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1
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When did the USA join the war?

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1917 so they lost fewer respufces

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2
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What industry did America take over from the USA?

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Germany’s chemical industry

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3
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When was the first moving assembly line?

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1913 by Henry Ford

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4
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How many cars were made in 1900 and 1929?

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1900 = 4000 cars made
1929 = 4.8 mil cars made
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5
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How many cars were there in 1919 and 1929?

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1919 = 9 mil cars
1929 = 26 mil cars
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6
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Name 3 effects of car production

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Oil, rubber, glass, steel, road building, petrol stations

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7
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How much glass was used in cars %?

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75% of all glass was used in cars

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8
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How much did industrial production increase by in the 1920s?

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50% increase

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9
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How much was spent on advertising per year?

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$3 billion

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10
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How many radios were bought on credit?

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8/10 radios

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11
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How many cars were bought on credit?

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6/10 cars

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12
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Who was the Secretary Of the Treasury for most of the 1920s?

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Andrew Mellon

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13
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Name 4 republican policies

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Import tariffs, Laissez Faire, low taxation, normalcy

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14
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What are import tariffs and give an example

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Tax in foreign goods meant people bought cheaper American goods
Eg. Fordney McCumber Tariff Act of 1922

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15
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Define laissez faire

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govt stayed out of business affairs

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16
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Define normalcy

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Normalcy kept America out of world politics and problems

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17
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Name 3 things America could do with raw materials

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  • get money by exporting it
  • save money by stopping imports
  • make consumer hoods
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18
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What did many people buy in companies?

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Shares

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19
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Why did people begin to sell the shares they had bought?

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They could make large profits of them

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20
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What was the first mail order catalogue?

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Sears, Roebuck catalgoue

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21
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How did hire purchase effect employment?

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More demand meant more jobs and wages

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22
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How did hire purchase effect disposable income of Americans?

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More people could afford to buy products which increased demand

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23
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How did hire purchase effect assembly lines?

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Mass production increased

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24
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How did hire purchase effect businesses?

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Made bigger profits which could be reinvested to expand

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25
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How many people were speculating by 1929?

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20 million

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26
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How much was spent on share?

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$9 billion

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27
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Who were given work thanks to assembly line production?

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Unskilled workers / immigrants / women

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28
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How much did female employment increase by?

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24%

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29
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What were the biggest contributors to the boom?

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Cars

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30
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What plant did Ford own and with how many workers?

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River Rouge and 80,000 workers

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31
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Where did middle class people move to?

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Gross Point Park in the suburba

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32
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What entertainment did cities provide?

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Jazz clubs and sports events

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33
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How many of workers at River Rouge were immigrants?

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70%

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34
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What did flush toilets rose from and to?

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20% to 51%

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35
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What did vacuum cleaners rise from and to?

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9% and 30%

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36
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What did washing machines rise from and to?

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8% to 24%

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37
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What did fridges rise from and to?

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1% to 8%

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38
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On avg, how much time did women spend less on housework?

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3 hours per week less

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39
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When was the busiest period of building in US history

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1920s

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40
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What year was farmer income at $22 billion

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1919

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41
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In what year was farmer income $13 billion?

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1928

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42
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How many farms has electricity and mains water?

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Less than 10%

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43
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How many Americans lived in rural areas?

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1/2

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44
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How many farmers were forced off their land?

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6 million

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45
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What pests decimated crops?

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Boll Weevil

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46
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Competition from….?

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Canada

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47
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How many semi-skilled workers had a car?

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3%

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48
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How many black farm labourer’s lost their work in the 1920s?

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1 million

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49
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What was and who were sharecroppers?

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Black farmers - shared profits from cotton farming

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50
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What were coal workers wages?

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1/3 of national average

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51
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What was coal being replaced by?

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Hydro electric, natural gas and oil

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52
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When was there a strike in North Carolina?

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1928

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53
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What caused the 1928 N.Carolina strike?

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In coal/steel - men were paid $18 and women $9 for a 70hr week

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54
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What was seen as the minimum required for the basic standard of living?

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$48

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55
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What were girls wages for how long and where in the textile industry?

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Elizabeth Town, Tennessee

18c an hour for a 56hr week

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56
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What 2 laws did the Supreme Court overrule?

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banning of child labour and it banned setting minimum wages

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57
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What % of wealth went to the bottom % of the population

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10% wealth went to the bottom 42% of population

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58
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How many Americans lived below the poverty line

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42%

59
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What were workers wages in 1919 and 1927

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1919 - $1158

1927 - 1304

60
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How many millionaries in 1914 and 1928

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1914 - 7000

1928 - 35000

61
Q

Despite the boom, what did unemployment stay at due to what?

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4% due to electrification

62
Q

Why were people fleeing to the USA?

A

To escape poverty / escape persecution eg Jews / to find prosperity

63
Q

What was the melting pot theory?

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All immigrants would forget their culture and be reformed as Americans

64
Q

What was the red scare?

A

When Americans were scared immigrants were bringing radical beliefs to USA

65
Q

How many race riots were there?

A

in 25 towns

66
Q

What evidence of the red scare was there?

A

400,000 workers went on strike, even the police, in Boston

67
Q

What do historians caused the red scare?

A

Strikes were caused by economic hardship and not Communism as war production had fallen and workers were being sacked

68
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Red Scare -

What happened in April 1919

A

a bomb killed 10 people in a Milwaukee church

69
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Red Scare -

What happened in May 1919

A

Letter bombs were posted to 36 prominent Americans

70
Q

Red Scare -

What happened in June 1919

A

Mitchell Palmer the US Attorney General was nearly killed

71
Q

Who built up how many files on the fact they were believed to be communist?

A

J Edgar Hoover built up 60,000 suspect files

72
Q

How many people were told they would be deported in 1919

A

10,000 immigrants

73
Q

What happened to Palmer and why?

A

He tried to build up his campaign for President based on fears of the red scare. He predicted there would be a Red Revolution in May 1920, and looked stupid when it didn’t happen

74
Q

Who were arrested in 1920 for what?

A

Sacco and Vanzeti on suspicion of armed robbery and murder

75
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How many of J Edgar Hoover’s files proved to be truthful?

A

556

76
Q

What were Sacco and Vanzetti’s beliefs?

A

Anarchists who believed in destroying American system by creating social disorder

77
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On trial, what did a judge call Sacco and Vanzetti?

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“Those anarchist bastards”

78
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When were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?

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1927

79
Q

Name a university for blacks?

A

Howard University

80
Q

What did the Black Capitalist Movement encourage?

A

Them to set up their own businesses

81
Q

What did people do to Chicago’s chain stores?

A

Boycotted them until they employed black people

82
Q

Name 2 high profile black americans

A

Actor Paul Robeson, writer Zora Hurston, poets Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen

83
Q

What did the NAACP stand for?

A

National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

84
Q

What did the NAACP do?

A

set up campaigns to end racial segregation and lynchings

85
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How many branches and members did the NAACP have

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300 branches, 90,000 members by 1919

86
Q

Who founded the UNIA and what does it stand for?

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Marcus Garvey - Universal Negro Improvement Association

87
Q

What did the UNIA encourage?

A

Them to be proud of their race and helped them set up businesses eg. grocers, laundries

88
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How many members did the UNIA have and when?

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1 million by 1921

89
Q

Name 3 continuing problems for blacks?

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Slavery, poverty, no education nor jobs, they could vote but didn’t because of intimidation

90
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What did the KKK do?

A

Lynched, tar and feathered, branded them with acid

91
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How many lynching’s per year?

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50

92
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How many members did the KKK have by what year?

A

5 mil by 1928

93
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Who was the leader of the KKK

A

Imperial Grand Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans

94
Q

What did NYC black population grow from and to?

A

150,000 to 330,000

95
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What was black life expectancy compared to whites and when?

A

48 years compared to 59 in 1930

96
Q

How many arrests did Moe Smith and Izzy Einstein make?

A

4392

97
Q

How much did alcohol consumption decline by during prohibition?

A

30-50%

98
Q

How many arrests had Prohibition Federal Agents made in 1921

A

34,175 arrests

99
Q

How many arrests had Prohibition Federal Agents made in 1929?

A

66,878

100
Q

How did death rate due to alcohol change during prohibition?

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Decreased by 42%

101
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How did death rate due to cirrhosis of the liver change during prohibition?

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Decreased by 70%

102
Q

What did crime decrease by during prohibiton

A

Decreased by 54%

103
Q

How much did insanity decrease by during prohibition?

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Decreased by 66%

104
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How much and when did arrests for public drunkeness and disorderly conduct decline by during prohibition?

A

Decreased by 50% between 1916 and 1922

105
Q

What did people make during prohibition?

A

Moonshine

106
Q

What were illegal bars called?

A

Speakeasies

107
Q

Where was prohibition never even introduced?

A

Maryland

108
Q

By 1925, what was there more of than in 1919?

A

In 1925, there were more illegal speakeasies than legal bars in 1919

109
Q

What did George Remus give to agents to ignore his gang activities

A

$25,000 cufflinks

110
Q

How many agents were corrupt during prohibition

A

1/12

111
Q

Who was the corrupt mayor during prohibition

A

Bill Thompson in Chicago

112
Q

Name 3 gangsters

A

Al Capone, Torio, the Guizenburgs, O’Banion, Lucky Luciano, Bugs Moran

113
Q

How much did Al Capone make during prohibition

A

$60 million a year

114
Q

What was the St Valentine’s Day Massacre?

A

7 died in 1929 caught up in gang wars

115
Q

How many murders took place in Cooks County, Chicago

A

130 gangland murders in 2 years - no one was arrested!!

116
Q

How many murders happened in Chicago during probhibition

A

300

117
Q

How much was made overall by gangsters during prohibition?

A

$2 billion

118
Q

What health issues did Moonshine have during prohibition

A

Caused blindness, death

119
Q

What did Prohibition cause America to miss out on?

A

Vital and important taxes on alcohol

120
Q

Name 2 Hollywood films

A

When a Woman Sins, Up in Mabel’s Room

121
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Name 3 famous Hollywood stars

A

Theda Bara, Clara Bow, Rudolph Valentino

122
Q

How many states introduced the Hays Code and when?

A

36 states in 1930

123
Q

What did the Hays Code do?

A

censorship on the deluge of sex in Hollywood

124
Q

How many licensed radios in 1921 and 1922?

A

August 1921 - 1

1922 - 508

125
Q

How much were NBC making by what year?

A

$150 million by 1929

126
Q

Name 2 new dances

A

Charleston / Shimmy / Bunny Hug

127
Q

Name 2 baseball teams

A

New York Yankees / Boston Red Sox

128
Q

Name a famous boxer

A

Jack Dempsey

129
Q

When was the first “Talkie” released (a film with sound)

A

1927

130
Q

Name 3 uses of a car

A

carried owners to and from entertainment: sports events / picnics/ beach holidays / shopping

131
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Give 3 rules that women in rural areas must obide by?

A

restricted / behave politely / plain clothes / no makeup / controlled relationships / no sport / chaperoned / no vote / must be house wives

132
Q

How did the car improve women’s lives?

A

Gave them freedom

133
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When did women get the vote in all states?

A

1920

134
Q

How did electric goods improve women’s lives?

A

Less time spent on housework = more free time

135
Q

How many women worked in 1929? And this was what % more than 1920?

A

1929 = 10 million

24% more than 1924

136
Q

In what year was the divorce rate double of a what previous year?

A

By 1929, the divorce rate was double that of 1914

137
Q

Give an inspiration for women

A

Gloria Swanson - a liberating actor

Joan Crawford - a famous flapper

138
Q

By what year were the hems of skirts at knee level?

A

1927

139
Q

In what year did women go on strike in Elizabeth Town, Tennesse, and why did they go on strike?

A

1927, women paid 18cents an hour for a 56-hr week

140
Q

In what year did women go on strike in North Carolina, and why?

A

1928, women paid $9 for a 70-hr week

141
Q

What did some women think about how they were portrayed in films?

A

Outraged - some women couldn’t afford the new fashion

142
Q

What did older women form, rebelling against the new lifestyle of women?

A

The Anti-Flirt Club / Women’s Christian Temperance Society

143
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Who was Bessie Smith and what happened to her?

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A black woman who had a serious car crash, taken to nearest hospital which was for whites only, hospital refused to treat her and she died

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