who did / didn't benefit from the boom?

Question 1

how much did female employment increase during the boom?

Answer 1

24%

Question 2

by 1929 how many people were specualting on the stock market?

Answer 2

20 million

Question 3

by 1929 how much was spent on shares?

Answer 3

$9 billion

Question 4

how many hours less on average did wealthier women spend on housework due to the latest products e.g. vaccum cleaners?

Answer 4

3 hrs

Question 5

what did the number of households with flush toilets rise from and to?

Answer 5

20% to 51%

Question 6

what did the number of households with vaccum cleaners rise from and to?

Answer 6

9% to 30%

Question 7

what did the number of households with washing machines rise from and to?

Answer 7

8% to 24%

Question 8

what did the number of households with fridges rise from and to?

Answer 8

1% to 8%

Question 9

how much did farm income drop from 1919 to 1928?

Answer 9

$22 billion to $13 billion

Question 10

what was the worth of a bushel of wheat in 1920 and then in 1931?

Answer 10

$233 to $32

Question 11

what percentage of farms had electricity or mains water?

Answer 11

less than 10%

Question 12

what fraction of americans lived in rural areas?

Answer 12

over 1 / 2

Question 13

how many farmers were forced off their land to try and find work in rural areas?

Answer 13

6 million

Question 14

give an example of a south pest who destroyed crops

Answer 14

Boll Weevil

Question 15

which country meant that us farmers couldn’t compete with their high efficient wheat producers?

Answer 15

Canada

Question 16

what period did overproduction occur and why?

Answer 16

1900s to 1920s

they invested in machinery such as the combine harvester and fertilizers

Question 17

what was the saying about blacks and immigrants when it came to jobs?

Answer 17

last to be hired first to be fired

Question 18

what percentage of semi-skilled owned a car?

Answer 18

3%

Question 19

how many black farm labourers lost work in the 1920s?

Answer 19

1 million

Question 20

what fraction were coal workers wages of the national average?

Answer 20

1 / 3

Question 21

in 1928 why was there a strike in north carolina?

Answer 21

male workers paid $18
women paid 9$
for 70hr week
$48 a week seen as th minimum wage

Question 22

why did the united textile workers union in elizabeth town, tennesse go on strike?

Answer 22

work 56hr week for 18c an hr

Question 23

how much did trade union decline between 1920 and 1929?

Answer 23

5.1 million to 3.6 million

Question 24

what percentage of americans lived below the poverty line?

Answer 24

42%

Question 25

between 1919 and 1927 how much did workers wages rise?

Answer 25

$1158 to $1304

Question 26

between 1914 and 1928 how much did the number millionaires rise?

Answer 26

7000 to 35,000

Question 27

what percentage did unemployment stay at during the boom?

Answer 27

4%