Depression And The New Deal

Question 1

When was the Wall Street crash

Answer 1

29 October 1929

Question 2

How many shares were sold in the Wall Street crash

Answer 2

16 million

Question 3

In the Wall Street crash what did the average price of a share drop to

Answer 3

40 cents

Question 4

How much did shareholders loose in total

Answer 4

$8 billion

Question 5

How many banks went bankrupt in 1929

Answer 5

659

Question 6

How many people were unemployed in 1932

Answer 6

13 million

Question 7

From 1929-1932 factory production dropped by what percentage

Answer 7

45%

Question 8

By 1932 how many Americans stopped paying mortgages

Answer 8

250,000

Question 9

In 1932 how many free meals a day did the charity YMCA give out in New York

Answer 9

12,000

Question 10

In 1932 what statistic of farmers couldn’t pay their mortgages

Answer 10

1 in 20

Question 11

How much had Hoover cut tax by, by 1930

Answer 11

$130 million

Question 12

How much money did Hoover give states to help with unemployment

Answer 12

$300 million
Only $30 million was taken though

Question 13

When was Roosevelt New York governor

Answer 13

1928

Question 14

Roosevelt’s economy act cut the pay of government and army workers by … which saved…

Answer 14

15% and $1 billion

Question 15

How many firms signed up to the new deals National Recovery Administration

Answer 15

2.5 million which employed 22 million workers

Question 16

How many people gained higher wages and shorter working hours due to the new deals Fair Labour Standards Act

Answer 16

300,000 got higher wages
1 million got shorter working weeks

Question 17

How many pigs did the Agricultural Adjustment Agency kill

Answer 17

5 million

Question 18

When was the AAA ruled illegal by the Supreme Court

Answer 18

1935

Question 19

What was the economy in 1933

Answer 19

55 billion

Question 20

What was the economy in 1941 (after ND)

Answer 20

125 billion

Question 21

How many bank failures in 1933

Answer 21

4000

Question 22

How many bank failures in 1941 (after ND)

Answer 22

Almost none

Question 23

What statistic of people were unemployed through the 1930s

Answer 23

1 in 10

Question 24

How many women were employed in the Civilian Conservation Corps

Answer 24

10,000 out of 2.5 million

Question 25

How many African Americans gained jobs through the CCC

Answer 25

200,000

Question 26

When did the Indian Reservation Act let Native Americans manage their own affairs

Answer 26

1934

Question 27

From 1934-1938 how many worker strikes were there

Answer 27

20 million days-9 million days

Question 28

How much unemployment was there in 1938

Answer 28

10.5 million

Question 29

In the 1930s how many homes owned radios

Answer 29

28 million

Question 30

What was the weekly cinema audience in the 1930s

Answer 30

60 million

Question 31

Name 2 1930s authors

Answer 31

Caldwell John Steinbeck

Question 32

When did comics first appear

Answer 32

1933

Question 33

What worth of weapons was provided to allied countries due to the land lease act

Answer 33

$7 billion

Question 34

When did the neutrality act allow America to provide allies with money while staying neutral

Answer 34

May 1937

Question 35

When was pearl harbour

Answer 35

7 December 1941

Question 36

How many Japanese planes attacked pearl harbour

Answer 36

183

Question 37

How many men were killed in pearl harbour

Answer 37

2000

Question 38

How many planes were destroyed in pearl harbour

Answer 38

177

Question 39

By 1944 how many people were unemployed

Answer 39

670,000

Question 40

From 1940-1945 what did the number of employed women rise to due to the war

Answer 40

12 million - 19 million 350,000 joined the armed forces

Question 41

How many African Americans fought in WW2

Answer 41

1 million 10/30,000 in aircraft making

Question 42

After WW2 how much did the money America was spending on military increase

Answer 42

GNP from 1% to 8-20%