The Great Depression: impact (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Event triggering Great Depression
Event triggering Great Depression
Wall Street Crash of 1929
US unemployment rate 1929
US unemployment rate 1929
3%
US unemployment rate 1932
US unemployment rate 1932
25%
Number unemployed by 1932
Number unemployed by 1932
13 million
Industrial production fall 1929-32
Industrial production fall 1929-32
45%
Business profits 1929 to 1932 change
Business profits 1929 to 1932 change
1bn
Companies closed by 1932
Companies closed by 1932
20,000
Farm families losing farms 1930-34
Farm families losing farms 1930-34
Over 1 million
The 'Dust Bowl'
The 'Dust Bowl'
Drought & winds blew away topsoil in Midwest/southern plains
'Hoovervilles'
'Hoovervilles'
Camps of makeshift shelters for homeless, named after Hoover
'Breadlines'
'Breadlines'
Queues for free food at soup kitchens
Americans in poverty by 1933
Americans in poverty by 1933
Over 60%
Toledo, Ohio unemployment rate
Toledo, Ohio unemployment rate
80%