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The Great Depression

ICSE · Class 11 · History

Complete topic list for The Great Depression in ICSE Class 11 History. Key concepts, sub-topics, and what to focus on for board exams.

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Topics in The Great Depression

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1. America before the Crash

  • After Wilson, three Republican Presidents came to power: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover.
  • The Republican Party was more conservative than the Democrats.
  • Harding gave the cry, 'America will be back to normalcy.' This meant a return to pre-war stability and isolation.
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2. Causes and effects of the Wall Street Crash

  • The boom ended suddenly with the Wall Street Crash of October 1929.
  • Marxian explanation: over production in industry caused saturation of the market.
  • Liberal historians give four causes: overconfidence in permanent prosperity, speculation in shares, heavy investment in weapons industry, and unequal distribution of wealth.
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3. Hoover’s response to the Depression

  • Herbert Hoover became President in 1929 during prosperity and then faced the crash.
  • He first tried to protect home industries by raising tariffs on imports.
  • Taxes were reduced to increase people’s purchasing power.
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4. Roosevelt and the New Deal

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt became President in March 1933.
  • He was born in 1882 at New York and was paralysed in his lower parts because of polio.
  • Roosevelt closed all banks and forbade withdrawal of gold and silver to restore confidence.

Key Concepts

Central concept: The Great Depression and its impact on the United States, Germany, and Japan

Post-World War I AmericaEconomic boom of the 1920sWall Street Crash of 1929Causes of the Great DepressionHoover’s responseFranklin D. Roosevelt and the New DealSupreme Court oppositionGermany under the Weimar Republic

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Key topics in The Great Depression include The Great Depression – Chapter Overview Mind Map, Mind map showing the various dimensions of American prosperity in the 1920s, including industrial growth, consumer culture, economic indicators, and social changes., Flowchart showing how multiple economic weaknesses converged to cause the stock market crash and trigger the Great Depression.. These are the concepts ICSE Class 11 examiners draw on most — study them first, then practise related questions.
How to score full marks in The Great Depression — ICSE Class 11 History?
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