History (AMERICA)

Question 1

How many cars were there by 1929?

Answer 1

26 million

Question 2

How many radios by 1929?

Answer 2

10 million

Question 3

How much per day were Ford’s workers paid?

Answer 3

$5 a day

Question 4

How many people worked at Ford’s River Rouge Plant?

Answer 4

80,000

Question 5

Which suburb of Detroit grew by 700%?

Answer 5

Grosse Point Park

Question 6

What % of cars were bought on credit?

Answer 6

60%

Question 7

Who started mail order catalogues?

Answer 7

Sears Roebuck

Question 8

What did Sears Roebuck start?

Answer 8

Mail Order catalogues

Question 9

List two industries that prospered during the boom

Answer 9

Cars, electricals, construction

Question 10

What was total farm income in 1919 and 1928?

Answer 10

$22 billion -> $13 billion

Question 11

Which country was destroying the US farm industry?

Answer 11

Canada

Question 12

How many black farm labourers lost their jobs in the 1920s?

Answer 12

1 million

Question 13

What percentage of semi-skilled workers owned a car?

Answer 13

2%

Question 14

In Elizabethtown, Tennessee, how much were girls paid in the textile factories and for how many hours a week?

Answer 14

18c per hour for a 56 hour week

Question 15

What percentage of wealth went to bottom percentage of the population?

Answer 15

10% to bottom 42%

Question 16

What was introduced by 36 states to control how relationships were shown in Hollywood films and when was this?

Answer 16

Hays Code, 1930

Question 17

How many radio stations were there by 1922?

Answer 17

508

Question 18

By 1929, how much was NBC making per year?

Answer 18

$150 million

Question 19

The first talkie, The Jazz Singer, was released in which year?

Answer 19

1927

Question 20

How many new female workers were there by 1929?

Answer 20

10 million

Question 21

What happened to the divorce rate by 1929?

Answer 21

Doubled to 200,000

Question 22

What does FERA stand for?

Answer 22

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Question 23

What is the first N of NANSPETCHEF and what 2 organisations did it set up?

Answer 23

NIRA

PWA and CWA

Question 24

Give 2 aims of the New Deal

Answer 24

Get USA back to work
Protect savings
Provide for sick, old and unemployed
Make industry and agriculture productive again

Question 25

Name 2 things the Social Security Acts did in the Second New Deal

Answer 25

Financial help to sick and disabled Pensions for elderly and widows Unemployment insurance schemes

Question 26

What did the NRA set up to improve factories and how many factories signed up?

Answer 26

Blue Eagle Badge Scheme | 2 million

Question 27

How many black Americans were employed by the CCC?

Answer 27

200,000

Question 28

What was the EBA and what did it do

Answer 28

Emergency Banking Act opened 5000 trustworthy banks

Question 29

How much money did the PWA spend?

Answer 29

$3 billion

Question 30

How many women were employed by the CCC?

Answer 30

8000

Question 31

How many jobs did the WPA create in how many years?

Answer 31

8 million in 8 years

Question 32

Why was the AAA contradictory?

Answer 32

Shared better farming methods but also set quotas

Question 33

Which organisation did the NRA try to close and in which year?

Answer 33

Schechter Poultry Corporation, 1935

Question 34

Name 3 things the PWA built

Answer 34

Schools, dams, bridges, airports

Question 35

Who was FDR’s Secretary for Labour

Answer 35

Frances Perkins

Question 36

How did the TVA help farmers?

Answer 36

By irrigating land

Question 37

In which month and year was FDR elected?

Answer 37

November, 1932

Question 38

What was the name of the big trade union set up in 1935?

Answer 38

Committee for Industrial Organsation (CIO)

Question 39

How much did FERA give to states and name 3 things they bought?

Answer 39

$500 million and soup kitchens, blankets, employment schemes and nursery schools

Question 40

Which part of the Second New Deal forced employers to allow unions?

Answer 40

National Labour Relations Act or Wagner Act

Question 41

How many corrupt officials did Francis Perkins remove?

Answer 41

59

Question 42

What did the share the wealth scheme want to cap personal fortunes at and annual income?

Answer 42

$3 million | $1 million

Question 43

In which month and year did FDR become President?

Answer 43

March, 1933

Question 44

How many people were still unemployed by 1941?

Answer 44

6 million

Question 45

What was the EA and what did it do?

Answer 45

Economy Act and cut government employee’s wages by 15%

Question 46

What name is given to the period of time between the Presidential election and becoming President?

Answer 46

Lame-duck period

Question 47

What was FDR accused of being like after threatening the Supreme Court judges?

Answer 47

A dictator or a fascist

Question 48

Name 2 things the NRA did to improve factory conditions

Answer 48

Improved working conditions Outlawed child labour Fixed wages Fixed sensible production levels

Question 49

How many Supreme Court judges did FDR threaten to sack?

Answer 49

6

Question 50

Name 2 Republican policies the New Deal was against

Answer 50

Laissez faire and rugged individualism

Question 51

Which race riots took place in 1965 and 1967?

Answer 51

Watts riot | Detroit riots

Question 52

Where did Martin Luther King organise a march to encourage blacks to register to vote in 1965?

Answer 52

Selma

Question 53

What % of its income did bus companies lose as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

Answer 53

65%

Question 54

How did President Eisenhower solve the problem in Little Rock?

Answer 54

Sent in state troopers to protect the students for 6 weeks.

Question 55

Which famous boxer joined the Nation of Islam?

Answer 55

Muhammed Ali

Question 56

How many blacks and whites were involved in the March on Washington in 1963?

Answer 56

200,000 blacks and 50,000 whites

Question 57

How much money did the GI Bill of Rights set aside to help veteran soldiers with education and medical expenses etc.?

Answer 57

$13 billion

Question 58

What organisation did Betty Friedan set up in 1966?

Answer 58

National Organisation for Women (NOW)

Question 59

What did the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education Topeka Act introduce?

Answer 59

Segregated schools had to allow black children in ‘with all deliberate speed’

Question 60

Which black woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955?

Answer 60

Rosa Parks

Question 61

What civil rights group had a private black army? and how many members?

Answer 61

Black Panthers, 2000

Question 62

How many cities had desegregated lunch counters following the Greenboro sit-ins?

Answer 62

126

Question 63

What was the name of the town in Arkansas which failed to allow 9 black students to attend?

Answer 63

Little Rock

Question 64

What group did the civil rights movement help set up in the Montgomery bus boycotts?

Answer 64

Montgomery Improvements Association

Question 65

What percentages of blacks were registered to vote in Mississippi in the 1950s?

Answer 65

5%