prohibition agents were corrupt?

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1/12

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44
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How many saloons and breweries were shut down during the prohibition era?

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180,000 and 1800

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45
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What was the name of the law which introduced prohibition?

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Volstead Act

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46
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How much was made by gangsters in total during prohibition?

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$2 billion

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47
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What name was given to illegal bars?

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Speakeasies

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48
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How much money did Capone give to soup kitchens during the Great Depression?

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$300,000

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49
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In which year did prohibition end?

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1933

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50
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What was the main reason Roosevelt ended prohibition?

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Taxes to pay for New Deal

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51
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What does FERA stand for?

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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52
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What is the first N of NANSPETCHEF and what 2 organisations did it set up?

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NIRA and PWA and CWA

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53
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Give 2 aims of the New Deal

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Get USA back to work, protect savings, provide for sick, old and unemployed, make industry and agriculture productive again

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54
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Name 3 high profile opponents of the New Deal

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Huey Long, Dr Francis Townsend and Father Coughlin

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Name 2 things the Social Security Acts did in the Second New Deal

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Financial help to sick and disabled, pensions for elderly and widows, unemployment insurance schemes

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56
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What did the NRA set up to improve factories and how many factories signed up?

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Blue Eagle Badge Scheme and 2 million

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57
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How many black Americans were employed by the CCC?

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200,000

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58
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What was the EBA and what did it do?

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Emergency Banking Act opened 5000 trustworthy banks

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59
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What nickname was given to useless jobs

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Boondoggling

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60
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How much money did the PWA spend?

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$3 billion

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61
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How many women were employed by the CCC?

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8000

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62
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How many jobs did the WPA create in how many years?

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8 million in 8 years

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63
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Why was the AAA contradictory?

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Shared better farming methods but also set quotas

64
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Which organisation did the NRA try to close and in which year?

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Schechter Poultry Corporation, 1935

65
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Name 3 things the PWA built

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Schools, dams, bridges, airports

66
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Who was FDR’s Secretary for Labour

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Frances Perkins

67
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How did the TVA help farmers?

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By irrigating land

68
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In which month and year was FDR elected?

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November, 1932

69
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What was the name of the big trade union set up in 1935?

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Committee for Industrial Organsation (CIO)

70
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How much did FERA give to states and name 3 things they bought?

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$500 million and soup kitchens, blankets, employment schemes and nursery schools

71
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The WPA set up an organisation to take photos of farm land. What was it called?

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Farm Security Administration Photographic Project

72
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Which part of the Second New Deal forced employers to allow unions?

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National Labour Relations Act or Wagner Act

73
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How many corrupt officials did Francis Perkins remove?

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59

74
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Which organisation replaced the AAA in the Second New Deal?

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Soil Conservation Act

75
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What did the share the wealth scheme want to cap personal fortunes at and annual income?

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$3 million and $1 million

76
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How many strikes were there in 1937 and what % were settled in favour of workers?

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4700 strikes of which 80% were in favour of workers

77
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How many people were hired by the CCC?

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2.5 million

78
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In which month and year did FDR become President?

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March, 1933

79
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How many people were still unemployed by 1941?

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6 million

80
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Which Second New Deal agency supplied electricity to areas not previously supplied?

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Rural Electrification Administration

81
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What was the EA and what did it do?

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Economy Act and cut government employee’s wages by 15%

82
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What name is given to the period of time between the Presidential election and becoming President?

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Lame-duck period

83
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What was the name of FDR’s wife?

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Eleanor Roosevelt

84
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What was the main role of the CCC?

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To create National Parks and accessibility to them

85
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What was FDR accused of being like after threatening the Supreme Court judges?

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A dictator or a fascist

86
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Name 2 things the NRA did to improve factory conditions

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Improved working conditions, outlawed child labour, fixed wages, fixed sensible production levels

87
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Name the two laws of 1934 designed to help Native Americans

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Native Reorganisation Act and Indian Reservation Act

88
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What did FDR do for the USA every Sunday and how many people listened?

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Fireside chats and 60 million

89
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How many Supreme Court judges did FDR threaten to sack?

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6

90
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Name a dam built by the TVA

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Fontana, Wilson

91
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Name 2 Republican policies the New Deal was against

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Laissez faire and rugged individualism

92
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Which union member was beaten up by Ford’s security force?

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Frankensteen

93
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What did Republicans claim had crippled FDR?

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An STD

94
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What happened to Huey Long and in which year?

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Assassinated in 1935

95
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Name one of FDR’s advisors who helped stop corruption

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Harold Hopkins or Harold Ickes

96
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Name two famous films from the 1930s

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Gone with the wind and the Wizard of Oz

97
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Which film showed the fate of Okies who had been evicted from their homes during the Depression?

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The Grapes of Wrath

98
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How many homes had radios by 1939?

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28 million homes

99
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Which comics were first published in the 1930s?

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Superman and Batman

100
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Which basketball team became famous by touring the world?

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Harlem Globetrotters

101
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How much did the US government spend per day on the war by 1945?

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$250 million per day!

102
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How many machine guns and warships did the USA produce during WW2?

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2.6 million machine guns and 86,000 warships

103
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How many workers were there in factories during WW2?

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14 million

104
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Which policy gave war resource to Britain and the USSR during WW2?

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The Lend Lease

105
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What did the USSR receive during the Lend Lease?

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7000 tanks, 18,700 aircraft and 400,000 jeeps

106
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How many black Americans gained jobs during WW2?

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2 million

107
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How many women joined the workforce during WW2?

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7 million

108
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How many Japanese-Americans were sent to relocation centres during WW2?

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100,000

109
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What did FDR introduce in 1941 to help black American workers?

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The Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)

110
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What does CORE stand for?

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Congress of Racial Equality

111
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What did CORE do in 1947?

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16 CORE activists travelled from northern to southern states in the Journey of Conciliation

112
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What did the Journey of Conciliation show?

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Southern states were still discriminating against black Americans on interstate buses

113
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What policy did JFK announce in 1960 to improve the lives of ordinary Americans?

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Great Society

114
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What was the name of the plan set up in 1947 to help European countries rebuild after WW2?

A

Marshall Plan

115
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Which race riots took place in 1965 and 1967?

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Watts riot and Detroit riots

116
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Who had 170 hit singles from the 1950s?

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Elvis Presley

117
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What does the CORE stand for?

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Congress of Racial Equality

118
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What did the House Committee of Un-American Activities do?

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Investigated communist sympathisers in the government, education and film industry

119
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Where did Martin Luther King organise a march to encourage blacks to register to vote in 1965?

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Selma

120
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What % of its income did bus companies lose as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

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65%

121
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During the 1950s, what percentage of the world’s goods did the USA produce?

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50%

122
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What does the SNCC stand for?

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Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

123
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How did President Eisenhower solve the problem in Little Rock?

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Sent in state troopers to protect the students for 6 weeks.

124
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How many US soldiers were there by 1950?

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600,000

125
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Which famous boxer joined the Nation of Islam?

A

Cassius Clay/ Muhammed Ali

126
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Who was the anti-Communist director of the FBI in the 1950s?

A

J. Edgar Hoover

127
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Which act of government from 1964 wanted to replace inner-city slums?

A

The Development Act

128
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By how much was the US standard of living higher than people in Britain?

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Three times

129
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What was the act of government from 1965 which banned literacy tests when registering to vote?

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Voting Rights Act

130
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How many blacks and whites were involved in the March on Washington in 1963?

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200,000 blacks and 50,000 whites

131
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How much money did the GI Bill of Rights set aside to help veteran soldiers with education and medical expenses etc.?

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$13 billion

132
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What organisation did Betty Friedan set up in 1966?

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National Organisation for Women (NOW)

133
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What did the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education Topeka Act introduce?

A

Segregated schools had to allow black children in ‘with all deliberate speed’

134
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How many new homes were built in 1965?

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240,000

135
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During the 1950s what happened to the USA’s GNP?

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It doubled

136
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What was Malcolm Little better known as?

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Malcolm X

137
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What common effect did the Berlin Blockade, Korean War and China becoming communist have on the USA?

A

Made them scared of communism

138
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What did the Supreme Court make available to unmarried couples for the first time in 1972?

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Contraception

139
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Which black woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955?

A

Rosa Parks

140
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What % of households had a TV by 1958?

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83.20%

141
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Which group had 2000 members and were effectively a private, black army?

A

Black Panthers

142
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Who was the famous spy who served in Truman’s government?

A

Alger Hiss

143
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How many cities had desegregated lunch counters following the Greenboro sit-ins?

A

126

144
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What did the Roe vs Wade case allow and when was this?

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Abortion, 1973

145
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Name a teenage rebel

A

Marlon Brando and James Dean

146
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How much did President Johnson spend on education?

A

$1.5 billion

147
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How many Hollywood actors were on the blacklist for being communist sympathisers?

A

150

148
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What was the name of the town in Arkansas which failed to allow 9 black students to attend?

A

Little Rock

149
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What was the name of the senator who started the 1950s Red Scare?

A

Joe McCarthy

150
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What group did the civil rights movement help set up in the Montgomery bus boycotts?

A

Montgomery Improvements Association

151
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What percentages of blacks were registered to vote in Mississippi in the 1950s?

A

5%

152
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Who headed the Nation of Islam?

A

Elijah Muhammad

153
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What was the post-war generation known as in the USA?

A

The baby-boomers

154
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Which president signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964?

A

President Johnson

155
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What was the famous anti-Communist slogan in the 1950s?

A

There’s a Red under every bed.

156
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Which two organisations provided medical care for over-65s?

A

Medicare and Medicaid

157
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What does the SCLC stand for?

A

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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