The Great Depression and Its Impact (HSC SSCE Modern History): Flashcards
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Wall Street Crash date
Wall Street Crash date
29 October 1929 (Black Friday)
US unemployment rate by 1932
US unemployment rate by 1932
22.5%
Herbert Hoover's presidency years
Herbert Hoover's presidency years
1929-1933 (31st US President)
Smoot-Hawley Tariff year
Smoot-Hawley Tariff year
1930
FDR's New Deal
FDR's New Deal
Govt programme of social/economic policies for Depression relief
Hoovervilles
Hoovervilles
Shanty towns built from tin & cardboard by homeless families
Average family income drop (%)
Average family income drop (%)
40% (from 1,500 annually)
Bonus Army size (1932)
Bonus Army size (1932)
62,000 WWI veterans
GDP increase by 1934
GDP increase by 1934
10.8%
Eleanor Roosevelt's UN role (1946)
Eleanor Roosevelt's UN role (1946)
Helped draft Universal Declaration of Human Rights
