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Before Depression economy A. Industry booming B. Unemployment low C. Wages high D. Prices were steady E. Corporations making large profits Election of Herbert Hoover A. March 1929 took office B. Born in Iowa in 1874 C. Was a Quaker, orphaned by parents D. Successful mining engineer, millionaire by forty years old E. Secretary of Commerce under Harding and Coolidge F. Believed in the capitalist system, did not believe in big government, but wanted government to play a larger role than before Causes of the stock market crash and the Great Depression A. Margin loans - Americans buying stocks on margin - Margin: only having to put down a small amount to buy each share B. Stock Market gambling C. Farmers in debt - Farmers were un able to pay banks back loans for equipment - Prices of food were decreasing so farmers had to produce more to make ends meet D. Distribution of wealth - Uneven distribution of wealth - The rich were taxed less, hoping they would purchase more and trickle down to the lower classes E. WWI - Many nations owed the United States money - When the stock market began to fail, countries abroad could not pay their debts because they were unable to afford American goods. Stock Market crash A. October 24th 1929 Black Thursday - Prices began to fall, buyers on margin had to see stock B. October 29th 1929 Black Tuesday - Worst day People During the Great Depression Hoovers aid A. Agricultural Marketing Act B. Public Works Program C. Reconstruction Finance Corporation Problems Abroad A. The Kellogg-Brand Pact B. Hoover and Latin America C. Japan seized Manchuria, peace ends Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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A. Governor of New York City B. Campaigning C. Born upper\middle class family D. Polio Franklin as President A. New Deal - Emergency Banking Act - Securities and Exchange Commission - Repeal prohibition - CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) - Home Owners Loan Corporation - Agricultural Adjustment Act - Public Works Administration - Works Progress Administration B. Farm problems - Dust Storms - Sharecroppers\ Federal Emergency Relief Act - Rural electrification of 1935 C. African American problems and the New Deal - Lose the right to vote - African Americans in the work force - Black Renaissance D. The New Deal and Woman - Eleanor Roosevelt - Women in government - Economic inequality E. The Second New Deal - More problems with the NRA F. FDR and organized labor - Wagner Act - Creation of CIO - Creation of AFL G. Election of 1936 -Democratic majority - Fireside chats E. End of New Deal - Supreme Court and Roosevelt - Business failing once again - Problems on the farm\Farm and labor reforms

IX. Problems Abroad X. Problems Abroad A. Rise of Hitler and Nazis B. Communist Russia\Stalin C. Mussolini and Fascism D. Good Neighbor Policy\US Neutrality E. Causes of WWII before US involvement

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F. US reaction War in Europe A. Blitzkrieg warfare B. Great Britain on its own\Battle of Great Britain C. US not really neutral - Allies supplies D. FDR wins third election E. War Spreading - Germany seizing more land - German navy in Atlantic - US ships sunk\undeclared war War in the Pacific A. Attack on Pearl Harbor United States in a time of war A. Rationing at home B. Women in the war effort - Women in the armed forces - Women in industry C. Race relations during war - African Americans in the armed forces - African Americans at the home front D. Japanese Internment A World War A. Submarine warfare in the Atlantic B. Rommel\Eisenhower and North Africa C. Latin America involvement D. Defense in the Pacific - Attack on Tokyo - Battle of Midway - Battle of the Guadalcanal Victory in Europe A. Battle of Italy B. War from air C. D-Day invasion of Normandy D. Allies in France E. Holocaust F. Battle of the Bulge Election of 1944 A. FDR wins fourth term Ending war in European theater A. Conference at Yalta B. Roosevelt dies in April 1945 C. Hitler commits suicide D. War ends (unconditional surrender) May 8th 1945 Pacific Theater A. Struggle for islands B. island hopping C. Philippines

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D. Deciding on the Atomic bomb E. President Truman and dropping the bomb War is over A. Four Point Plan B. Marshall Plan\European Recovery Plan C. Bringing troops home D. Creating NATO