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Effects of the Great Depression on farmers?

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Transporting animals to the market was higher then the price of animals themselves.
Farmers unable to pay mortgages

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Effects of Great Depression on the unemployed

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14 million unemployed by 1933
People queued for bread and soup dished out
Hospitals were overwhelmed by people who were starving and malnourished

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Effects of Great Depression on business men

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Industries were producing more goods then people could afford to buy
For some suicide was the only way out

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When was the Wall Street crash

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October 24th 1929

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What happened with the Wall Street crash 24th October

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13 million shares were sold

The shares for radio fell by 24 cents

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What happened with the Wall Street crash 29th October

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16 million shares sold

On average shares dropped 40 cents

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How did president hoover respond to the Great Depression

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He was regarded as a ‘do nothing’ president
He tried to restart the econ with tax cuts
He introduced tariffs

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Why did Franklin Roosevelt win the election?

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He believed in an ‘active government’
Not afraid to ask for advice from factory owners, economists etc.
Had plans to spend public money

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How many votes did Roosevelt win?

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7 million and majority in Congress

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What party was Roosevelt?

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Democrat

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What was the New deal?

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Relief - help remove poverty
Recovery - boost the economy
Reform - ensure there were welfare provisions in place.

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Emergency banking act

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Closed all banks for 4 days and those well run were allowed to re open
Government lent some money to help them

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The economy act

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Cute the pay of those working for the government, army, navy and Air Force by 15% to help the unemployed

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The beer act

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Made it legal to sell alcohol again

Could now be taxed

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Impact of radio by FDR

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Used radio to explain his ideas

Many believed he was a man who was genuinely ‘in touch’ with them

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HOLC - home owners loan corporation

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Loaned money to those to keep up their mortgage

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FERA - Federal emergency relief agency

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$500 million to help homeless

Money spent on blankets, soup kitchens, clothes and nurseries

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CCC - Civilian conservation corps

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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

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CWA - Civil works administration

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Temporary work for 4 mill men

Building schools and airports, roads and even 150,000 public toilets

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PWA - Public works administration

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Gave funds of $3300 million and it bought materials for schools, housing, hospitals, bridges, courtrooms and dams.

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FCA - Farm credit administration

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Loans to farmers

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AAA - Agricultural adjustment agency

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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

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NRA - National recovery administration

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Fair conditions for workers

Good products got given the blue eagle symbol therefore making people aware the product was made to a good standard

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The Tennessee Valley Authority

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Build a series of dams to irrigate the dried out land

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Positives of the new deal

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Restored faith in America
Created millions of jobs
Stabilised banking system
African Americans benefitted from housing projects

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Negatives of new deal

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Divided America

Never solved underlying issues

27
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Cinema in the 1930s

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Talkies began

Many films reflected the Great Depression and slow recovery

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Radio in the 1930s

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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

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Sport in the 1930s

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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

30
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What is isolationism?

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Keeping out of affairs with other countries

31
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Impact of WW2 on women

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Many entered the workforce

They were not willing to return to their old jobs which caused tension since the men expected them to.

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Impact of WW2 on African American

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Black nurses could only treat black soldiers

Over 1 million African Americans joined the army

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