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a. What were the characteristics of the First and Second New Deals?
In Roosevelt's first 100 Days of office he introduced a radical set of measures to deal with the US banking crisis and to get people back to work. This was followed by a Second New Deal which went on...
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d. Why did Roosevelt win the election of 1932?
The election of 1932 resulted in a landslide win for the Democrat candidate - Franklin Roosevelt. As you read through the information below, decide how much this was due to the US public's dislike of...
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c. What were the social consequences of the Crash?
The impact of the Depression on people's lives was profound. Losing jobs meant that many could no longer pay for their homes and so ended up being evicted. Some ended up as 'hobos' which meant that travelled...
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b. What impact did the Crash have on the economy?
The frantic selling of shares on 24th and 29th October not only left individual people in debt but it acted as a trigger for general economic collapse which led to an economic 'depression'. Starter Continue...
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a. How far was speculation responsible for the Wall Street Crash?
The 1920s saw many Americans trying to 'get rich quick' by buying shares in companies. This was called 'speculation' - gambling that the value of companies would keep increasing and so they would be able...
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2. How far did US Society change in the 1920s?
In addition to economic growth and the impact that this had on people's lives, society in the US also changed dramatically. Indeed, the era is sometimes known as The Roaring Twenties. As with the economy,...
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Discrimination against Black Americans
The first Africans had been brought to the USA as slaves by white settler in the 19th Century. By the time slavery ended in the US, there were more African Americans than white people in the southern...
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1. Events 1905 - 1917
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Russia 1905 - 1940: Quizzes
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1. What were the reasons for American involvement in the Vietnam War?
The idea that countries could fall to communism like dominoes crashing one after the other became entrenched in US foreign policy thinking. As you have seen in the previous two case studies - Korea and...