Usa Stats Flashcards
Cars made in 1900
4000
First moving production line
1913
How many cars were produced between 1908-1925
Over 15 million
How many cars were being produced by 1927
1 every 10 seconds
How many were produced in 1929
4.8 million
How much did a car cost in 1925
$290, 3 month wages of a factory worker
1920’s Chicago (2)
3% of semi-skilled workers 29% of middle class workers
What % of Americans bought goods from catalogues in 1928?
33%
How many cars were brought on credit
6/10
How many radios were brought on credit?
8/10
Number radios 1920 vs 1929
1920- 60,000
1929- 10 million
Number of phones 1915 vs 1930
1915- 10 million
1930- 20 million
Number of cars 1919 vs 1929
1919- 9 million
1929- 26 million
By how much did prices fall in 1921
50%
How many more bankruptcies
5x
How many African-Americans were unemployed?
250,000
Farm income drop 1919 vs 1928
1919- $22 billion
1928- $13 billion
How many rural Americans forced out of the land in 1920
6 million
% of Americans living under poverty line
+40%
Unemployment from 1920-1929
Remains at 5%
Coal miners wage in 1928
Men- $18
Women $9
Reduce in working hours
47-44h
Number of radios in 1930
1 for every 2/3 households
Liscensed radio station 1921
1