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1917 What percentage of the Worlds Oil and Wheat and Corn were provided by America?
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Oil - 70%
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How Much did the Allies borrow during WW1?
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$2 billion from the USA
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Post WW1 America supplied goods to Europe. By what percentage did this increase wages?
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Wages rose 25 %
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The Emergency Immigration Act in 1921 made what limitations?
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Limited Immigration to 3% of the population of ethnic groups as recorded in 1910
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Coolidge and the 1925 Revenue Act cut the Tax on Big Businesses from 40% to...
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... 20%.
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in 1921 there were 5.1million Americans in Trade unions by 1929 this fell to...
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...3.6 million
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During the Boom, in 1921 the US FRB had given $45.3 billons by 1929 it was...
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... $73 Billions
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During the Boom averager wages rose from $1,300 to...
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...$1,700
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The Boom, business profits rose by...
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...80%
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During the Boom how many people were living below the poverty line
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70 Million people
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During the Boom there was Industrial unrest. 500,000 miners went on
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strike against wage reductions
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Post WW1. between 1919 and 1921, total farm incomes fell from $10 billion to...
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...$4 billion
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When implementing Prohibition the Liquour industry was the ...
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...seventh largest industry in the country
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How many prohibition agents were appointed by John F Kramer?
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1500 and by 1930 there were 3000
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During prohibition Coca Cola output increased from 113 million (1920) ...
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to 182 million in 1933
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Women's rights didn't really change after getting the vote. The percentage of women in Medicine and college
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Medicine schools allocated only 5% of their places. 47.3% of college students were women
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During the Boom what percentage of families had an income of less than $2000
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60% of all families lived under what was suggested as teh lowest sustainable limit
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Before the depression the construction industry declined, house building
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fell by 25%
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During the Great Depression farm prices fell by...
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... 60%
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During the Great Depression how many banks closed by 1933
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5500 banks closed
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What was the unemployment rate in Chicago during the Great Depression
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40% unemployment
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Shanty towns created a number of problems.
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Ill health, Drop out rate, Suicide rate
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Hoover cut taxes by how much to increase spending
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Two thirds were cut from the tax
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In 1939 how many Americans were still unemployed?
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9.5 million Americans
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Between 1929 and 1939 what was teh rise in Union Membership?
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It about trebled
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In WW2 America spent how much on the Military
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They spent $80.5 billions
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After WW2 employment went from 10 millions to...
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...virtually nothing
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The number of African Americans in the industrial sector
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Rose to 8% which was almost equal to the 9.8% share of the population
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