Driving Ideas for Semester Two:
1. What were the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression? (stock market) buying on margin would cause over speculation which caused overpriced stock, Too much borrowing from banks due to low interest rate. Government didn't have regulations which caused pooling. Over-speculation and over priced stock were a huge cause. Federal Reserve raised interest rates.
2. What impact did the stock market crash and Great Depression have on the lives of people in the United States?
Homelessness,Unemployment,Stock Market,Bank failures,Hoovervilles,Impacted other countries,Dust Bowl
3. What did the United States government do to help alleviate the problems the Great Depression brought to our country?
FDR created the New Deal:The first New Deal was focused on helping businesses and
banks. The second new deal focused on the people.
4. What long lasting impact did the Great Depression have on the US and world?
Banking methods became strict-enforced by the newly forms Securities and Exchange Commission (enforces security laws to keep markets secure) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (protects your money in the bank)
crime rates rose
Mass migration
Congress passing the social security act
5. What were the causes of WWII?
Invasion of Poland-1939-germans wanted to get all of their land back and punish everyone. The polish had a ton of casualties. The beginning of the war-all of prison camps set up in Poland. The soviet union invaded Poland because they were kind of allies with Germany and they had lost land as well. Germany eventually attacks soviet union (stalin) so they became our allies
Pearl Harbor- Air-force base. This was a bombing attack from the Japanese. We declared war the day after. Dec. 7th, 1941
6. What impact did the United States have on WWII?
Women's role-Women worked in factories-went to work because so many men went to war (but after the war they lost jobs to men) "Rosie the Riveter" -represented women workers in WW2.
7. What were the goals for the US during the Cold War?
UNITED STATES: STOP THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM!
8. What were some of the major events that took place during the Cold War?
-Berlin Blockade/airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis, Red Scare/McCarthyism, Space Race, Bay of Pigs, Berlin Wall
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