2.4 The great depression

1 / 15

Slide 1: Video

GeschiedenisMiddelbare schoolhavoLeerjaar 3

This lesson contains 15 slides, with text slides and 2 videos.

Lesson duration is: 50 min

Items in this lesson

Slide 1 - Video

The

Great Depression

The Roaring Twenties

Slide 2 - Slide

Harding.

Return to normalcy

Coolidge

Business of America is business

Hoover

Two cars in every garage

Roosevelt

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

Slide 3 - Slide

Roaring twenties

In America there was blind faith in the economy. Thanks to economic growth, prosperity would soon be available to everyone.

Slide 4 - Slide

The assembly line resulted in more and cheaper production, which means that

wages can rise
An increase in purchasing
More demand for products.

Slide 5 - Slide

Slide 6 - Video

The stock market

Farmers and companies borrowed money to invest.
Credit was used to buy stocks on the stock market.
The Stock market crashed on Black Thursday 1929.
The borrowed money couldn't be paid back.
Companies, factories and banks went bankrupt.
Many people lost their jobs

Slide 7 - Slide

Resultaat: grote armoede (hoovervilles)

Slide 8 - Slide

Slide 9 - Slide

Slide 10 - Slide

Slide 11 - Slide

The New Deal

President Roosevelt changed politics in the USA by starting an active government intervention called the New Deal.

Slide 12 - Slide

He made large projects to give the people a job

Slide 13 - Slide

Time to work...

read par 2.4
make par 2.4 (take a look at magister or Volta)
make a summary
work on your poster

timer

10:00

Slide 14 - Slide

Slide 15 - Slide