The Impact Of Ww2

Question 1

What did theFDR use the expertise of

Answer 1

Leading businessmen

Question 2

Who set up the war production board

Answer 2

Franklin D Roosevelt

Question 3

Who ran the war production board

Answer 3

Leading industrialists

Question 4

What companies were given contracts

Answer 4

Large companies e.g. General Motors who produced machine guns

Question 5

What industries expanded due to these contracts

Answer 5

Coal, iron, steel and oil

Question 6

By1944 USA were producing what % of the worlds weapons

Answer 6

50%

Question 7

By what year was the us economy the most powerful in the world

Answer 7

September 1945

Question 8

Unemployment was resolved as a result of what

Answer 8

Conscription

Question 9

How many men and women served in the US armed forces

Answer 9

16 million

Question 10

Unemployment in ? = 9.5 million
Unemployment in 1944 = ?

Answer 10

1939
670,000

Question 11

How many people migrated from the rural south to industrial north for work

Answer 11

4 million

Question 12

An additional how many women joined the work force

Answer 12

7 million

Question 13

1 in 3 aircraft workers were who

Answer 13

Women

Question 14

What % of munitions workers were women

Answer 14

50%

Question 15

US GNP increased from what, when to what, when

Answer 15

$200,000 million in 1940
$300,000 million in 1950

Question 16

The Second World War contributed massively to what

Answer 16

Americas recovery from the great depression

Question 17

America cashed in what and used the money for what

Answer 17

War bonds
Used money to buy consumer goods

Question 18

Sales of new cars rose by over how much between what years

Answer 18

6.5 million between 1940-50

Question 19

Billions of dollars were spent on what

Answer 19

Weapons research and development

Question 20

Which deserts became centres of weapon testing

Answer 20

Arizona and New Mexico

Question 21

Why was there a high demand for American goods abroad

Answer 21

European nations had been ravaged by war

Question 22

America produced what % of the worlds steel, oil and cars

Answer 22

57% steel
62% oil
80% cars

Question 23

When did FDR die w

Answer 23

April 1945

Question 24

Who introduced the fair deal

Answer 24

VP Truman

Question 25

When was Korean War and what was it

Answer 25

1950-53 An ongoing Cold War

Question 26

By 1960 standard of living was how many times better than average British person

Answer 26

3 times

Question 27

Average wage of factory workers rose to what by when

Answer 27

$80 per week by 1959

Question 28

Luxuries became what

Answer 28

Necessities

Question 29

What and where was the first suburb

Answer 29

Levittown on Long Island

Question 30

Why were suburbs good

Answer 30

Safest place to raise a family away from danger of city life

Question 31

The baby boom increased population by how many

Answer 31

40 million

Question 32

Nearly how many people owned homes by what year

Answer 32

33 million by 1960

Question 33

Women who did wonk had what

Answer 33

Tupperware parties to avoid boredom

Question 34

Many building developers refused to sell homes to who

Answer 34

Ethnic minorities

Question 35

In 1959 what % of people lived below the poverty line

Answer 35

29%

Question 36

In 1955 what % of New York’s recipients of welfare were African American

Answer 36

40%

Question 37

How many families were living on les that $2000 a year

Answer 37

11 million families

Question 38

The USA lagged behind many European nations in providing what

Answer 38

Good pensions and welfare