...A-3 In 1939, the United States was still ensnared in a severe economic depression, one that crippled the nation for a full decade. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal experiments had brought some relief to a population reeling from unemployment, inflation, and scarcity, but considerable transformations—vast federal spending, price regulations, job placement, the expansion of unions, greater access to home loans, social security for the elderly and disabled, and the public's restored confidence in their government—did little to bring prosperity to the American people. By the end of the 1930s, 17% of the American work force remained unemployed; 30% still lived in poverty; and the most needy and least organized citizens, such as domestic workers, sharecroppers, new immigrants, blacks, and unmarried women, reaped few of the New Deal benefits. FDR's great experiments, then, did not end the Great Depression. Only mobilization for a world war would bring an end to the most devastating economic crisis in United States history. In late 1939, a full two years before the United States entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided it would be necessary—and perhaps wise—to invest time and money into national defense. Despite his promise to keep the nation out of the war escalating abroad, Roosevelt carefully and deliberately prepared the country for a worst-case scenario. By the spring of 1940, he convinced Congress to increase defense spending, enlarge the army...
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...THE CAUSE OF WORLD WAR II PODER VANG HIS/125 CHRISTOPHER PRICE MARCH 15,2015 The cause of World War II have been said that there were many causes of the war but the one that was the most significant reason was the Great Depression (CHAPTER 24 World War II; HIST2, Volume 2, Kevin M. Schultz - © Cengage Learning; All rights reserved; Causes of War; pg. 407). During 1929 and 1932 the stock markets were collapsing which ended American investment in Europe. It caused the economic to slow down and without American dollar, Europe face industrial decline, unemployment, and widespread homelessness for workers. During all of these problems, it caused some political tension between France and Spain. Fights broke out between Communists and Nationalist over who had the best plan to the disrupted economy. With all the fight going on, the crash had a devastating effect on Germany who reparations payments for World War I, which were funded by the American lenders. Half way between 1929 and 1933, Germany had a withdraw from their invests, which caused Germany to have a production withdraw. Now during this time in the year of 1933, Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist Party gained power of Germany and took control of the whole state. Driven by delusions of grandeur and by racist and anti-Semitic ideologies, Hitler and Mussolini did not stopper their economic reform. Hitler even defied World War I’s Treaty of Versailles by occupying the industrialized Rhineland in 1936 and annexing German-speaking...
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...1304/AN01/ World Civilization Since 1500 | History Research Paper | The effects of the Great Depression were huge across the world. Not only did it lead to the New Deal in America but more significantly, it was a direct cause of the rise of extremism in Germany leading to World War II. | Charles Sodman1/30/2014 | Introduction According to Christine Romer the Great Depression commenced in the year 1929 till the year 1939, the longest in the history of the world. The origin of the Great Depression from the year 1929 to the year 1939 has been the worry of many researchers. However, the root cause of this unfortunate happening was hard to crack. Therefore, the search was abandoned and many speculations and assumptions were made as to what really caused the Depression. (Romer) Till present, the cause of this sad event has not been found. More so, the effects of the Great Depression lead to many broke and unemployed individuals who could hardly feed themselves daily. Additionally, goods and services were priced at 10 times less their original price. (Romer) As a result, there was a practice of extremities in Germany by individuals who took advantage of the situation for personal gain leading to the World War II. (de Bromhead, Eichengreen and O’Rourke) Countries were greatly affected as the Great Depression brought about alterations in macroeconomic policies, significant changes in economic institutions, and economic theories. (Romer) The effects of the Great Depression Crash...
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...Throughout the years of the 1900’s, the Americans were involved in two wars. Those two wars changed us dramatically, especially for the government. The two wars were World War I and World War II. In between those two wars the Americans were suffering, which cause the Great Depression. So, how did these three events change America, and its history? How did World War II help end the Great depression? In the year of 1914 World War I begin and ended in 1918. At first America decided not to get involved into the dispute between the other countries, but we got involved anyways. In the 4 years of the war, the government accumulated 24 billion dollars in debt. With them being in that much debt, it affected the citizens. The price of daily necessities was raised, which made it not that affordable, because they were already poorly paid. Two...
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...The 1930s plagued St. Louis with unrelenting economic hardships until war based economies began to prepare for the inevitable global conflict of the early 1940s. World War II revitalized the economy of the St. Louis region and relieved the population from the constraints of the Great Depression. The city experienced a 50% decrease in manufacturing, and unemployment was greater than 30% of the population by the end of 1933. Projects through the Works Progress Administration put people to work, but did little in revive the ailing city. The threat of World War II, however, relieved St. Louis from the economic strife and put men and women of all races to work in order to aid the allied war effort. Companies, along with St. Louis itself, changed...
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...There are a lot of causes and ways World War II got started. A lot of tension and turmoil from World War I and also from Hitler is what really led up to the world having its second world war. Some causes of the war is Hitler not going by the orders of other countries. Another is the Great Depression that was around the world and led to a bunch of turmoil and bad blood and led up the second World War. One big cause that led up to WWII was the turmoil left behind from WWI. According to the article “The causes of World War II” on sunysuffolk.edu there was an economic collapse and Germany started getting a strong military and disobeying the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was not happy and felt they were being treated harsh and unfair because of...
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...years and he served the longest presidency. Franklin Roosevelt is the best Pres. ever. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in 1882 in the state of New York. He went to college at Harvard. He was a member of New York State Legislature, Assistant Security of the Navy, and Governor of New York. People often called him FDR from Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt was married to his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt and had five children. FDR had a lot of achievements. Some of his achievements were getting us out of the Great Depression, won World War II, hired three million people on projects, and created the social Security System. He had more but those are some of them. Franklin’s wife was Eleanor Roosevelt. She was one of...
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...Gwen Altman AMH 2020 16 March 16 World War II and the Homefront Six years, 1.6 trillion dollars, and over 60 million deaths. No one could possibly refute the massive impact of World War II. However, many look abroad rather than see the affects in the United States Homefront that would alter the nation infinitely. The Second World War brought on unprecedented economic growth. Increased rights and freedoms were also secured for females and African Americans. World War II sparked a whole new era of economic and social change in the United States. The American public dove head first into the war effort in all aspects. For example, Americans “bought billions of dollars’ worth of bonds to help defray the cost of the war” (Winkler). Despite having just experienced the economic turmoil of the 1930’s, many were quick to purchase patriotic bonds. Those who did not donate supported the war effort through obtaining resources for soldiers. Rations restricted in demand goods like sugar, meat, and fuel and others grew their own fruits and vegetables in professed “victory gardens”. Communities also collected scrap metal and rubber from objects like aluminum cans. Most importantly, the American economy soared with the jobs generated by mammoth amounts of ammunition and transportation needed. “New Deal strategies of Preparedness and Conversion readied industries to create war materials” (Tassava). For instance, major automobile manufactures changed to construct airplanes. These new factories...
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...Ideas/Vocabulary | Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences | | 1. World War 1 and the Russian Revolution | | The growth of nationalism and imperialism increased the national pride/power of many European countries. | | I. War and Revolution | What is Nationalism, and | a. Nationalism was powerful in Serbia | How did it affect Europe? | b. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia | | c. More destructive weapons were created in light of WWI | | II. Revolution | | a. By 1922, Soviet Union was created | | III. Peace and a “new Europe” | | a. League of Nations-world organization that would maintain peace | | b. Treaty of Versailles was created | | c. 59 nations became a league, while the U.S. refused to join | | | What economic event | 2. The Great Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism | Marked the starting point of | The loss of life ushered in a new era | The Great Depression? | I. Economic Crisis | | a. The stock market crash marked the beginning of the depression | | b. The U.S. government became involved with reviving the economy | | II. Political Tensions | | a. Both economic and political tensions arose in Europe | | b. Hitler became der Fuhrer of the Third Reich | | c. Joseph Stalin ended the NEP and created the Five-Year Plan | | | | 3. Nationalist Movements Around the World | | Extreme changes occurred in Europe | How did the nationalists...
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...Effects of the Great Depression on other countries During the Great Depression there was a worldwide economic decline in government tax revenues, prices, profits, income and international trade. Unemployment grew at high speed and political upturn developed in many countries. While many first think the Great Depression only affected the United States, it largely affected and involved many countries throughout the world. Every country had direct or even indirect ties; both industrialized countries and those which exported raw materials were hurt and affected as a result of America’s collapsing economy. One of the worst-hit was Canada, because of its economic position. The Great Depression that started in the United States in 1929 quickly reached Canada. At the time, Canada’s economy was just starting to shift from primary industry to manufacturing. Exports of raw materials drop, and employment, prices and profit fell in every sector. It was further affected as its main partners were Britain and the United States. Between 1929 and 1939 the gross national product dropped 40%. Unemployment reached 27% at the depth of the Depression in 1933. Canada did have some advantages over other countries, especially its extremely stable banking system that had no failures during the entire depression, compared to over 9,000 small banks that collapsed in the United States. But, at the same time, was hurt badly because of its reliance and other commodities, whose prices fell by over 50%,...
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...AP* World History Study Guide and Graphic Organizers – Unit 5: The Modern World, 1914 CE – present 1. World War I Students are required to know the causes, major events, and consequences of WWI 1) Causes a) Imperialism i) No new lands to expand into – some nations didn’t have many colonies (Germany, Italy) ii) Rivalries as nations competed for colonies iii) Sometimes armed conflict in colonial lands for control over resources b) Nationalism i) Pride in one’s nation, want one’s nation to be the best and most powerful ii) Fostered conflict as nations competed to be the best iii) Justified imperialism, militarism iv) Caused disruptions in multi-ethnic nations (Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire); rebellions, revolts against foreign rule c) Militarism i) Build up of a country’s military; keeping a large standing army ii) Nations expanded their militaries as a show of power iii) Arms race: each nation needed to have a standing army because their neighbors had standing armies d) Alliances i) Bismarck: German chancellor behind alliance system in Europe ii) Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy allied; France, Great Britain, Russia allied 2) Events a) Assassination of Archduke Frantz Ferdinand: Serbian terrorists kill the Austrian duke and his wife as they honeymooned in Sarajevo i) Austria demands Serbian submission ii) Russia offers to back Serbians in defying Austrians iii) Austria and Germany declare war on Serbia and Russia (along with Russia’s allies) b) Schlieffen...
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...World War II Do you remember a time in our world history that we were in desperate need for a change? World War II was a devastating time in our world history. During this time period there was a lot of hardships and innocent blood spilled. All across the world people were in war fighting for a better life. The economic consequences of World War I was most important in causing World War II, because of The Treaty of Versailles and The Great Depression It all started when The Treaty of Versailles was signed to end World War I. This document blamed Germany for the war and made them pay a very heavy fine for it all. This made Germany very mad, so mad that they wanted to take revenge. Adolf Hitler was a very powerful man during this time period. He craved power...
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... Chakeithdria McCray AIU Online 1 April 2012 Abstract The focus of this paper is on the wars in the world. World War II was a global armed conflict. There were many consequences that resulted from this war. The focus is on the outcome of the war and the impact that it had on the United States. UNIT 2 IP Introduction World War II was a global armed conflict that was underway by 1939 and ended in 1945. It was the most under spread war in history. The war consisted of more than 100 million serving in military units. In the war there was the mass death of civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare. It resulted in 50 million to 70 million fatalities. These deaths make the war the deadliest conflict in human history Davidson 2010). World War II had a great impact on the United States. The Cold War emerged due to World War II. The timeframe of the Cold War was in 1945-1948. The Cold War was the most important and diplomatic issue of the latter half of the 20th century. The emerge of nuclear weapons also came from World War II. The first bombing occurred on August 6, 1945, and then three days later the second occurred on August 9, 1945(WWII). The outcome of the war could be stated to have a positive affect n the United States. The United States economy was greatly stimulated by the war. The depression was brought decisively to an end, and new industrial employees were built all over the United States. The U.S. had...
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...American Art before and after World War II Marty Rieth ARTS/125 June 27, 2016 Sarah Baer American Art before and after World War II The objective for the following paper is to discuss issues concerning American art before and after World War II. The discussion will include an examination of the artwork of three artists. Two artists will have worked during the Great Depression and one artist will have been an Abstract Expressionist. In discussing the artists’ work, a description of each work and its style will be included. An examination into the Great Depression and the purpose of artwork created during that time, whether they were tools for social reform, and other types of messaging that were present in the works will be discussed. Post-World War II Abstract Expressionism and how it differed from art work of the 1930’s will be discussed. Finally, an explanation into the style of the chosen Abstract Expressionists work and why they were interested in the style will be discussed (Was there a meaning to their work?). Artist Examinations Two artist that come to mind when speaking of The Great Depression are Maynard Dixon and Grant Wood. The artist Maynard Dixon showed his artistic abilities during The Great Depression by creating images in a style dubbed social realism. One of Dixon’s famous paintings was called Springtime on Bear Mountain. The illustration is of a plot of land from the mountainous western countryside. In the front is flat land where a...
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...World War II began in 1939 and ended in 1945, but the United States of America did not enter the war until 1941. They wanted to stay neutral and not get involved in foreign affairs. On September 5, 1939, the United States government declares its neutrality in the European conflict. They would only supply and sale military goods. This help creates more jobs to American struggling from the effects of the great depression. In some ways, the war was beneficial to the United States but for majority it was destructive, many lives were lost during the war. The war helps by taking the United states out of the Great Depression period. There were other effects that helped relief American from the great depression, like president franklin Roosevelt new deal programs. Although Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal did not end the Great Depression it reduced people's suffering and changed many of the problems that contributed to the depression by providing relief, recovery, and reform while essentially changing the role of the federal government. Shortly after President Franklin Roosevelt took office he started to pass legislation to...
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