
The Great Depression
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Minakshi Khemka
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The Great Depression:
Causes and Impact
By Minakshi Khemka
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What caused the Great Depression?
Overproduction and Speculation
The Great Depression was a global phenomenon. It was traumatic partly because it came so suddenly after a period of unprecedented prosperity and a mood of optimism and confidence particularly the USA.
It caused a severe decline in employment, production, income and trade.
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1914
First World War begins
1918
The First World War ends
1929
The beginning of the Great Depression
Mid 1930s
The Great Depression comes to an end
Economic Boom in the USA
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Mass production
Assembly line production
copied by other factories producing consumer goods
Cheaper products
Better wages and improved purchasing power
Increased demand for consumer goods on buy now pay later schemes
Increased demand for homes and home loans
What was this economic boom?
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Multiple Select
Identify the various features of the economic boom in the USA after the First World War
mass production of consumer goods
higher wages and increased purchasing power
Easy Home loans provided by banks
Increased imports and decreased exports
Taxes were reduced
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Multiple Select
The car manufacturing industry helped people to acquire and create more jobs as
People could travel far to get to work
it helped to increase employment through road making and constructing gas stations
Henry Ford increased wages to employ people in order to produce more cars
The Ford Model was copied, creating more factories and more jobs
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Multiple Select
Europe did not experience an economic boom immediately after the First World War because
Europe had incurred a lot of debt during the war and had to return the money
Europe depended on USA for loans to recover
Germany faced a hyperinflation and its currency was greatly devalued
Unemployment was rampant, creating a feeling of anxiety and uncertainty
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Multiple Select
Identify some reasons behind the downfall of the US economy
overproduction of consumer goods and a gradual decrease in their demands
Purchase of goods and homes on a credit system and loans
Overproduction of agricultural goods creating a glut
Intense speculation in purchase and sale of stocks.
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Multiple Select
The Depression affected the people in different ways
factories shut down and they lost their jobs
With almost no cash in hand they could not repay loans
houses were mortgaged or sold
Farmers could not harvest their crops and allowed them to rot
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Multiple Choice
The Great Depression meant
decreased circulation of cash
Increased stockpiling of goods and grain
Large scale employment
fall in prices.
The Great Depression:
Causes and Impact
By Minakshi Khemka
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