7. The great depression was when the stock market fell. The stock market fell because during that time credit was something new and everyone was buying everything on credit with no money to back it up. People kept buying stock on credit and raising stock prizes but when the money that was supposed to be in the market was needed their wasn't any. This caused the stock market to crash and put the US dollars worth at about nothing. People couldn't afford to buy even the basics like food. Because people weren't buying anything businesses went under and had to fire employees who were then getting no income. This cycle continued until just about everyone was unemployed and left standing in bread lines for a meal.
1. The Great Depression was a time in American history when no one had anything. Many people relied on themselves for the things they needed and everyone became more independent. Some people even lost their houses and were forced out into "hoove villes". Because everyone and everything was in a desperate state, FDR set up the New Deal which is a bunch of organizations designed to help people and businesses affected by the depression. Some examples are the AAA for farmers, Emergency banking act for bankers, and started something simliar to FDIC to make sure people didn't loose money they left in the bank again.
2. WWII was split into two different sides, allies and axis. The allies were Great Britian, France, Soviet Union and the US. A few causes of the war were the treaty of versailles, and Hitler being a dictator. The treaty of versialles was the settlement after WWI that made Germany lose lots of land and many of their freedoms. This made Hitler mad and he became a dictator and tried to undo the treaty and get rid of any race he did not like. Hitler was constantly pushing the limit of what he could take over and do because he knew that we didn't want to go to war and were willing to compromise to an extend. The final straw that got us in the war was the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The war pretty much ended when we dropped the atomic bomb in Japan.
3. The main reasons we won the war are very simple, we had more of everything. We had more troops total, both over seas and at home. We were able to produce more ship faster than any other country and we had a strong homefront. Everyone on the home front had transformed their lives to meet the needs of the soldiers. Another HUGE reason why we were able to win was the Navajo code talks, MAJIC and ULTRA. These were forms of secret communication that no one was able to decode. This way we could talk to allies and made plans without the axis powers finding out and losing the surprise factor.
4. Some causes for the cold war were that we were a democracy and the Soviets were communist and we both feared that the other would force their government on the other. Truman and Stalin didn't exactly get along and the US helped Germany rebuild after the war so that they wouldn't be weak and be easily forced into communist power, this made the Soviets angry. Some major events were the cuban missil crisis, the bay of pigs and the Berlin blockade.
5. This was when korea was split into two sections, north and south. The north being communist and the south not. We wanted to help the south because we would do anything to stop the spread of communism. During the "conflict" the borders of north and south were pushed around a lot. The japanese came into help us with the south and we repaid them with resources. We are stilled concerned with the north because they have nuclear weapons.
6. France wouldn't give vietnam the independence they wanted and they were starting to become communist even though the south didn't want to. Because of NATO the US went over to help the south remain a democracy but never finished the war. This "conflict" made US citizens lose faith in the government and the government got caught lying. Vienam is now communist.
7. An american attack happened on sept. 11, 2001 and because of that US soldiers invaded afghanistan because they were believed to have weapons of mass distruction. We have been in their ever since but are slowly pulling out.
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