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1 | | What caused the stock market boom to get so out of hand? What was the crash like? |
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2 | | Which two industries were most responsible for the New Era industry and hence substantially to blame for the Great Depression when they slumped? |
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3 | | Why did the slumping industries have trouble selling accumulated inventory? |
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4 | | What were the problems with the credit structure of the economy? |
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5 | | What impact did international trade and debt factors have on the American economy? What role did U.S. tariff policy play? |
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6 | | What happened to the banking system early in the Depression? What role did the Federal Reserve System play? |
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7 | | What was the extent of unemployment in the Depression era? |
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8 | | To what extent was the Depression a global as well as American episode? |
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9 | | Describe the human impact in key industrial cities and on the farms. How effective were local, state, and private relief agencies in meeting the ravages of widespread unemployment? |
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10 | | Compare and contrast the impact of the Great Depression on blacks, Hispanics, and Asians with its impact on whites. What demographic shifts occurred in this period? |
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11 | | What effect did the Depression have on attitudes about the role of women and the realities of life for women? |
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12 | | How did American families adjust to the pressures of hard times? |
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13 | | What impact did the Depression have on the traditional success ethic of Americans? |
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14 | | How were the hard times reflected in intellectual art and literature? |
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15 | | What role did radio play for Depression-era Americans? |
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16 | | What American values and interests were reflected in the motion pictures and popular literature of the 1930s? |
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17 | | How much allure did such radical movements as communism and socialism have for Americans in the 1930s? What was the "Popular Front" approach and why did it end? |
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18 | | How did artists and writers, including those on the political left, shape public perceptions of the human effects of the Depression? |
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19 | | What were Herbert Hoover's first approaches to combating the Depression? How effective were they? |
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20 | | What was Hoover's new approach to the Depression after mid-1931? What caused his shift in emphasis? |
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21 | | What impact did Hoover's handling of the veteran's Bonus March have on his popularity? |
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22 | | What made Franklin Roosevelt such an attractive presidential candidate for the Democrats? Why did he win the 1932 election? |
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23 | | How did Roosevelt react to Hoover's demand for policy pledges during the "interregnum" of the winter of 1932-1933? |
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