6 social changes

women

when did women get the vote

1920

19th amendment

how many women were in the house of representatives by 1928

2

by 1930 how many more women were in employment than in 1920 

2 more million 

who set up the american birth control league and when

1921

margaret sanger

who was the first woman to be elected governor of a state and when

1924

nellie taloe ross of wyoming

by 1930 how many female dentists and accountants were there

150 dentists 

less than 100 accountants 

how many women were domestic servants

700,000

when and what did the economy act do

1933

forbade members of the same family from working for federal government

75% of those who lost their jobs were women

what did NRA codes allow for 

unequal wages 

what agencies barred women entirely

CCC

how many women were employed by the CCC in administrative roles

8000

by 1940 what percentage of jobs were filled by men 

90% 

why did labour unions not allow women to join

believed their brought down wages

in 1944 how many women entered the workforce

6.5 million

by the end of the war what percentage of women were employed 

60% 

approximately how mnay women served during the war

350,000

african americans

how many AA moved north during WW1 

400,000 

how many AA served in the armed forces in ww1

300,000

how many members did the kkk have by 1920 and 1925

1920- 100,000

1925- 5 million

who was marcus garvey 

got much support for his united negro improvement association UNIA in new york 

how many members did the UNIA have in 1920

2 million

by 1932 how many AA were out of work

about half of all aa

when did cotton prices fall and what happened to the aa 

1933 

12,000 sharecroppers lost their properties and moved cities 

how many aa were employe by the CCC

200,000 out of 2.75 million employees

what did roosevelt agree to in 1941

fair employment practices committee

to prevent discrimination at work

in 1940 how many aa were in the us and how many were employed 

12.9 million 

5.4 million employed 

when and where were there race riots

1943

detroit

between 1940 and 1947 how much did voter registration increase to among aa

2% to 12%

when were the armed forces desegregated 

1948 

immigrants

when was the immigration quota act

1921

set the number of immigrants allowed in the us to 3% of their population in the US in 1910

when was the national origins act

1924

2% of the population in 1890

when was the sacco and vanzetti case 

1920 

how did japanese and german relations worsen during ww2

2000 japanese citizens were labelled subversives- traitors

14,000 germas rounded up and locked up

100,000 japanese americans were relocated to 10 relocation centres leaving their properties unprotected

farmers

how did prohibition affect farmers 

reduced the demand for grian 

technical advances meant that more crops could be produces on reduced acreage 

what percentage of farms operated at a loss

66%

workers were laid off

what did the AAA aim to do

stop overproduction

in 1933 what did the unsold cotton in the us exceed 

exceeded the total average annual world consumption of us cotton 

how many acres of cotton were ploughed under to increase cotton prices

10.5 million

how many piglets were bought and killed

6 million

what did farm income increase to from 1932 to 1935 

1932- $4.5 billion 

1935- $6.9 billion 

what did regional differences rule - monkey trial 1925

ruled that schools could teach the story of creationism and ban the teaching of evolution

showed the conservative christian views of the bible belt in the south