changing quality of life

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by 1930 how much energy supplies did coal make
60%
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what is the most effective example of mass production
henry ford's car factories
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how many cars were there in 1929
23million
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what was consumer debt in 1920
$3.3million
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what was consumer debt in 1929
$7.6million
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what replaced the bull market
bear market
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how many banks were bankrupt by 1933
1/3
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what was the wagner-steagall national housing act and what year was it
1937, oversee slum clearance and building of housing for low-income families
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how many were unemployed 1929
1.5million
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1932 how many were unemployed
12million
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what year did unemployment begin to drop
1934
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what were nappy sails in 1957
50million
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by how much did toy manafacturers profits rise by from 1959 to 1961
rose from 1.6bil to 2billion
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when was the national housing act
1949
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what did it do
build 810,000 low income houses to replace slums
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when did OPA shut down
1946
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what did truman pass in 1946
employment act
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what did the employment act set up
CEA
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when was the highways act
1956
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how many transistor radios were there in 1958
45 million
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hwo muxh money was there in circulation 1960
$215billion compared to $169 billion 1952
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what agreement made the dollar the currency to be backed by a gold reserves
1944 bretton woods agreement
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what is stagflation
when business stops expanding but the inflation continues
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how did the US share of world exports differ in 1973 from 1953
1953 - 29%, 1973 - 13%
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when was the first fuel crisis
1973
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by jan 1974 world oil prices were how many times higher than before
4 times
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when was the second fuel crisis and how long did it last
1979 for 3 months
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how did unemployment change 1978 to 1979
1978 unemployment 5.8%, rose to 7.1% 1979
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when did carter address the confidence crisis
july 1979
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when did nixon introduce a price and wage freeze
1971
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when did feds put restraints on the increase in the money supply
october 1979
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what was the average life expectancy of a white man in 1980
74.4 years
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what was the average life expectancy for a non-white man 1980
69.5 years
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on average how much more did white men earn then non-whites 1980
$10,000
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how many houses had eletric lighting 1940
78.7%
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what percentage of income went on food in 1933
25.9%
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what percentage of income went on food in 1940
21.1%w
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when was the REA set up
1935
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how much did the govt spend on healthcare in 1940
$32.7 million
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how many went to school in 1940
73%
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how much teenagers spend in 1959
$10 billion
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how much did home ownership increase by from 1940 to 1960
20%
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what percent of white and non-white were below the poverty line in 1966
12% white, 41% non-white
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what was the budget for johnsons 'war on poverty'
$960 million
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give one example of a successful CAP
project in memphis focused on infant morality
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when was the food stamp act
1964
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when was the medicare act and what did it do
1965, took small contribution from peoples social security payments and guarantees free medical care in old age
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when was the national consumer cooperative bank set up
1978
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what was the rose bowl stadium enlarged to in 1928
76,000 seats
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when was the yankees stadium rebuilt
1923
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who was the 1926 boxing match between
dempsey v tunney
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when did the all american girls professional baseball league play between
1943-54
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how many miles of road were there in 1980
3.8 million miles
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what did cinema attendance fall to in 1980
19.7 million
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when was the kelly act
1925
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when was the collision of two passenger planes over the grand canyon
1956
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what did this lead to being set up?
federal aviation administration 1958
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when was the airline deregulation act
1978
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