Contexts Over The 1930s

Question 1

Women’s employment

Answer 1

1930-1940, women’s employment rate went up by 24% which rose from 10.5 to 13 million women working

Question 2

Industrialisation and the dust bowl

Answer 2

In colonial America agriculture was the primary livelihood for 90% of the population. Most of America made its money through farming. Most towns in the Deep South were just shipping points for the export of agricultural products. The dust bowl were a series of hurricanes that destroyed farms meaning people had to migrate

Question 3

The Wall Street crash

Answer 3

Started on the 29th October 1929. 16 million shares were sold overpriced on the stock market and it crashed because of the collapse of economy. Banks also closed

Question 4

The Great Depression

Answer 4

Unemployment for men. 1.6 to 14 million men were unemployed over 4 years. 1929 to 1933. This happened because men went to war and women occupied their jobs

Question 5

Life on the ranches

Answer 5

Harsh society selfish workers small food supply bad shelter dirty conditions and vulnerable to sicknesses and the workers were all migrant workers