Important statistics- Pre-war USA

number of bankruptcies in 1933 compared to 1934

4004 to 51

how many homes saved from repossession by home owners act

20%

how many jobs from the CCC

2.5m

how many jobs from the PWA

600,000

how many unemployed in 1941

6m

unemployment from 1933-1937 in %

24.9 to 14.3

money spent by FERA on relief

500m

percentage of population recieving aid

35

how many businesses joined NRA

2.3m

how much farmers recived from government

4bn

farms given electricity by REA

35%

number of families moved to better land by RA

500,000

amount spent by WPA

11bn

amount spent by CWA

400m

Number of workers aided by CWA

4.2m

number of dams built by TVA

33

how much govenemnt costs were reduced by in economy act

25%

number of american joining share our wealth clubs

8m

number of listners on father coughlins radio show

30m

number of people joining townsend clubs

500,000

number of people joining liberty league

150,000

how farming income fell

22bn in 1919 to 13bn in 1928

how much bankruptcies increased in farmers

500%

percentage of national income going to richest 5%

32

percentage of american living below the poverty line

42%

number of banks collapsing every year during boom

500

amount stock market index rose in 3 months

110

amount loaned for speculation by banks

9bn

amount of americans facing fincancial ruin after wall street crash

1.5m

unemployment increase from 1929 to 1933

3.2% to 24.9%

amount of farmers losing land during depression

1/3

how many banks collapsed in 1933

4,000

amount trade fell by

36bn to 12bn

percentage suicide rates increased by

14%

amount of mexicans returning home

500,000

amount of bonus marchers and those who stayed

20,000 and 5,000

amount national credit corporation raised from buisnesses

500m

amount provided by reconstruction finance corporation

2bn

amount of reconstruction finance company had and spent

300m and 10%

amount nationalities restricted to by emergency quota act

3%

amount nationalities restricted to by johnson-reed immigration act

2%

initial decrease in coonsumption of alcohol

30%

amount enforcing prohibition cost

500m

amount government lost from alchol tax due to prohibiotn

11bn

number fo kkk members in 1924

4.5m

number of black migrating to north from south

4m

number of members unia had

1m

unemployment number in 1926 during boom

1.6m

factory output growth during boom

35%

amount fo cars produced in 1929

4.5m

amount of cars and electrical appliances bought on hire purchase schemes

75% and 50%

percentage of women who did not work during boom

75%

how many blacks employed by the ccc

250,000

percentage investment and consumption was below 1929 levels

25%

What act increased tarrifs to their highest ever in 1922

Fordney-McCumber Tarrif act

What was the increase in share ownership due to hire purchase schemes

4m to 20m

How did car ownership increase

8m to 23m

How did radio ownership increase

60,000 to 10m

how many fans watched the baseball world series

300,000

How many tickets to the cinema were sold a week in the 1920s

100m