USA (1920-45) “Social Changes”

Question 1

When did women get the vote (19th amendment)

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

How many women were in the House of Representatives by 1928?

Answer 2

2

Question 3

How many women were employed in 1930 than in 1920?

Answer 3

2 million

Question 4

When was the American Birth Control League set up and by who?

Answer 4

1921- Margaret Sanger

Question 5

Who was Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming?

Answer 5

First woman to be elected Governor of a state in 1924

Question 6

How many female dentists and accountants were there by 1930?

Answer 6

150 dentists and fewer than 100 accountants

Question 7

How many women were domestic servants by 1930?

Answer 7

700,000

Question 8

What did the Economy Act 1933 do?

Answer 8

Forbade members of the same family from working for the Federal Government

Question 9

What % of people who lost their jobs as a result of the Economy Act 1933 were women?

Answer 9

75%

Question 10

What did the NRA codes allow for?

Answer 10

Unequal wages

Question 11

How many women were employed by the ccc?

Answer 11

Only 8,000 in administrative roles

Question 12

By 1940 what % of jobs were filled by men

Answer 12

90%

Question 13

Why would Labour Unions not allow female members?

Answer 13

They believed women brought down wages

Question 14

How many women entered the workforce in 1944

Answer 14

6.5 million

Question 15

What % of women were employed by the end of the war?

Answer 15

60%

Question 16

How many women served during the war?

Answer 16

350,000

Question 17

How many African Americans moved north in WW1?

Answer 17

400,000

Question 18

How many African Americans served in WW1?

Answer 18

300,000

Question 19

How many members did the KKK have in 1920 and 1925?

Answer 19

1920- 100,000 1925- 5 million

Question 20

What does UNIA stand for and how many members did it have in 1920?

Answer 20

United Negro Movement Association in New York 2 million members

Question 21

By 1932, what amount of African Americans were out of work?

Answer 21

Half

Question 22

In 1933 cotton prices fell, how many black sharecroppers lost their positions and moved to cities?

Answer 22

12,000

Question 23

How many employees did the CCC have and how many of these were African Americans?

Answer 23

2.75 million - 200,000

Question 24

What was the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC)?

Answer 24

1941 - prevent discrimination at work

Question 25

In 1940, how many Africans Americans were there in the US and how many of these were employed?

Answer 25

12.9 million, 5.4 million

Question 26

Where were there race riots in 1943?

Answer 26

Detroit

Question 27

How much voter registration increase for African Americans from 1940-1947?

Answer 27

2%-12%

Question 28

When were the armed forces desegregated?

Answer 28

1948

Question 29

Immigration Quota Act 1921

Answer 29

Number of immigrants allowed in the US was set to 3% of their population in the US in 1910

Question 30

1924 National Origins Act

Answer 30

Set immigration to 2% of their population in 1890

Question 31

Sacco and Vanzetti case 1920

Answer 31

Immigrants put on death row unjustly

Question 32

Immigration relations due to WW2

Answer 32

US- Japanese relations worsened, 2000 Japanese citizens were labelled subversives (traitors) and along with 14,000 Germans were rounded up and locked up

Question 33

How many Japanese Americans were relocated to 10 relocation centres?

Answer 33

100,000

Question 34

How did prohibition affect farmers?

Answer 34

Reduced the demand for grain and technical advances meant that crops could be produced on reduced acreage

Question 35

What % of farms operated at a loss and what was the result?

Answer 35

66% and many workers were laid off

Question 36

What did AAA aim to do?

Answer 36

Stop over production

Question 37

In 1933 what did unsold cotton in the US exceed?

Answer 37

The total average annual world consumption of US cotton

Question 38

How many acres of cotton were ploughed under to increase cotton prices?

Answer 38

10.5 million

Question 39

How many piglets were bought and killed?

Answer 39

6 million

Question 40

What did total farm income rise to from 1932 to 1935

Answer 40

$4.5 billion to $6.9 billion