Economic Homefront: How World War II Helped Bring an End to The Great Depression Eleanor, Jennie, Syd, and Audrey Kate

The Great Depression & World War II

What Was the Great Depression?

What Was World War II?

Thesis World War II was a significant factor in ending the Great Depression, because the U.S. created its own markets, built its own war materials, and according to unemployment charts of the 1940s, unemployment dropped from over 20% to approximately 1%.

The Great Depression’s Problems & World War II’s Solutions The Great Depression’s Problems World War II’s Solutions Unemployment skyrocketedCreated more jobs for the unemployed Americans Factories were shut downUsed vacant factories to make war materials Companies went bankruptMore money in the economy

The U.S. Built its Own War Materials Scarcity of resources Used vacant factories Enabled entirely new industrial sectors

Factories & the People Who Worked There Closed-down factories of the Great Depression became shipbuilding and war material factories 6.5 million females joined the workforce America’s factories were at full production

Housing Price Rate

Unemployment Rate

Conclusion The U.S. formed its own markets The U.S. accommodated its closed-down factories into productive war factories Housing price rates increased and unemployment declined quickly

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