The Great Depression

by Downing, David

• ISBN13: 9781588103741
• ISBN10: 1588103749
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree

Summary

Through this book, readers will learn: why October 29, 1929, is known as "Black Tuesday"; what the "Dust Bowl" was and how it added to the misery of the Great Depression; and what President Roosevelt's "New Deal" programs accomplished.

Table of Contents

An Economic Catastrophe	4	(2)
Consequences of World War I	6	(2)
Europe in the 1920s	8	(2)
The United States in the 1920s	10	(2)
The Great Crash	12	(2)
From Crash to Depression	14	(2)
From the U.S. to the Rest of the World	16	(2)
In the Cities	18	(2)
Protest	20	(2)
On the Land	22	(2)
Roosevelt's New Deal	24	(2)
Making the New Deal Work	26	(2)
Great Britain and France	28	(2)
The World at Large	30	(2)
Germany and Japan	32	(2)
Race and Gender	34	(2)
Arts and Entertainment	36	(2)
Economics and Politics	38	(2)
Short-Term Effects: the Drift to War	40	(2)
Legacies of the Great Depression	42	(2)
Great Depression Time Line	44	(1)
Highs and Lows - Graphs	45	(1)
More Books to Read	45	(1)
Glossary	46	(2)
Index	48