Economic recovery (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Event that ended the Great Depression
Event that ended the Great Depression
Second World War
Year USA entered WWII
Year USA entered WWII
1941
Definition of isolationism
Definition of isolationism
Policy avoiding involvement in other countries' affairs
Cash and Carry Plan (1939)
Cash and Carry Plan (1939)
Britain/France buy US weapons, pay cash, transport themselves
Lend Lease programme start date
Lend Lease programme start date
March 1941
Value of Lend Lease to Britain
Value of Lend Lease to Britain
$7000 million
Date of Pearl Harbor attack
Date of Pearl Harbor attack
7 December 1941
Date US declared war on Japan
Date US declared war on Japan
9 December 1941
War Production Board establishment date
War Production Board establishment date
January 1942
Role of War Production Board (WPB)
Role of War Production Board (WPB)
Convert peacetime industries to war production
US unemployment rate in 1939
US unemployment rate in 1939
17%
US unemployment rate by 1944
US unemployment rate by 1944
2%
Aircraft produced by US in 1944
Aircraft produced by US in 1944
96,000
Year arms sales to warring nations banned
Year arms sales to warring nations banned
1937
Ships Roosevelt gave Britain in 1940
Ships Roosevelt gave Britain in 1940
50 ships