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What did the National Industrial recovery act (NIRA) do?

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  • Set up CWA (4 million workers) and PWA

* make industry strong again

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What was the opposition to NIRA?

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  • Higher wages meant higher prices which lead to less spending
  • CWA abolished in 1935 and replaced by PWA
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What did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) do?

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  • Taught modern techniques and soil preservation to farmers

* helped some farmers with mortgages

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What was the opposition to the AAA?

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Modernisation put some labourers out of work

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What did the National Recovery Administration (NRA) do?

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Improved working conditions, outlawed child labour, fixed wages and sensible production levels

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6
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How many joined NRA?

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2 million

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7
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When was prohibition abolished?

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1933

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8
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Why did FDR abolished prohibition?

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He realised alot of money could be made by making alcohol legal again by taxing alcohol makers and distributors

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What was the opposition to NRA?

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Interfering too much and some people thought the government were acting like dictators

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What did the public works administration (PWA) do?

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  • built schools, dams, bridges and airports

* it also created lots of short term jobs

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11
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How much was spent on the PWA?

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$3 billion

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Which acts/agencies opposition was the high cost for tax payers?

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PWA, CCC, HOLC, FERA

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What did the Emergency Banking Act (EBA) do?

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  • 5000 banks reopened

* FDIC insured deposits up to $5000

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What did the Tenesse Valley Authority (TVA) do?

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Built a series of dams on tenesse River to irrigate land, control water flow, provide jobs building and create hydroelectric energy

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What was the opposition to the TVA?

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Smaller electricity companies couldn’t compete and were put out of business

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What did the Civilian Conservation Corporation (CCC) do?

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•Provided jobs for unmarried men between 18 and 25

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17
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How much did CCC workers earn?

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$30 per month many sent back $25 of it back to their families

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18
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How many people were helped by the CCC?

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2.5 million people

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What did the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) do?

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Help Home Owners pay mortgages

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Between 1933 and 1936 how much did HOLC save home owners?

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20% of homeowners

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21
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What did the Economy Act (EA) do?

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Reduced pay of government employees by 15%

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What did the Federal Emergency Relief Administration do?

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$500 million was given to individual states to pay for soup kitchens, blankets, employment schemes and nursery schools

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What did the Works Progress Administration do?

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Provided employment schemes

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24
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How many jobs did the WPA create in 8 years?

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8 million

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25
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What were unemployment levels by 1941?

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6 million

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What did the Resettlement Administration (RA) do?

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Helped 500,000 families drought hit areas to resettle on better land

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27
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How many immigrants were from Britain?

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5 million

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28
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How many immigrants were there from Germany?

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4.4 million

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29
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How many immigrants were there from Russia?

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2.7 million

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30
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How many immigrants were there from Italy?

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3.2 million

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How many immigrants were there from Ireland?

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2 million

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What did the the 1924 Johnson Reed Act do?

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Reduced the number of immigrants per year to 150,000

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33
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What was created in 1917 that prevented many immigrants entering the USA?

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Literacy test that many poorer immigrants failed due to them not having received education

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34
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In 1919 how many people were deported due to the red scare?

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10,000

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35
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What happened to Sacco and Venzetti?

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Arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and murder the case then became about them being self confessed anarchists.

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36
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What did the prosecution rely on?

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Racist slurs towards their Italian origin

37
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What did the the judge say during Sacco and Venzeti’s trial?

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“Those anarchist bastards” and “may not actually have committed the crime attributed to him he is nevertheless morally culpable because he is the enemy of our existing institutions”

38
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When were Sacco and Venzeti executed?

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July 1927

39
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When was the Nationalist organisation fir women (NOW) set up?

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1966

40
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When dud NOW draft their first bill of rights for women?

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1967 at their first conference

41
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When was the first equal pay act established?

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1963 however there were many exceptions

42
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What did the 1972 Equal Rights Ammendment do?

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Removed some of the exceptions from the 1963 equal pay act

43
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What percentage of men’s pay did women earn in 1972?

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70%

44
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What were some of the things the NOW 1967 bill of rights included?

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Equal education, maternity leave rights, rights for women to control reproductive lives, equal job training and opportunities

45
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When did contraception become legally available for unmarried couples?

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1972

46
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When was abortion made legal?

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1973

47
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When did universities have to accept women?

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1972

48
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How many protesters were at the 1965 Watts riot in Los Angeles?

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30,000

49
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How many people were arrested at the Detroit riots in July 1967?

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7000

50
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Which organisation was partially responsible for the 1965-67 race riots?

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The Black Power Movement

51
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What was black Americans opinion on the black power movement?

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Criticised them because “it gave police an excuse to arrest even peaceful black Americans

52
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What did Malcolm X think of Martain Lurher Kings methods?

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He believed the civil rights movement was holding black Americans back

53
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How many members did the Black panthers have?

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2000

54
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When was the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) set up?

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1960

55
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How many police officers were killed between 1967-1969 during clashes with the Black panthers?

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9

56
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What percentage of the bus companies income was lost during the Montgomery bus boycott?

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65%

57
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How many people were at the march on Washington in August 1963 organised by MLK?

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200,000 black Americans and 50,000 whites

58
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How many cities had integrated lunch counters by the end of 1960 due to the greensboro sit-ins?

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126

59
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What did chief Justin Earl Warren say about integrated schools in the South in May 1954?

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That they should be integrated “with all deliberate speed”

60
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What did president Kennedy announce in 1960?

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A new direction for American politics and said that the USA stood on the edge of a new frontier

61
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What did the new frontier do?

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Aid to poor cities to improve housing and public transport

62
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How much did Kennedy’s housing act spend in 1961 improving housing in cities?

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$5 billion

63
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What did the 1961 Area Redevelopment Act do?

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Allowed poor communities to develop schools, hospitals and parks

64
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Who appointed black politicians and judges for government?

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JFK

65
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When was JFK assassinated?

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1963

66
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What did the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act do?

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Provided training to disadvantage youths 16-21

67
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What was Medicaid and medicare (1965)?

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Medicaid: hospital care for the poor
Medicare: medical insurance for over-65s

68
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What did the 1964 development act do?

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Provided money for replacing inner city slums with new homes

69
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How much did Johnson spend on primary and secondary education?

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$1.5 billion

70
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How many new homes were built in 1965?

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240,000

71
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How much was spent on improving houses in cities in 1965?

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$2.9 billion

72
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How many cars were there in 1919 and 1929?

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1919- 9 million

1929- 26 million

73
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How many radios were there in 1919 and 1929?

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1919- 60,000

1929- 10 million

74
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How much did industrial production increase by during the 1920s?

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50%

75
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How much did the New York suburb of queen’s increase by in the 1920s?

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It doubled

76
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How much did the GNP increase by in the 1920s?

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Rose by 40%

77
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How much did the average wage increase by?

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27%

78
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What percentage of workers were immigrants?

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70%

79
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How was wealth distributed in the USA?

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10% of wealth to the bottom 42% of the population

80
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What was the number of millionaires in 1914 qnd 1928?

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1914- 7000

1928- 35,000

81
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What was the farm income in 1919 and 1929?

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1919- $22 billion

1929- $13 billion

82
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How many Americans were forced to leave their land?

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6 million

83
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How many black labourers lost their jobs during the 1920s?

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1 million

84
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What fraction of the average did coal workers earn?

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1/3

85
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Why did workers strike in 1928 in North Carolina?

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  • Men paid $18 for 70hrs week
  • Women paid $9 for 70hrs week
  • Minimum for basic living was $48 per week
86
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How much were girls in Tenesse paid per hour for a 56hr week?

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18cents per hour

87
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What did the supreme Court do regarding workers laws during the 1920s?

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  • Overuled to states making child labour illegal

* Banned laws setting a minimum wage

88
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How many female workers were there by 1929?

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10 million this had increased by 24% since 1920

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