USA Topic 2 Flashcards
How did the war help with Americas problems
Conscription gave about 16 million men and women jobs
How many weapons were the USA producing by 1944
Almost half of the weapons in the world
What was Americas role in the Allied forces
The arsenal
What percentage of Britain’s military equipment was produced by the USA in 1944
25%
After the Second World War, what then boosted most Americans richness
The war bonds that they had entered when the war started that they were then able to cash in because America won
Why did the USA have an advantage over other countries in open trading?
Because it hadn’t been damaged by air attacks
What percentage of the worlds cars did the USA produce by the end of the 1940s
80%
Why did so many people then move to the suburbs in the late 1940s and 1950s?
It embodied the American Dream for many young couples
Houses were not too expensive there with low interest mortgages
Between 1945-1960 the population increased by around 40 million, increasing demand for new homes
What percentage of the population lived below the poverty line in 1959
29%
Which states were more in poverty - southern or northern states?
Southern
What percentage of New York’s recipients of welfare were African Americans in 1955
40%
What percentage of American families in the 1960s lived in houses built in the 1950s
Over 20%
In what area did the USA lag behind other countries in
Providing free healthcare, good pensions and welfare services
How did women who weren’t working feel and what did they do about it
Isolated and bored - they organised community meet-ups eg Tupperware Parties where women met over coffee to buy kitchen products
