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History/P1 12DoE/Exemplar 2007NSCMEMORANDUMELABORATION• Causes - Panic sales on stock market caused shares to become mostvalueless thus making millions bankrupt; policy of isolation - tradesuffered; high import tariffs were imposed; the policy of free enterprise;use of credit buying system of hire purchase; farmers unable to repaytheir loans• Effects - Disappointment; discontentment; despair; millions wereunemployed; money was devalued; prices of consumer goods rosedrastically; banks closed; bankruptcy; industries, factories andcompanies began to fold up; poverty occurred on a wide scale;socio-economic problems such as crime and juvenile delinquencybecame rife• Any other relevant point• Conclusion: Candidates should tie up their argument by showing theimpact of the Great Depression of 1929 on the USA. (30)Use the matrix on page 5 in this document to assess this essay2.4.2 [Analysis, synthesis and the ability to construct a coherentargument based on evidence – L3 – LO2 (AS2&3); LO3; (AS2,3 &4)]The candidate should include the following points in their response.SYNOPSISCandidates should evaluate the statement and show how they intendsupporting their argument with relevant evidence.MAIN ASPECTS• Introduction: Candidates should take a specific line of argument and showhow they intend supporting it.ELABORATION• Hoover followed a policy of non-interference• People were left to conduct their own affairs - 'rugged individualism'• The land of opportunity – practice of capitalism• Principles of self government, liberty, equal opportunity and freedom to theindividual• Convinced that prosperity would increase• There would be 'a chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage'• Any other relevant point• Conclusion: Candidates should tie up their argument.Use the matrix on page 5 in this document to assess this essay(30)[75]Copyright reservedPlease turn over