Unit 19: Paper 3 (HL) — History of the Americas
Topic 19.12: The Great Depression and the Americas (mid 1920s–1939) Questions
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Which event is generally identified as the immediate trigger of the Great Depression in the United States?
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What was the main aim of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, established by Hoover in 1932?
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Examine the impact of the Great Depression on the political stability of Latin America in the years 1929–1939.
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Compare and contrast the impact of the Great Depression on Canada and Brazil in the years 1929–1939.
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Examine the causes of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the extent to which it led to the Great Depression in the United States.
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Evaluate the view that Republican government policy in the 1920s was primarily responsible for the Great Depression in the United States.
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To what extent was Herbert Hoover's belief in 'rugged individualism' responsible for the failure of his response to the Great Depression?
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Evaluate the effectiveness of Canadian government responses to the Great Depression between 1929 and 1935.
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Evaluate the successes and limitations of the First New Deal (1933-1934) in addressing the Great Depression.
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Discuss the reform measures of the Second New Deal (1935-1938) and their long-term impact on the United States.
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Discuss the impact of the collapse of the banking system on the American economy between 1929 and 1933.
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Analyse the reasons why the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 failed to protect the American economy from the Great Depression.
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Discuss the reasons for, and consequences of, Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) in Latin America during the 1930s.
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Compare and contrast the economic policies of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression in the United States.
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To what extent did the Great Depression change the political systems of Latin American states in the years 1929–1939?
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To what extent did criticism from the political left and right limit the effectiveness of the New Deal?
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Examine the relationship between economic hardship and cultural production in the Americas during the Great Depression.
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Examine the reasons why full economic recovery in the United States was not achieved until the Second World War.
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Evaluate the view that economic collapse was the primary cause of authoritarian takeovers in Latin America in the 1930s.
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Analyse the impact of the Great Depression on women and minority groups in the Americas in the years 1929–1939.
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