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President Hoover and the Great Depression

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:57:06+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hebert Hoover the 31st President of the United States

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939: President Hoover and the Great Depression

He was the source of anger and dissatisfaction among citizens
They believed he had let them down even if they had believed in him

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Effects of the Great Depression

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:57:25+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

People standing outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939: Effects of the Great Depression

There was a high rate of unemployment in the USA
Most city workers began to survive on soup and bread given by charity
Farmers […]

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President Roosevelt and the Great Depression

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:57:41+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939: President Roosevelt and the Great Depression

He defeated Hoover in the 1932 presidential elections and presented a ‘New Deal’
The new deal had the following aims:
1. To provide employment for the unemployed
2. To revive the […]

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First Hundred days or the First New Deal

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:58:02+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

People waiting outside a bank before the New Deal

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939: First Hundred days or the First New Deal

The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 saw the closure of all banks for checking by the government with 5000 trusted one reopening […]

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The Second Deal

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:58:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Second Deal

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939: The Second Deal

A Work Progress Administration was established in 1935
It was to help with the problem of unemployment and had various projects under it namely:
1. The Federal Writers Project to assist those with writings […]

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Opposition to the New Deal

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:58:22+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Rail workers during the New Deal

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939: Opposition to the Deal

The Deal was criticized by some groups in the USA
The Republican opponents criticized it for its high cost of implementation which strained the taxpayers
Industrialists were opposed to […]

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Successes of the New Deal

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:58:37+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The New Deal reduced unemployment

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939:Successes of the New Deal

It prevented a possible revolution as people had founded hope in the new government
It restored democracy in the USA as other countries turned to authoritarianism to deal with effects […]

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Failures of the New Deal

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:58:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Dusty farmland during the Great Depression and Recovery

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939: Failure of the New Deal

Discrimination against blacks still continued and many remained jobless and received low wages where they got employed
In the long run little had been done for […]

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