1. What were the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?
- The Big wigs or rich people would use the stock market like a board game. They would find a new company and buy a lot of stock. A lot of rich people would buy stock. The company would have money. Now that the company has money the stock is worth more. The owners of the stock would sell the stocks for the money. The company would have all it's money drained and the few that didn't sell their stock yet lost a ton of money. The company would go bankrupt and have to let go all their employees. This was happening all over. People lost their money and their jobs.
- Buying on credit. People would buy things that they couldn't afford. Put them on credit. The people had debt that they wouldn't pay. The business had multiple people doing that. That would destroy the business.
2. What impact did the stock market crash and Great Depression have on the lives of people in the United States?
- People had no money. They couldn't buy food, homes, clothing, or even pizza. They had to stop spending money. Starvation and Homelessness. Unemployment. Bank failure.
3. What did the United States government do to help alleviate the problems the Great Depression brought to our country?
- So many acts and Corporations to keep things in check.
- The Emergency Banking act. Inject money into banks so they can reopen.
- Tennessee valley authority. Did a lot of Conservation acts in Tennessee. Not much else anywhere else. Hire from Tennessee.
4. What long lasting impact did the Great Depression have on the US and world?
- The Social Security Act. Gave money to retired people.
- Agriculture adjustment act. Burned crops. Poured out milk and destroyed farms. But then later gave more people farms. That knew nothing about farming. People didn't like it very much.
5. What were the causes of WWII?
- Nazism
- Hitler
- Alliances
- Racism
- Communism
- Pearl harbor (for us)
6. What impact did the United States have on WWII?
- It got people working again.
- We destroyed them.
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7. What were the goals for the US during the Cold War?
- To stop the Spread of Communism
8. What were some of the major events that took place during the Cold War?
-Berlin Blockade/airlift - Supplies were airlifted to the eastern trapped civilians
- Cuban Missile Crisis. The 13 days that we tried to stop WWIII because we found Nukes on cuba.
- Red Scare/McCarthyism. Accused people of being a commy
- Space Race. Our race with the USSR to have dominance over space. And to place satellites with spy cams on it.
- Bay of Pigs - PLan to overthrow the Cuban government.
- Berlin Wall. the Wall separating Europe. from communist and noncommunist.
9. Why did the US go to war in Korea and Vietnam and what were outcome of those wars?
- To stop the spread of communism.
- A stalemate. We drew back.
10. How did the Cold War come to an end?
- The Berlin Wall fell. And The USSR collapsed.
11. Know these major major post-Cold War Events:
-JFK Assassination. The assassination of JFk. there were many conspiracies with more than one shooter.
-Watergate. The Nixon fiasco. The 8 minutes of missing white house footage.
-Iran Hostage Crisis. Iran took 52 mericans hostage in iran
-Persian Gulf War(1991).
-9-11. Al Qaeda hijacked planes and brought them to the twin towers and blew them up.
-War in Afghanistan. Result of 9/11. We wanted Al Qaeda gone.
-War in Iraq. We thought they had weapons of mass destruction. We also helped rebuild. Bush sent troops.
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