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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Approximately what percentage did US unemployment fall to by 1937, after standing at around 25% in 1933?
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Choose the correct answer: What percentage of Canadian workers were unemployed by 1933, according to the standard estimate for this period?
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Who criticised the New Deal from the political left for not going far enough, proposing the 'Share Our Wealth' programme?
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What was the main aim of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, established by Hoover in 1932?
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Choose the correct answer: Which Latin American leader seized power in 1930 and later established the authoritarian 'Estado Novo' in 1937?
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Choose the correct answer: Which Canadian prime minister introduced relief camps paying unemployed single men 20 cents a day for hard labour?
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Which New Deal measure created old-age pensions and unemployment insurance on a national basis for the first time?
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Choose the correct answer: Which policy describes the strategy of building domestic factories to replace previously imported manufactured goods, adopted by several Latin American governments in the 1930s?
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Choose the correct answer: The 1935 On-to-Ottawa Trek ended in violence when police stopped protesters at which city?
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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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