Studied by 4 peopleWhat were the sale of consumer goods on 1919 compared to 1929?
Cars: 1919- 9 million 1929- 26 million
Radios: 1919- 60,000 1929- 10 million
Phones: 1919- 10 million 1929- 20 million
Fridges: For every fridge in 1921 there were 167 by 1929
What happened to the number of US homes with electricity in the 1920’s?
15% in 1916 to nearly 70% in 1927
How much did cars cost in 1911 to 1929?
$800 in 1911, by 1928 it was only $295. 15 million people bought model Ts between 1911 and 1929.
How many farmers lost their farms in 1924?
600,000
Name 2 stats from the Cinema and Sport in the Roaring 20’s?
Cinema: Weekly audienced rose from 35 million in 191 to 100 million in 1930.
Sport: By 1930, Babe Ruth was earning $80,000 which is £7 million now.
Give one stat about how womens lives changed in the 1920’s?
In the 1900, 80% of collage students said they had not had sex before marriage. In 1920, only 31% of women had not had sex before marriage.
How much was Al Capone making per week through organised crime?
$2 million
What did the 1921 Immigration Quota and 1924 National Origins Act allow?
1921 Immigration Quota- 350,00 immigrants per year
1924 National Origins Act- 150,000 immigrants per year
From the 1915 film ‘Birth of a Nation’ what was the KKK population by 1925 and how much did it decrease by?
1925: 5 Million
1926: 300,000
What are the stats from ‘Black Thursday’?
16 million shares were sold and dropped by 40%
Shareholders lost 8 billion
What were unemployment rates by 1932?
Around 12 million people had lost their jobs- 25% of the labour force.
How many unemployed ex-soldiers marched to Washington? (1932)
25,000
How many 18-25 year olds gained jobs from the CCC?
2.5 million
How much did unemployment rise to after FDR cut the New Deal?
10.5 million in 1938
How much did unemployment fall after WW2?
Between 1939 and 1944, unemployment dropped from 9.5 million to just 670,000
How much did employment rise for women between 1940-45?
12 million to nearly 19 million- women now occupied a third of all America’s jobs.
Name the statistics of TV’s, babies and goods after WW2?
Population increased by 40%
America was supplying the world with 65% of manufactured goods
Nine out of ten US households had a TV
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