usa boom-crash Flashcards
How many cars were there by 1929?
26 million
How many radios by 1929?
10 million
What / of cars were bought on credit?
3/5
List two industries that prospered during the boom
cars, construction
What was introduced by 36 states to control how relationships were shown in Hollywood films and when was this?
The hays code
The first talkie, The Jazz Singer, was released in which year?
1927
How many new female workers were there by 1929?
10 mil
violent attack of red scare 1
1919: Attorney General Mitchell Palmer’s house was blown up.
When were Sacco and Vanzetti arrested and executed?
1920, 27
when was st valentines day massacre
14th feb 1929 - 7 rival gang members
How much was made by gangsters in total during prohibition?
$2 billion
when was red scare 1
1919
how many mail bombs
36
how many suspected russians imprisoned and deported
556/6000
how many gang murders 1927-30
500
how many people went to the cinema weekly and when
1919 170 millon went
how many people listened to sports
60 million
how mnay arrived per day in 1920
5000
what did they close the open door to and when
1927 150,000, 2%
national origins act
how many people immigrated to usa in 1920
40 million
how many members did the kk have in 1925
5 million
how many witnesses did sacco and vanzetti have
102