2.1 Prosperity and crisis in the United States (2)

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Crisis!
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For today
Crisis!

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Goals
  • In this paragraph you will learn how prosperity formed in the US.
  • In this paragraph you will learn how the global economic crisis formed.
  • In this paragraph you will learn how the crisis was fought.
  • In this paragraph you will learn how the economy influenced culture.
  • Characteristic aspect: the global economic crisis.

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HW
Read 2.1 Prosperity in the 1920s
Make assignments 1, 2 and support 1.

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Roaring Twenties
What did these Roaring Twenties look like again?

Hoover: No more poverty!

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Crisis in the 1930s
  • Due to economic growth, there was a tremendously high level of optimism about the economy.
  • This optimism and growth reached a turning point on October 24, 1929
  • --> stock market crash caused an economic crisis (depression). 
  • Thousands of banks, businesses and farmers went bankrupt and millions of people became unemployed.

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Crisis in the 1930s
  • The global economy caused the crisis to spread around the world.
  • The stock market crash was the direct cause of the crisis.
  • Indirect causes were overproduction in agriculture and industry and buying on credit (loan).


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What am I?

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Get to work!
Read 2.1 Crisis in the 1930s
Make assignments 3 en support 2

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Done?
Start making a summary for the test!

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Goals
  • In this paragraph you will learn how prosperity formed in the US.
  • In this paragraph you will learn how the global economic crisis formed.
  • In this paragraph you will learn how the crisis was fought.
  • In this paragraph you will learn how the economy influenced culture.
  • Characteristic aspect: the global economic crisis.

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