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The Century – America’s Time: STORMY WEATHER 1929-1936The stock market crash of 1929 ushered in the greatest period of economic malaise in America’s history. The Great Depression shaped the atmosphere for a decade; the most prosperous country on earth could not feed its own citizens. But even as Americans were trying to cope with poverty and hunger, the rumblings of a demagogue across the water became louder and louder. 1. What was the Bonus Army, and what did it do? 2. What were some of the causes of the Great Depression?3. What caused the Bank Panic? What was the result?4. Almost everyone in the country felt the effects of the Great Depression. How did the depression affect average Americans?5. Why did so many unemployed Americans blame themselves?6. How did Americans temporary gain escape from their financial woes through recreation? Give an example.7. What was the Dust Bowl? How did it exacerbate the Great Depression?8. Why did more Americans join the Communist Party in the 1930s than any other time?9. Why did 100,000 Americans go to the Soviet Union during this time?10. Why were Hitler and Nazism so appealing to Germans in the 1930s?11. How did Franklin Delano Roosevelt use radio to help restore American confidence in their government and the economy?12. What was FDR’s New Deal? What did it attempt to do?13. Civilian Conservation Corps:14. Works Progress Administration:15. How was Germany able to recover so quickly from its recession? ................
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