January 2023

The USA Boom

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Workers on an assembly line in the 1920s

Workers on an assembly line in the 1920s. Image by socialstudiesliteracytechnology The Boom and Depression in the USA

Presidents of the USA during the Boom and Depression Period

  1. Woodrow Wilson
  2. Warren G Harding
  3. Calvin Coolidge
  4. Hebert Hoover
  5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

A boom is a period where the majority […]

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The Great Depression

By |2022-09-15T12:34:15+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

People queueing during the Great Depression

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

  • It was a period of economic crisis or collapse of the USA and other countries’ economies

Causes of the Great Depression

  • The industries were producing more good than could be consumed […]

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President Hoover and the Great Depression

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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