1. What were the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?
black Thursday October 19 1929 was worst the black Tuesday October 22 1929
2/5 loans were people to buy stocks
if the Dow Jones were doing good then all of them were good
buying on margin is the percent of the stock you buy they buy the rest
over production was the main reason
banks would take there money from other people and when the stock market crashed they lost everything
stock pooling is making prices go up
spiral era lead up to it
stock market crashed
deflation when the produce so much prices go down
loss of jobs
decrease in trade
smooth Halley tariff act
dust bowl
global pulling more country's were in the depression to
2. What impact did the stock market crash and Great Depression have on the lives of people in the United States?
panic
selling stock
lost possessions
suicides
lost faith in the stock market it went up 20 percent
banks closing
unemployment
3. What did the United States government do to help alleviate the problems the Great Depression brought to our country?
President Hoover
longest president
Roosevelt-New Deal(Goals/1st and 2nd)
responsibility
raise prices and wages
relief recovery
reform
liberals vs conservatives
business and banks were failing in the 30's
people thought the new deal was ruin the country
the first deal lasted 1933-1934 t
the first 100 days
emergency banking act
21st amendments
national recovery act
2nd deal
1935-1938
social security act most important act support the old, childern with no father,
Wagner act go to any company get hired there and can join the union
work progress administrative highway shipyard airports playgrounds projects
wealth tax act
housing act
pwa established in 1933
created as many jobs as possible in many different varieties
great example of fdrs priming the pump
How did the New Deal impact the following: ]
unemployed
Unemployment was high as 25%
in some parts it was as high as 33%
1933 was cinsidered the worst year during the great depression (1929-1941) more than 11 million people were unemployed
CWA
established in 1933
WPA
established in 1935
largest new deal
650,000 miles of roads
78,000 bridges
young people
homeless- 20% had no homes
clothing- no clothes or shoes
Schools- 40% of children could not go to school and get jobs
Civilian Conservation Corps
Jobs
NYA
National Youth association
made in 1935
Pushed by Eleanor Roosevelt
Women
Husbands could not provide for them
Worked harder at the house
"No housewife lost her job in the depression"
ccc didn't help women but nya did
elderly/poor
Distribution of income
transients(hobos)
civil works administration
public works administration
works progress administration
social security administration
Tennessee valley authority
rural electrification agency
factory workers/labor unions
new deal
passed NIRA national industrial recovery act
NRA national recovery act
Wagner Act
Flsa Fair labor standards act
cutthroat competition
fair practices
NIRA
started the NRA
wagner act
collective bargaining
FLSA
Hours
Wages
Overtime
farmers, , homeowners, artists/musicians, women/African-American/Native Americans, banks, stock market, energy
4. What long lasting impact did the Great Depression have on Shelby County, Iowa, the US and world?
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