Unfortunate events leading up to the United States entering World War II.docx

Unfortunate events leading up to the United States entering World War II, also helped the U.S. end the
Depression and prosperity was restored. In 1929 the Great Depression begins in the United States. The
cause of the Depression, came from a few reason, stagnant wages, overproduction and speculation on
the stock market/buying on margin. (Lecture). These were the main causes of the Great Depression, but
the reason it’s the Great Depression because it not only affected the U.S. but it also affected most of the
world. However, countries that depended on exports were hard hit by the Depression. When automobile
production dropped by half in the United States and Europe, so did imports of rubber, devastating the
economies of Southeast Asia. (Text Page 635) When Hitler of Germany led the invasion Poland on
September 1, 1939, this started World War II. Most nations which were part of the British Empire and
Commonwealth declared war on Germany. This help lead the United States to start opening jobs up for