1930s AP History Study Guide PDF

**1930s AP History Study Guide** **BACKGROUND: THE CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION** **1. Over production and over expansion** - - - - - - - - - - **2. Canada's dependence on a few primary products** - - - - - - - - - - - **3. Canada's dependence on t...

**1930s AP History Study Guide** **BACKGROUND: THE CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION** **1. Over production and over expansion** - - - - - - - - - - **2. Canada's dependence on a few primary products** - - - - - - - - - - - **3. Canada's dependence on the US** - - - - - - **4. High tariffs choked international trade** - - - - **5. Too much credit buying** - - - - - - - - - - - - **6. Too much credit buying on stocks** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FORT KNOX: taking everyones gold and changing its value, gold was linchpin to pay for deals. Indians know how to preserve power with gold and they know currency loses value. **THE PROBLEM OF THE DEPRESSION:** - - - - - What causes the ECONOMY to change from prosperity to depression? **PROSPEROUS OR ECON TIMES (BOOM CYCLE)** The upward economic cycle: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. - **2 reasons why there was a demand for goods in the 1920s:** **Economic prosperity**: The post-World War I boom increased consumer incomes, enabling people to afford more goods. **Mass production**: Advancements in manufacturing (e.g., assembly lines) lowered costs, making products like cars and appliances more accessible. **DEPRESSION TIMES (BUST CYCLE)** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. - **OCTOBER 1929 - STOCK MARKET CRASH:** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **SUNSHINE AND ECLIPSE:** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. - 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. **THE 1930S:** - - - - - - POLITICS - - - - - - - - - Bennett buggies: a car pulled by horses as the owners could not afford to put gas in it. Bennett boroughs: the villages made of shacks and cardboard boxes that emerged outside. Bennett blankets: newspapers used to keep a person warm on cold nights. Bennet coffee: coffee made from wheat or barley as coffee beans were too expensive. Bennet barnyards - an abandoned farm. - - - - - **DIRTY JOBS AND NO MONEY:** RELIEF PAYMENTS - - - - - - BENNETT COMBATS THE DEPRESSION - - - -  THE RELIEF CAMPS - - - - - ON TO OTTAWA - - - - - - - \* the first cycle is normal and the second one is the boom bust cycle - **TWO DEPRESSION ERA PRIME MINISTERS:** ### **R.B. Bennett (1930--1935)** #### **Years in Office** - #### **Personal Background** - - - - #### **Political Party** - #### **Political Beliefs** - #### **Depression Strategies** 1. 2. 3. 4. #### **Success and Failures** - - - ### **William Lyon Mackenzie King (1921--1948)** #### **Years in Office** - #### **Personal Background** - - - #### **Political Party** - #### **Political Beliefs** - - #### **Depression Strategies** 1. 2. 3. #### **Success and Failures** - - **PROFILES IN CANADIAN HISTORY:** AGNES MACPHEIL: - - - BIBLE BILL ABERHARDT: - - - - - - - CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH FEDERATION: - - - - SOCIAL GOSPEL: - - - JS WOODSWROTH: - **CANADA: A PEOPLE\'S HISTORY** [INTRO] - - - - - - RIDING THE RAILS - - - - - - - NEW GENERATIONS: - - - - - ENEMIES WITHIN: - - - - - - - - - - - - BLOWN AWAY: - - - DEAR MR PRIME MINISTER: - END OF OF THE LINE: - - - ON TO OTTAWA TREK: - - - - - - - NOTE: Through taxation, the government keeps you in a range of money to make sure not too many people are rich so they can escape the system. And the social democratic system is very conspiracy. A CLEAN SWEEP: - - - - - - - - - A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN - - - - - - - POLITICS OF HOPE: - - - - LOVE AND WAR: - - - - THE GRIP TIGHTENS: - - - - - - - MR KING GOES TO BERLIN - - - - - - - - THE ONLY HOPE IS CANADA: - - - - - - - - THE END OF THE DEPRESSION: - - - - - - - - - - - - - **[In conclusion:]** Mobilizing the economy for world war finally cured the depression. Millions of men and women joined the armed forces, and even larger numbers went to work in well-paying defense jobs. **THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM:**