2013-2014 final exam review 8 th grade social studies part 4: great depression, wwii, cold war
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2013-2014 Final Exam Review8th Grade Social Studies
PART 4: Great Depression, WWII, Cold War
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Crash of 1929• Speculation in stocks
and a consumer culture based on credit led to panic, bank runs and inflation.
• Anger at President Hoover led to shantytowns of unemployed being called Hoovervilles.
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The New Deal• During the New Deal years of the Great
Depression, the role of the federal government would drastically increase to meet the needs of the failing economy.
• FDR created a series of relief programs, for example, the Social Security Act, which established a system of unemployment insurance and pensions for retired workers.
• The New Deal also created an era of deficit spending, in which the government spent more money than it had to try and provide relief to Americans.
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TO DO LIST: #1- HELP BANKS
• FDR’s first order of business was to get the banking system in order
• On March 5, one day after taking office, FDR declared a bank holiday (closed banks for four days) to stop the bank failures.
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TO DO LIST: #2-
GET PEOPLE
TO WORK• Tomorrow you
will learn about the programs put into place by FDR to get people back to work.
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#3: KEEP THE PEOPLE INFORMED
• FDR communicated to Americans via radio
• His frequent “Fireside Chats” kept Americans abreast of the government’s efforts during the Depression
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World War IIpulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression
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U.S. Enters the War• The U.S. entered
the war after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
• The U.S. forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps until the end of the war. (The government paid reparations to Japanese Americans).
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Outcomes of WWII
• The Holocaust (discovery of the Final Solution)
• Nuremburg Trials– Trial for the highest
ranking Nazi members. Convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death.
• Creation of the United Nations: designed to promote world peace.
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The Cold War• Marshall Plan: a plan
for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II, proposed by U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall in 1947
• Korean War & Vietnam War: both were Cold War efforts to contain communism.
• Cuban Missile Crisis: tense 13 day standoff between the United States and Soviet Union over the placement of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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Current Events
• What places in the world are struggling against dictators?
• Where else do we see people fighting for civil rights?
• Who is the current president? Vice president? Governor of NY?