Bust Flashcards
Effects of the Great Depression on farmers?
Transporting animals to the market was higher then the price of animals themselves.
Farmers unable to pay mortgages
Effects of Great Depression on the unemployed
14 million unemployed by 1933
People queued for bread and soup dished out
Hospitals were overwhelmed by people who were starving and malnourished
Effects of Great Depression on business men
Industries were producing more goods then people could afford to buy
For some suicide was the only way out
When was the Wall Street crash
October 24th 1929
What happened with the Wall Street crash 24th October
13 million shares were sold
The shares for radio fell by 24 cents
What happened with the Wall Street crash 29th October
16 million shares sold
On average shares dropped 40 cents
How did president hoover respond to the Great Depression
He was regarded as a ‘do nothing’ president
He tried to restart the econ with tax cuts
He introduced tariffs
Why did Franklin Roosevelt win the election?
He believed in an ‘active government’
Not afraid to ask for advice from factory owners, economists etc.
Had plans to spend public money
How many votes did Roosevelt win?
7 million and majority in Congress
What party was Roosevelt?
Democrat
What was the New deal?
Relief - help remove poverty
Recovery - boost the economy
Reform - ensure there were welfare provisions in place.
Emergency banking act
Closed all banks for 4 days and those well run were allowed to re open
Government lent some money to help them
The economy act
Cute the pay of those working for the government, army, navy and Air Force by 15% to help the unemployed
The beer act
Made it legal to sell alcohol again
Could now be taxed
Impact of radio by FDR
Used radio to explain his ideas
Many believed he was a man who was genuinely ‘in touch’ with them
HOLC - home owners loan corporation
Loaned money to those to keep up their mortgage
FERA - Federal emergency relief agency
$500 million to help homeless
Money spent on blankets, soup kitchens, clothes and nurseries
CCC - Civilian conservation corps
Unemployed 18-25 year olds were given food and shelter
One dollar a day to do conservation work like planting trees
Created jobs for 2.5 million men
CWA - Civil works administration
Temporary work for 4 mill men
Building schools and airports, roads and even 150,000 public toilets
PWA - Public works administration
Gave funds of $3300 million and it bought materials for schools, housing, hospitals, bridges, courtrooms and dams.
FCA - Farm credit administration
Loans to farmers
AAA - Agricultural adjustment agency
Paid farmers to make less food and destroy some they’d already made in hopes this would up food prices as it was in short supply.
Heavily criticised as millions in cities ended up hungry
NRA - National recovery administration
Fair conditions for workers
Good products got given the blue eagle symbol therefore making people aware the product was made to a good standard
The Tennessee Valley Authority
Build a series of dams to irrigate the dried out land
Positives of the new deal
Restored faith in America
Created millions of jobs
Stabilised banking system
African Americans benefitted from housing projects
Negatives of new deal
Divided America
Never solved underlying issues
Cinema in the 1930s
Talkies began
Many films reflected the Great Depression and slow recovery
Radio in the 1930s
29 million homes had a radio by 1939
Had a central place within the living room
Those without cars could still listen to sport through the radio
Sport in the 1930s
Some sports stadiums gave women free access to women in a bid to boost interest with families
NBC AND CBS came into existence
Car ownership meant people could travel to sports games
What is isolationism?
Keeping out of affairs with other countries
Impact of WW2 on women
Many entered the workforce
They were not willing to return to their old jobs which caused tension since the men expected them to.
Impact of WW2 on African American
Black nurses could only treat black soldiers
Over 1 million African Americans joined the army
