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Causes of the Great Depression

Stock Market Crash of 1929, Bank Runs and the, Hoover Administration, Roosevelt Elected.
The New Deal: A Road to Recovery.
African Americans in the Great Depression.
Women in the Great Depression.
Great Depression Ends and World War II Begins.

Dust Bowl

was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the aeolian processes (wind erosion) caused the phenomenon.

The basic idea of the New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. When Roosevelt took office in 1933, he acted swiftly to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were suffering.

Did the New Deal increase the role of the Federal Government or State Governments?

The New Deal created a broad range of federal government programs that ... The Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA), which gave federal grants to states ... The second phase of the New Deal focused on increasing worker protections. Which do you think played a larger role in ending the Depression

Production Controls linked to New Deal

The term New Deal derives from Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 speech accepting ... Great Depression due to massive military spending brought on by the Second

Results of the Great Depression

The Great Depression of 1929 devastated the U.S. economy. Half of all banks failed. Unemployment rose to 25% and homelessness increased. Housing prices plummeted 30%, international trade collapsed by 65%, and prices fell 10% per year.

Federal Safeguards, ex. FDIC

The Safeguards Rule requires companies to assess and address the risks to customer information in all areas of their operation, including three areas that are particularly important to information security

President at the beginning of the G. D.

Herbert Hoover

President that implemented the New Deal-

New Deal programs included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

What event was seen as the beginning of the G.D?

Crash of Stock Market- America's "Great Depression" began with the dramatic crash of the stock market on "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929, when 16 million shares of the stock were quickly sold by panicking investors who had lost faith in the American economy

Model-T's impact on American Society

The Model T brought mobility and prosperity on an undreamed-of scale through manufacturing efficiencies at a price that anyone could afford. The moving assembly line created the mass-production process, which influenced the "machine age." It also enabled Ford to steadily decrease the price of the Model T.

Consumerism Definition

an organized movement of citizens and government agencies designed to improve the rights and power of buyers in relation to sellers

Decade considered "Roaring", full of consumerism and cultural revolution

The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation's total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929, and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar "consumer society." People from coast to coast bought the same goods (thanks to nationwide advertising and the spread of chain stores), listened to the same music, did the same dances and even used the same slang

How did new products affect women's home life?

Women raised children and cooked and did other labor around the house, such as cleaning. With the market revolution, women wanted to work in places outside of the home, in factories and mills. "However, during this period of change, many ideals had stayed the same for women.

How did WW1 affect women's rights in the United States?

During WWI (1914-1918), large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war. New jobs were also created as part of the war effort, for example in munitions factories.

How did Hoover react to the G.D? What did he do?

However, Hoover's response to the crisis was constrained by his conservative political philosophy. He believed in a limited role for the government and worried that excessive federal intervention posed a threat to capitalism and individualism. He felt that assistance should be handled on a local, voluntary basis

New Deal, Social Security

The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was part of Roosevelt's New Deal domestic program. By the 1930s, the United States was the lone modern industrial country without any national system of social security.

International Trade during the 1930s, increased or decreased?

The Great Depression and international trade are deeply linked, with the decline in the stock markets affecting consumption and production in various countries. ... Other nations increased tariffs on American-made goods in retaliation, reducing international trade and worsening the Depression.

Smoot-Hawley Tariff

The Tariff Act of 1930, commonly known as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff or Hawley-Smoot Tariff, was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States. Sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, it was signed by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930

Hoovervilles

A "Hooverville" was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it.

First people group to feel the G. D.

The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 · 1945 to the Present. Parading English workers hailed him as the man. The war produced a loss of life unprecedented in the American experience. The Civil War is sometimes called the first modern war

Did Women in WW1 support the war effort?-

At the time of the First World War, most women were barred from voting or serving. Others provided support on the front lines as nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, But even women in more traditional roles contributed to the war effort.

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