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    The great depression brought hard years for all canadians. The great depression was a time of low income and high poverty all over the world. There are many complex reasons. For this devastating time. The main causes of this tragedy are business choices‚ the drought and peoples financial choices. Choices businesses made affected the great depression deeply. Businesses made choices that made the great depression as severe as it was. They made choices that put themselves into much more debt than needed

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    others were pulled down along with them. During the depression period‚ “nickels and dimes were hard to come by.” (27) Shops closed down because of the decline in economy. Scout (the protagonist in To Kill a Mockigbird) mentioned‚ “There was no hurry‚ for there was nowhere to go‚ nothing to buy and no money to buy it with‚ nothing outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.”(6) All of Maycomb was affected in one way or another by The Great Depression. Of all of the people that were impacted‚ the farmers

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    The Great Depression was a time of turmoil‚ drama‚ hardships‚ and trials for most Americans‚ a time when jobs and homes they thought they could count on suddenly were gone. Getting food‚ clothing‚ and a bed became an everyday struggle for many. What caused the Great Depression of the United States and what effects did it have on the lives of the people? The Great Depression is one of the most misunderstood events in American History. The Great Depression‚ an awful‚ tragic event‚ was a time when

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    The Great Depression and The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck’s‚ The Grapes of Wrath portrays how the great depression affected the lives of industrialists and the common people of the era in both positive and negative way. The Grapes of Wrath has put the great depression in a different perspective. During that era‚ tragedies occurred such as‚ inhumanity‚ selfishness‚ and poverty. However‚ the great depression wasn’t complete downfall‚ such as‚ growth‚ maturity‚ and the power of family and fellowship

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    CASE STUDY 1: GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 The Great depression occurred in the United States of America (USA) during 1929 and lasted until 1939. The 1920’s‚ also known as the ‘Roaring twenties’‚ was a decade were the USA economy expanded rapidly. At that time people had found a new way of making money‚ very fast‚ through the buying and selling of market stocks. The interesting thing about this ‘new’ way of making money is that it did not differentiate economic status‚ hence the problem. Because anyone

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    The so-called “good life” in the United States seemed infinite before the Great Depression occurred. However‚ companies overproduced goods and farms failed‚ giving rise to the economic disaster in the United States. At the time‚ President Hoover wanted businesses to volunteer to help the American people while the government stepped back. Meanwhile‚ American citizens were losing their jobs and their life savings. The Great Depression’s leading causes were the problems of overproduction of goods‚ the

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    During the Great Depression‚ the Stock Market crashed.This caused an economic slump in North America and Europe‚ which quickly spread to a world wide depression. The government obviously had to respond. The crash caused hardships with the public. There was poverty and hunger and many complications. Unemployment was one of the complications during the Depression. Unemployment skyrocketed from 1929 to 1936 from almost 4% to 23%. There were twice as many African- Americans unemployed. Many couldn’t

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    The Impact of The Great Depression Depression can be defined as “a long and severe recession in and economy and market.” Although‚ the market was rushed into a depression‚ Americans faced the effects. Poverty attacked the lives of Americas witch led to many issues‚ such as crime‚ sorrow‚ and loss of homes. Bad credit instability and the inability to pay back loans resulted in loss of homes and land. Families of numerous numbers lived away from civilization with limited supplies. Picture 5‚ shows

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    The Great Depression: A Brief Analysis Brenna L. Shedd AIU Abstract There were many causes of the Great Depression‚ some of which include “The Great Crash” of the stock market‚ lack of spending by the average person‚ the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act and a massive drought in the Mississippi Valley. From this nation-wide crisis came Social Security as we know it‚ the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act‚ the creation of the SEC and stricter banking and stock market regulations. Overall

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    NEW DEAL ESSAY The Great Depression was a number of years in the 30s when the country’s economy totally crashed and there weren’t any jobs causing a very severe poverty in the country. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected during this harsh time for the country and he went into office with a plan called the New Deal. It was a series of economic programs to help pull the country out of the depression. It provided support for the time being and it also made sure that the country doesn’t

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