History key facts

• Ford car finished every 10s  
• Prohibition reduced drinking to 60-70% of its pre-prohibition level  
• 4.5 million Americans were in the KKK  
• 25% Americans unemployed in Great Depression  
• Before Johnson-Reid act 500,000 immigrants arrived a year, after it 150,000 arrived a year  
• America made 50% of the world’s weapons in WWII  
• Women made up 50% of the workforce during WWII  
• 1958 – 83% of households owned a TV   
• 200,000 Chinese troops joined the North Korean army  
• 10% Korean population died  
• Cost $200,000 to kill one Viet Cong soldier  
• Hippocrates, Galen, 4 humours  
• Vesalius Fabric of the Human Body, Pare rose oil and egg yolk cream, Harvey heart and blood, Hunter aneurysm  
• Jenner – 1st vaccine, smallpox  
• Pasteur Germ Theory, Koch specificity, Ehrlich magic bullet  
• Simpson anaesthetic, Lister antiseptic  
• Snow cholera 
• Fleming and penicillin, Florey and Chain  
• Beveridge Report, 5 giants  
• Peter Wentworth discussed her marriage in parliament despite being told not to  
• Drake got £400 million in treasure from his voyage  
• 1601 poor law  
• Population grew by 43%  
• Recusancy fines increased from 12p to 12 pounds.