How many whites were there?
140 million
How many African Americans were there?
14 million
What was the great migration?
When 6million African Americans moved from south to north
How much of the workforce was female? And by when?
By 1944, 36% of the workforce was female
How many soldiers returned home?
12 million
How were the soldiers returns staggered?
THey returned in small groups
What was the go-Bill?
Set up in 1944 by Roosevelt:
Offered low cost mortgages, low interest loans and education
How many African Americans got the gi bill?
By 1946, only 1/5th of the 100k who applied were accepted
Why was social mobility possible?
The 1929 Wall Street crash