Impact of Depression on the People Flashcards
1
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Impact on Farmers
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- cutting prices to reduce surplus
- Dust Bowl destroys crops
- Oklahoma Americans went to Cali and were called “Okies”
2
Q
African Americans
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White were hired rather than Black people and for unskilled jobs
3
Q
Women
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- less likely to be hired over men
- question the decision to reproduce (decrease in birth rate)
- wanting to know the “secret” aka abortion
4
Q
Immigrants
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Nativists did not want to hire them and they were viewed as job competitors, they also wanetd to know the “secret”/abortion
5
Q
Youth
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more boys in school due to less jobs (prior to this, boys gave up school for jobs but now none are available)
6
Q
Mexican
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increased deportations due to lack of jobs, indirect governmental pressure, and lack of unskilled jobs
Mexican Repatriation - where around 500,000 Mexicans returned to Mexico
7
Q
Bonus Army
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- got money in 1945
- military camps under Hoover
8
Q
Germany
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- Nazis in power 1933
- Hitler used guns while FDR used butter
- Hitler taking over Germany govt
