USA Topic 2

Question 1

When and How much of the worlds weapons was USA producing?

Answer 1

1944, producing 50%

Question 2

When was the US economy the most powerful?

Answer 2

September 1945

Question 3

How was unemployment resolved?

Answer 3

Result of conscription

Question 4

How many men and women served in US armed forces?

Answer 4

16 million

Question 5

Unemployment in 1939?

Answer 5

9.5 million

Question 6

Unemployment in 1944?

Answer 6

670,000

Question 7

How many people migrated from rural south to industrial north for work?

Answer 7

4 million, majority black Americans

Question 8

How many additional women joined workforce?

Answer 8

7 million

Question 9

How many aircraft workers were women?

Answer 9

1 in 3

Question 10

How many munitions workers were women?

Answer 10

50%

Question 11

What contributed massively to Americas recovery from Great depression?

Answer 11

WW2

Question 12

What did America cash in to buy consumer goods?

Answer 12

War bonds

Question 13

What happened to sales of new cars? (Give date)

Answer 13

Between 1945-50, sales increased by over 6.5 million

Question 14

Billions of dollars were spent on what?

Answer 14

Weapons research and development

Question 15

Role of big business

Answer 15

FDR wanted to make use of leading business men to help provide for needs of war

Question 16

Open trading

Answer 16

US had clear advantage over their european countries who had been destroyed by war. High demand from Europe for US goods

Question 17

How many blacks worked in factories?

Answer 17

4m out of 14m were black

Question 18

What did women take on as an impact of ww2 on unemployment?

Answer 18

7m took on jobs they were excluded on

Question 19

War bonds

Answer 19

Millons of us citizens purchased war bonds, which were sold to help fund war effort, repaid with interest, total 200b

Question 20

Where did middle class families move to and why?

Answer 20

Suburbs, houses were reasonably priced, most had a car to get to work in city

Question 21

Baby boom

Answer 21

Increased population by 40 million, greater demand for new homes

Question 22

1959

Answer 22

29% still lived below poverty line

Question 23

People income influenced by area they lived

Answer 23

South earned less than those in North or west coast

Question 24

Families income (give number and how much)

Answer 24

11million families, less that 2000 a year