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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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How many joined NRA?

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2 million

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When was prohibition abolished?

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1933

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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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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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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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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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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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How many jobs did the WPA create in 8 years?

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8 million

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What were unemployment levels by 1941?
6 million
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What did the Resettlement Administration (RA) do?
Helped 500,000 families drought hit areas to resettle on better land
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How many immigrants were from Britain?
5 million
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How many immigrants were there from Germany?
4.4 million
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How many immigrants were there from Russia?
2.7 million
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How many immigrants were there from Italy?
3.2 million
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How many immigrants were there from Ireland?
2 million
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What did the the 1924 Johnson Reed Act do?
Reduced the number of immigrants per year to 150,000
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What was created in 1917 that prevented many immigrants entering the USA?
Literacy test that many poorer immigrants failed due to them not having received education
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In 1919 how many people were deported due to the red scare?
10,000
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What happened to Sacco and Venzetti?
Arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and murder the case then became about them being self confessed anarchists.
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What did the prosecution rely on?
Racist slurs towards their Italian origin
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What did the the judge say during Sacco and Venzeti's trial?
"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"
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When were Sacco and Venzeti executed?
July 1927
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When was the Nationalist organisation fir women (NOW) set up?
1966
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When dud NOW draft their first bill of rights for women?
1967 at their first conference
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When was the first equal pay act established?
1963 however there were many exceptions
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What did the 1972 Equal Rights Ammendment do?
Removed some of the exceptions from the 1963 equal pay act
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What percentage of men's pay did women earn in 1972?
70%
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What were some of the things the NOW 1967 bill of rights included?
Equal education, maternity leave rights, rights for women to control reproductive lives, equal job training and opportunities
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When did contraception become legally available for unmarried couples?
1972
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When was abortion made legal?
1973
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When did universities have to accept women?
1972
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How many protesters were at the 1965 Watts riot in Los Angeles?
30,000
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How many people were arrested at the Detroit riots in July 1967?
7000
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Which organisation was partially responsible for the 1965-67 race riots?
The Black Power Movement
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What was black Americans opinion on the black power movement?
Criticised them because "it gave police an excuse to arrest even peaceful black Americans
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What did Malcolm X think of Martain Lurher Kings methods?
He believed the civil rights movement was holding black Americans back
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How many members did the Black panthers have?
2000
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When was the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) set up?
1960
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How many police officers were killed between 1967-1969 during clashes with the Black panthers?
9
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What percentage of the bus companies income was lost during the Montgomery bus boycott?
65%
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How many people were at the march on Washington in August 1963 organised by MLK?
200,000 black Americans and 50,000 whites
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How many cities had integrated lunch counters by the end of 1960 due to the greensboro sit-ins?
126
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What did chief Justin Earl Warren say about integrated schools in the South in May 1954?
That they should be integrated "with all deliberate speed"
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What did president Kennedy announce in 1960?
A new direction for American politics and said that the USA stood on the edge of a new frontier
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What did the new frontier do?
Aid to poor cities to improve housing and public transport
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How much did Kennedy's housing act spend in 1961 improving housing in cities?
$5 billion
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What did the 1961 Area Redevelopment Act do?
Allowed poor communities to develop schools, hospitals and parks
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Who appointed black politicians and judges for government?
JFK
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When was JFK assassinated?
1963
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What did the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act do?
Provided training to disadvantage youths 16-21
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What was Medicaid and medicare (1965)?
Medicaid: hospital care for the poor Medicare: medical insurance for over-65s
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What did the 1964 development act do?
Provided money for replacing inner city slums with new homes
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How much did Johnson spend on primary and secondary education?
$1.5 billion
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How many new homes were built in 1965?
240,000
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How much was spent on improving houses in cities in 1965?
$2.9 billion
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How many cars were there in 1919 and 1929?
1919- 9 million | 1929- 26 million
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How many radios were there in 1919 and 1929?
1919- 60,000 | 1929- 10 million
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How much did industrial production increase by during the 1920s?
50%
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How much did the New York suburb of queen's increase by in the 1920s?
It doubled
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How much did the GNP increase by in the 1920s?
Rose by 40%
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How much did the average wage increase by?
27%
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What percentage of workers were immigrants?
70%
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How was wealth distributed in the USA?
10% of wealth to the bottom 42% of the population
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What was the number of millionaires in 1914 qnd 1928?
1914- 7000 | 1928- 35,000
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What was the farm income in 1919 and 1929?
1919- $22 billion | 1929- $13 billion
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How many Americans were forced to leave their land?
6 million
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How many black labourers lost their jobs during the 1920s?
1 million
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What fraction of the average did coal workers earn?
1/3
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Why did workers strike in 1928 in North Carolina?
* Men paid $18 for 70hrs week * Women paid $9 for 70hrs week * Minimum for basic living was $48 per week
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How much were girls in Tenesse paid per hour for a 56hr week?
18cents per hour
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What did the supreme Court do regarding workers laws during the 1920s?
* Overuled to states making child labour illegal | * Banned laws setting a minimum wage
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How many female workers were there by 1929?
10 million this had increased by 24% since 1920

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