USA theme stats - quality of life

Question 1

how did the amount of people registered to own a car change between 1917-1929

Answer 1

1917 = 4 million
1929 = 23 million

Question 2

how much did the GNP change in the 1920s

Answer 2

it grew by 42% (mostly due to a rise in consumerism)

Question 3

how did home ownership change between 1920s-1940s

Answer 3

1920 = 6.7 million
1940 = 15.2 million

Question 4

how did home renting change between 1920s-1940s

Answer 4

1920 = 12.9 million
1940 = 19.6 million

Question 5

how many homes in the 1940s had an indoor flushable toilet

Answer 5

60%

of this 60%:
70% had running water
56% had a bath or shower

Question 6

in the 1940s how many homes had lighting

Answer 6

78% - others relied on oil lamps

Question 7

in the 1940s how many homes had no heating at all

Answer 7

11.3%

Question 8

in the 1940s how many homes had a radio

Answer 8

82%

Question 9

how did the amount of income being spent on food in the house change between 1930-1940

Answer 9

1930 = 23.9%
1940 = 21%

Question 10

how did the amount of income being spent on eating out change between 1930-1940

Answer 10

1930 = 13.4%
1940 = 15% of the 21% being spent on food

Question 11

by 1940s how many homes were running off of electricity

Answer 11

80%

Question 12

how did the government investment into healthcare change between 1917-1940s

Answer 12

1917 = $3 million
1930 = $11 million
1940 = $32.7 million

Question 13

how did the amount of children in education change between 1917-1940s

Answer 13

1917 = 21% of kids 14-17 years
1929 = 51%
1940 = 73%

Question 14

how did the income of coca - cola change between 1950-1959

Answer 14

1950 = $55. 7 million
1959 = $79.1 million

Question 15

how much did survey’s indicate that teenagers spent in 1959

Answer 15

$10 billion per year

Question 16

how many teenagers owned cars in 1959

Answer 16

1.5 million

Question 17

in the 1950s what would teenagers spend their income on

Answer 17

38% on travel
24% on clothing and sport
22% on food and drink
16% on entertainment

Question 18

how much did record industries make off teenagers in the 1950s

Answer 18

$75 million

Question 19

how much did lipstick industries make off teenage girls alone in the 1950s

Answer 19

$20 million

Question 20

what was the new deal policy involved in steadying the banking system by fixing bank debts

Answer 20

Emergency banking act (march 1933)

also gave the treasury power to invest in banks

Question 21

what was the new deal policies involved in giving aid to people and allowing them to pay off their mortgages

Answer 21

Farm Credit Administration 1933

Homeowners loan act 1933

Question 22

what was the new deal policies involved in providing training and work to young men

Answer 22

Civilian Conservation Corps March 1933

it also helped develop their literacy and help their unemployment problems by giving them national work - however this legislation didn’t guarantee them jobs

Question 23

what was the new deal policies involved in changing taxes to help recover the economy

Answer 23

Revenue Act 1935 (2nd new deal)

it increased taxes, raised top level of income tax, and introduced tax profits -> big businesses came back into the stock market and raised money for investment (helped the economy)

Question 24

what was the new deal policies involved in providing more electricity to homes

Answer 24

Rural electrification Act 1933

it broadened availability of electricity to homes but used low interest loans from rural businesses to fund it

both helped and disadvantaged the economy

Question 25

what was the new deal policies involved in creating more public works programmes

Answer 25

public works act 1933

Question 26

what did the public works act do and how much were they funded

Answer 26

they were given $3.3 billion to stimulate economic growth through the programmes

they created 13,000 new schools and 50,000 new roads

but failed to provide sufficient support to reduce unemployment to an extent

Question 27

how did the amount of unemployment (among those who could work) change between 1920s-1940s

Answer 27

1921 = 11.7%

1933 = 24.9%

1940 = 14.6%

Question 28

how did nappy sales income change between 1947-1957

Answer 28

1947 = $32 million

1957 = $50 million

Question 29

how did the birth rate change between 1940-1955

Answer 29

1940 = 2.5 million per year

1950 = 3.6 million per year

1955 = 4 million per year (until 1965)

Question 30

what was the legislation that provided funding for low income housing

Answer 30

1949 national housing act

it introduced slum clearance and built around 810,000 low income housing units to replace them