Information on The Great Depression The Dust Bowl and WWII What you will learn You will know what caused The G reat D epression The Dust B owl and WWII You will know what effects they had on society ID: 427004
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Troubling Times
Information on: The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, and WWIISlide2
What you will learn
You will know what caused The
G
reat
D
epression, The Dust Bowl and WWII.You will know what effects they had on society.You will be able to answer a few questions on each subject.
Objective:Slide3
Main Menu
Great Depression
Dust BowlWWII
After you complete each section click the test below to take a quick quiz
.
Click each picture to view more information on each subject.Slide4
The Great Depression
Causes
Effects
Timeline
Click on the coins to go to each section when finished click the money sign to go back to main menu.Slide5
Timeline
1929
: Stock market crashed, Black Tuesday
Late
1932: Stocks reached their lowest
point1933: banks had closed1933
: Unemployment reached its highest level1933: (NRA) was
introduced
1933
:
(
FDIC) was established to insure bank
deposits safe
1941
:
WWII
stimulated the American economy
,brought
an end to the Great DepressionSlide6
Causes
October 21, 1929, stock prices started to fall,, On Thursday, October 24, 1929, the stock market plunged again. On Monday, October 28, 1929, the market lost 13% of its value.
On Tuesday, October 29 (known as “Black Tuesday”), the stock market crashedSlide7
M
illions of workers lost their jobs.9,000+ banks closed, millions lost their life savings.FDIC was created to insure money would be safe.Changes were made to stock market to prevent further crashes.
Tax rate changed significantly for the wealthiest Americans
Effects
Click on the question mark to see who was responsible for helping us get out of the depression.Slide8
The Dust Bowl
CausesEffects
Timeline
Click on the sticks to go to each section when finished click the flower to go back to main menu.Slide9
Timeline
1931:drought began
1932:storms increased1933: prices down1934: drought worst ever1935-1937: restoration is sought while drought continues1938: RAIN!!!Slide10
Causes
Major droughtToo much cultivating on same landDust stormsSlide11
Effects
Caused dust pneumonia
Fertile land became barren500,000 left homeless
2.5 million people moved
Land value declinedSlide12
World War II
Causes
EffectsTimeline
Click on the cannons to go to each section when finished click the peace sign to go back to main menu.Slide13
Timeline
6-28-1918:Treaty
of Versailles signed
1-30-1933:Hitler
appointed Chancellor of
Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg 3-12-1938:Germany invades Austria9-3-1939:Britain and France declare war on Germany 3-12-1940: Finland signs peace treaty with Soviet Union1945 victory over JapanSlide14
Causes
World War I
Treaty of VersaillesGermany attack on France through BelgiumHitlerSlide15
Effects
Millions of people lost their lives
People were left homeless
Formation of United Nations
Brought end to unemploymentSlide16
Quiz
What was the day the stock market crashed called?Black Friday
Black Tuesday Black MondaySlide17
What year did Finland sign the peace treaty with the soviet union?
193819181940Slide18
What illness did people get from the dust bowl?
Wind Headache
Dust PneumoniaDry Disease Slide19
The End
CLICKSlide20
Citationshttp://www.thegreatdepressioncauses.com
/http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dust-bowl-facts.htmlhttp://www.world-war-2.info/
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-and-effects-of-world-war-2.htmlhttp://www.buzzle.com/articles/effects-of-the-great-depression.html