Background Information on 1920’s and 1930’s America 1. What was the Great War‚ how did it begin‚ and how long did it last? Which countries were involved? World War I‚ also known as the Great War‚ was fought between 1914 and 1918‚ and it set the stage for politics‚ culture‚ and economics in the twentieth century. Serbia and other Balkan states gained their independence in 1878 after nearly five hundred years of Ottoman rule. Nations from both alliances wanted to increase their influence over the
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Why did the League of Nations fail in the 1930s? CAUSE OF FAILURE | MANCHURIAN CRISIS | FAILURE OF DISARMAMENT | ABYSSINIAN CRISIS | The self-interest of leading membersThe League depended on the firm support of Britain and France. During conflicts‚ they were not prepared to abandon their own self-interest to support the League.Economic sanctions did not workLeague members would not impose them since they were worried that without America they would not work. When sanctions were imposed they
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The main point on this video is what factors contributed to the stock market crash to start the Great Depression in the 1930s. Because there was no regulation or government involvement in the stock markets at the time‚ corruption ran ramped. In the 1920s and 30s it was not considered corruption because there no laws against insider trading as there are today. The stock markets were manipulated to drive the cost of shares and stock up through the illusion that the market was strong and everyone was
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climbed onto a table and fired his pistol. "The National Socialist revolution has begun!" Hitler’s rise to power is one of the most significant events of our century. People today still debate how and why Hitler’s totalitarian dictatorship in the 1930’s was such a big success with support of many Germans. At the time of Hitler’s rise‚ Germans were in a rough time of sorrow and unemployment. In order to stabilize the economy many workers were needed to reconstruct highways‚ houses and forests. Demand
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During the 1930’s‚ the United States of America went through the largest financial crisis that the nation had ever experienced. This financial drought was called “The Great Depression.” The Great Depression resulted from the crash of the stock market in 1929. Every person who invested and owned any of the banks throughout America lost nearly every single dollar they had in them. This quickly cause the nation to go in a panic‚ leaving everyone in fear of what might happen next. As the Great Depression
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(background document‚ Dust bowl mini-q)Many of the farmers stayed‚ but some left. The farmers made profit during the war‚ but what it high must come down. What caused the conditions that lead to the terrible dust storms in the southern plains during the 1930’s? The dust bowl was caused by 3 main factors mechanization‚ grass lost on the prairies and a long lasting drought. The modernization of mechanization made to harvesting products to quickly easier leading to the dust bowl. The average of harvest in
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Declan Carroll American Leisure: Cinema of the 1920s and 1930s “Although music‚ radio‚ books‚ magazines‚ comics‚ sports‚ and other forms of mass entertainment were all significant in the thirties‚ nothing else was a central to American popular culture in that decade as motion pictures‚” (McElvaine‚ 208). Consumer and popular culture is present in the motion picture industry after World War I. A large percentage of Americans went to the movies each week during the 1920s. Surprisingly‚ that
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Crow Laws‚ laws that promoted the segregation and discrimination of African Americans¬‚ paved the way for further inequality. Jim Crow Laws authorized the segregation of many public sites such as schools‚ hospitals‚ and even water fountains. This unjust practice was fought against by many‚ unfortunately‚ to add
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Did you know that Dr. Luther King wanted to stop segregation? Well he was just an ordinary person and was a preacher in Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery who had thoughts that discriminating was bad. He also hated how they were seperated from whites. The second reason is when Rosa Parks was put in jailed in 1955 and MLK boycotted buses. The last reason is when he gave “I Have a Dream” speech. He was a person that impacted america. The first reason that he hated discrimination was that
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threats of war and chaos that could have a major impact on the masses. Through radio broadcasting‚ political leaders and military officials could efficiently update the people of America with the most up-to-date news. Prior to radio’s golden age in the 1930s‚ it was slowly but surely coming alive once the National Broadcasting Company became the first radio broadcast network.
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