ACADEC Social Science Numbers 2025-26

37 million

The estimated total casualties of World War I, comprising combat deaths, soldiers missing in action, and the wounded

20 million

The estimated worldwide death toll caused by the global influenza pandemic that intensified in 1919

50,000

The number of American troops in Manhattan, Kansas

700,000

The approximate number of American lives claimed by the Spanish flu pandemic

50,300

The total number of American "doughboys" who lost their lives during the course of WWI

26,277

The number of American soldiers who fell during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, representing over half of total U.S. war deaths

1,385,300

The staggering number of men lost by France during the course of WWI

900,000

The total number of soldiers killed in battle from Great Britain during WWI

$21 billion

The astronomical sum Germany was ordered to pay in war reparations as part of the Treaty of Versailles

26

The number of articles contained within the Covenant for the League of Nations

39

The number of Reservationist senators who vowed to vote against the League of Nations without significant amendments

42

The total number of amendments drafted by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge for the Treaty of Versailles

9,981

The total mileage of the cross-country speaking tour embarked upon by Woodrow Wilson in September 1919

12,000

The seating capacity of the San Francisco auditorium filled by Woodrow Wilson during his speaking tour

50,000

The number of citizens addressed by Woodrow Wilson at a local stadium in San Diego

18

The number of months America went with the incapacitated Wilson

49-35

The Senate vote count by which the revised Treaty of Versailles was rejected on March 19, 1920

3,600

The total number of labor strikes that convulsed the United States by the end of 1919

4 million

The number of workers involved in the wave of strikes that occurred across the U.S. in 1919

500,000 and 4,169,000

The total membership of the American Federation of Labor in 1900 and 1919 respectively

60,000

The peak membership reached by the radical labor union known as the International Workers of the World

365,000

The number of AA workers who participated in the September 1919 strike paralyzing mills from Pennsylvania to Colorado

$4

The daily wage of an immigrant steelworker who worked 84 hours per week

84

The number of hours immigrant steelworkers sometimes logged in a single seven-day work week.

400,000

The number of coal miners in the Midwest who striked in 1919

34

The number of mail bombs stoped by the postal service

$500,000

The amount of money Congress appropriated to the Justice Department to fight domestic terrorism

200,000

The amount of cards the GID used to catalogue suspects, organizations, and publications

2,000

The number of “subversives” arrested at the end of 1919

500

The number of individuals arrested in the raids of the Union of Russian Workers and other organizations

249

The number of radicals deported, including Emma Goldman

33 and 4,000

The number of cities and Communist people, respectively, targeted by the Palmer Raids

900,000

The number of votes Debs garnered in prison in 1920

1 million

The approximate number of African Americans who participated in the Great Migration between 1915 and 1920

6 million

The total number of African Americans and Black Caribbean immigrants who participated in the Great Migration by the early 1970s

611%, 308%, 148%, 66%, and 59%

The growth rate of Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, respectively, of African-American population between 1910 and 1920

500,000

The number of subscribers to the Chicago Defender at its peak

400

The approximate number of steps in the “Charleston”

36 and 76

The number of recorded lynchings in the United States during the years 1917 and 1919, respectively

18

The number of major race riots from 1915 to 1919

500

The number of federal troops who joined the Elaine Massacre

200

The approximate number of African Americans killed in the Elaine Massacre

250

The number of people who died in race riots in northern cities in 1919

38 and 500

The number of people killed and injured, respectively, during a riot after Eugene Williams’s death

2,000

The number of federal troops ordered to Washington D.C. to restore order after a race riot

400,000

The number of African Americans who served during WWI

$250 million

The amount of liberty bonds bought by African Americans during WWI

1000, 38, 41

The number of branches, states, and countries that the UNIA had after five years

2 million

The number of UNIA members

50,000 and 200,000

The reported and estimated numbers of readers of The Negro World

6,000

The number of seats in UNIA’s Liberty Hall

25,000

The number of supporters in Madison Square Garden and Carnegie Hall who heard Garvey in 1920

4

The number of years Garvey spent in prison after being convicted of mail fraud in 1923

0.5%

The percent alcohol limit during Prohibition

18

The number of states that had “dry” counties of prohibitive municipalities in 1915

30% to 60%

The range of the estimate of the decrease of alcohol consumption after Prohibition

66 and 52 million

The number of people living in urban and rural areas, respectively, in 1927

4,000

The approximate number of federal inmates for Prohibition in 1930, 1/3 of the total

30

The number of states that had defunded Prohibition policies, rendering them unenforceable by 1927

20

The number of states that gave women full voting rights in 1919, before the 19th amendment

27th

The place the U.S. was at on the list of countries giving full suffrage to women

35% and 34%

The percentages of women who voted in the 1920 and 1924 elections, respectively

2 million and 100,000

The number of members of NAWSA in 1920 and the League of Women Voters in 1930

6/8

Harding’s place in the Republican primaries

37,000/1,089,000

The approximate share of votes Harding got in his primary

10

The number of ballots it took to nominate Harding at the Republican presidential convention

60.3%

The percentage of the national vote Harding received, giving him the popular vote

404/531

The fraction of electoral college votes Harding won

9

The number of countries at the Washington Naval Conference

15

The number of years the 5:5:3 ratio was in effect for capital vessels

11 and 125

The number of ships built between 1922 and 1929 by the U.S. and Japan, showing Japanese expansionism

90

The number of days it took for Ponzi to return a full investment

30,000 to 40,000

The range of estimates of how many people invested money with Ponzi

$25 to $25,000

The range of amounts of money people invested with Ponzi

15 to 20 million

The range of estimates of the total valuation of Ponzi’s scheme

50,000

The number of people who lost their life savings due to bank failures after the Ponzi scheme

86

The number of counts of mail fraud Ponzi was indicted on

3.5 and 9

The number of years Ponzi spent in federal and state prison, respectively

$391,000

The amount of money in the bribe accepted by Thomas Miller

$1 million

The amount of money that Charles R. Forbes embezzled by selling federal medical equipment

$10,000

Forbes’s fine for his scandal

$100 million

The value of the oil that Fall seized and sold the rights of to Doheny and Sinclair

$400,000

The sum of cash and bonds that Fall received after selling rights to drill the federal oil to Doheny and Sinclair

$100,000

The large fine that Fall faced after the Teapot Dome scandal, making him the first Cabinet member to be convicted of crime

7 million

The number of votes Coolidge beat John Davis by

53%

The percentage of total votes Coolidge won, giving him the popular vote

35

The number of states Coolidge won

382/531

The fraction of electoral college votes Coolidge won

3rd

The place of Mellon among the nation’s richest men

40% to 20%

The percentages of income tax rate on the top bracket before and after Mellon’s plan

$8 billion

The amount Coolidge reduced the national debt

73.4 and 89 billion

The total realized income in 1923 and 1929

2.3 and 12.5 billion

The amount that corporate earnings and savings deposits increased, respectively, between 1923 and 1929

25%

The percent increase in wages from 1923 to 1929

$770

The average per capita income in 1927, which was more than double that of 1914

$1,920, $1,460, and $1,820

The average annual wages of construction workers in 1920, 1922, and 1924 respectively

$830 and $610

The average annual income of farmers in 1920 and 1924 respectively

1/2

The fraction of Montana farmers who lost their land to foreclosure from 1921 to 1925

$200 million

The amount of money loaned to Germany, half of which was covered by J. P. Morgan

$153 million

The amount of money Germany had to annually pay in reparations to the Allies