Cause and Effect Flashcards
1
Q
How high did unemployment soar during the depression?
A
25% (1/4)
2
Q
What caused the Great Depression?
A
Overproduction, decline of housing and automobile manufacturing, nationwide banking crisis, and the Stock market crash
3
Q
What were the results of the depression?
A
Orphans, fatherless families, rise in homelessness, increasing poverty, high unemployment, lower wages for those who had jobs, poor health care, migrant workers, the New Deal, increased role of government in people’s lives, etc.
