1. a) what was the cause of the great depression
overproducing of crops
stock market crash
companies were overproducing everything
1. b) what was the cause of the stock market crash
companies were overproducing everything,
people used credit
2. what impact did the stock marker crash and great depression have on the lives of people in the U.S
suicide rate went up
kids dropped out of school
people lost jobs
3. what did the united states government do to help alleviate the problems the great depression brought to our country
CCC- helped create labor jobs for younger men
new deals- helped both businesses and then the people
created hoover dam to create jobs and energy
several organizations were created to make more jobs. they build schools, playgrounds and government buildings
4. what were the causes of WWII in Europe, Asia, and the US
Europe- Hitler started breaking the treaty of Versailles
Hitler invaded Poland
rearmed rihlin
Asia- we wouldn't trade with Japan, Manchuria
US- Pearl harbor, allies brought us in, and a lot of push from the american people
5. what impact did the united states have on WWII
we helped slow up the german plans
steered them in the wrong direction by giving them false information
got France back under German control
6. what were the goals for the US during the cold war
to stop domino effect
stop communism
promote trade
promote democracy
destalinization
7. what were some of the major events that took place during the cold war
-berlin blockade/airlift-
Cuban missile crisis- soviets had missiles in Cuba. we had missiles in Turkey. we agreed we wouldn't fire and we would take the missiles out of Turkey
red scare/McCarthyism- everyone thought everyone was communist. McCarthy said that he had 205 names in a brief case of the people that were communist in the government
bay of pigs- we got rebel Cubans and we trained them to revolt against Castro. We said we were going to send air support but didn't and it was a major failure
Berlin wall- kept the west out of the east and the west was communist and the other was controlled by the allied powers form WWII and Ronald Reagan Mikhail Gorbachev
end of the cold war-
glasnost
destalinization
8. why did the US to go war in Korea and Vietnam and what were outcomes of those wars
Vietnam was communist and still is today
soviet wanted to spread communism to other countries. Korea pinnesula was divided into two north- soviet south- US. soviet invaded Korea
9. know the major post- cold war events:
a. JFK assassination
Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated him during a parade
many conspiracy theories about it
Lee Harvey Oswald was shot after it
he was in a college booking making building that he worked at
b. civil rights
JFK pushed civil rights
pushed for integrated schools
brown vs Topeka school board
women's rights for pay
c. Watergate
two burglars broke into Watergate and wire tapped the phones so they could know the secrets. they had to go back in and rewire tapped a phone and got caught. it was found that w=they were working for the Nixon campaign what his opponents for the reelection were planning
d. Persian Gulf War
e. 9/11
two planes crashed into world trade center and one in the pentagon. and one crashed landed in a field in Virginia after the passengers took control of the plane from the terrorist who had constructed the plan of 9/11- Alkida was the terrorist group that was lead by OBL
f. War in Afghanistan
g. war in Iraq
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