GDP
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Income
what does cpi stand for
Consumer Price Index
What is the great migration ?
massive relocation of blacks from the rural southern states to cities of the north
Where did slavery start?
Virginia
what is demographics the study of?
peoples characteristics
How do you calculate GDP?
add up everytyhing spent or produced and sold
when is cpi announced?
monthly on the Bureau of Labor Statisics
Whem was the first wave of it ?
1910 to 1930
What state produced the most cane sugar?
Louisana
How many African Americans are in the U.S?
43 million
What is GDP mean?
How big the economy is
what dows cpi measure?
changes in prices of goods and services over time
What caused the great migration to slow down ?
great depression
What year did Eli Whitney invent the cotton engine
1793
How many slaves came to the U.S?
900,000
What are the five consumptions od GDP?
12 percent of population
9 percent of economy
How many people does the CPI affect?
over 80 million people
During the civil war where did "freed man" go for protection ?
union army
In what year did one person own one slave ?
1860
Jan 1, 1863