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37 Cards in this Set
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What % of homes in the cities had access to electricity by 1930? |
85% - Technological advances |
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How much was car production time reduced by? |
14 hours to 1 1/2 hours - Technological advances, motor industry |
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How much in did the % of families with inside flush toilets rise from between 1920 and 1930? |
20% to 51% - Technological advances |
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What was the % of steel production that went into cars? |
15% - Motor industry |
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What was the % of rubber production that went into the car industry? |
80% - Motor industry |
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What was the % of plate glass that went into cars? |
75% - Motor industry |
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How much did the number of cars on the road increase by between 1920 and 1929? |
9 million to 27 million - Motor industry |
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By 1929, what % of the workforce were involved in car manufacture (in some way)? |
10% - Motor industry |
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How many more miles of roads were built between 1921 and 1929? |
387,000 to 662,000 - Motor industry |
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$5 per _____ hour day? |
8 hour - Motor industry |
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What % of cars was Ford producing by 1921? |
60% - Motor industry |
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How many new women were employed in food, textile and war industries in 1918? |
Nearly 3 million - Impact of the First World War |
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What % did the number of working women rise by after the war? |
25% - Impact of the First World War |
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How much had liberty bonds raised of the total revenue needed to fund war loans? |
1/3 - Impact of the First World War |
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Between 1923 and 1929, what did unemployment average? |
3.3% - Impact of the First World War, motor car industry, consumer goods |
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What did the number of radios owned by Americans rise by between 1920 and 1929? |
60,000 to 10 million - Consumer goods, new ways to sell |
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What % did business profits rise by? |
80% - Consumer goods |
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During the 1920s, what % did share dividends rise by? |
65% - Consumer goods |
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What % of families own vacuum cleaners by 1930? |
30% - Consumer goods |
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By 1930, what % of furniture was bought on a hire purchase scheme? |
60% - New ways to buy, consumer goods |
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By 1930, what % of radios were bought on a hire purchase scheme? |
70% - New ways to buy, new ways to sell, consumer goods |
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What % of people were living under the breadline of ______? |
60% under $2000 - Consumer goods, technological advances |
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What % of people earned what % of the wealth? |
5% earning 30% wealth - Consumer goods, motor industry |
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How much had the % of people in a trade union fallen between 1920 and 1929? |
12% to <8% - Government policies |
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What % increase had there been on selected products as the result of tariffs? |
11% - Government policies, consumer goods |
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How much did the price of the Ford Model T drop by between 1908 and 1925? |
$850 to <$300 - Motor industry, technological advances |
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What % of families owned electric washing machines by 1930? |
24% - Consumer goods, technological advances |
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What % of families owned electric refrigerators by 1930? |
8% - Consumer goods, technological advances |
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Surprisingly what % of Americans were investors on the stock market by 1929? |
1% - New ways to buy |
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In 1929, how many co-operations owned more than what % of American industry? |
200 owned >50% - Consumer goods |
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How many banks were failing a year during the 1920s? |
Around 600 - Government policies |
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By 1929, how much were American companies spending annually on advertising their products? |
$3 billion - Consumer goods, new ways to sell |
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How much in did the % of families with central heating rise from between 1920 and 1930? |
1% to 42% - Technological advances |
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How much in did the % of families with electric lighting rise from between 1920 and 1930? |
35% to 68% - Technological advances |
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How many films were being made annually between 1920 and 1930 compared to how many today? |
800-1,000 compared to 500 today - New ways to sell |
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By the end of 1922, how many radio stations were broadcasting to how many radios? |
556 to 3 million radios - New ways to sell, consumer goods |
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In the few rural communities that did have electricity in the 1920s, how much more were they charged than those in urban areas? |
At least double - Technological advances |
