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    2) Margaret Bourke-White‚ Kentucky Flood. 3) Dorothea Lange‚ Toward Los Angeles. The photographs taken during the Great Depression were documenting what was happening in that time. These photographs were offering a visual evidence to the viewer. These three photographs were depicting the poverty‚ pain‚ and sufferance of the migrant agricultural workers in the 1930s Depression Era. In the Migrant Mother‚ dorothea Lange’s most famous photograph‚ she captured the facial expressions that showed the

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    to the Great Depression? Thesis (Argument Statement) The Great Depression of the 1930s was caused by overproduction of goods by businesses into an economy that already had severe problems with speculation in the stock market and inequalities in wealth. Early‚ government intervention that decreased international trade only added to this problem. Outline The Great Depression The Great Depression was the worst and longest economic recession in the history of the world economy. The Depression started

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    the Great Depression starting 1929 and ending around 1941 ( “Causes of the Great Depression”). The cause of the Great Depression wasn’t just one‚ but many factors played in the Great Depression. Making it look like dominos falling one by one quickly. The stock market collapse‚ banks collapse‚ overproduction‚ and many other events affect the Great Depression. There were numerous and varieties of reasons for the Great Depression (“United States”). About ten years continued the Great Depression and

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    Prominent in the 1930s until the beginning of World War II‚ the Great Depression was responsible for a mass unemployment. At the same time‚ the United States also encountered a much larger influx of people migrating from Asia; the biggest group being Chinese‚ Japanese‚ and Filipino. The second wave of this migration was in part due to the liberation of the Philippines from Spanish colonization and the start of a period when the Philippines became a part of U.S. territory. This then allowed Filipinos

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    Americans to have an escape from the harsh reality of the Great Depression; they were able to provide Americans with this escape from reality by utilizing the best of technological innovation of the time which included sound and color films. The film industry created an environment where Americans could pay a small amount of money to sit down and enjoy a film that took them away from the bleak times of the depression. During the Great Depression countless business and even entire industries went bankrupt

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    After a period of over spending and many warnings of possible economic crash‚ an economic crisis that would destroy the economy occurred. On October 29‚ 1929 New York Stock Exchange crashed (Causes of the Great Depression). It is believed the 3 major caused that lead to The Great Depression

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    THE COMPARISON BETWEEN GREAT DEPRESSION AND RECENT RECESSION AND THEIR EFFECT IN CUSTOMER SERVICE The Great Depression had a great impact in the United States economy from 1929 to the late 1930s.Many people lost their jobs‚ savings‚ and homes. They were not sure about their future. Also‚ at the end of 2008‚ the United States and many developed countries faced a great recession than had paralleled the Great Depression‚ such as: excessive credit given to normal citizens (which was promoted by Federal

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    The Great Depression The Great Depression was a worldwide economic collapse that was caused by a number of things which include: speculation in the stock market‚ inequalities in wealth‚ bank failures‚ and drought conditions. It started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. It was the longest and most devastating depression ever experienced by the Western World. Before the Great Depression‚ there were few regulations that controlled the stock market. Stockholders were able to speculate and

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    Get in on the Act: What Historians Have Said About Political‚ Labor‚ Religious‚ and Social Leaders and the Agency of the Common Citizen in the Great Depression War‚ starvation‚ charges of corruption‚ mass migration‚ and desperation are often the subject of intense contemporary and historical scrutiny whenever and wherever they occur. The Great Depression of the 1930s‚ in America‚ contained all these elements and therefore left an indelible imprint on the minds of those who lived and struggled through

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    The Great Depression was known for the worst economic collapse in U.S history. The great depression mostly affected the poor and middle class people. Innumerous of Americans lost their savings when the bank collapsed in the 1930’s.This left many deprived from their homes since they could not met rent or mortgage. There are many causes to the Great depression then just the stock market crash. Many blamed President Hoover and the stocked market but I believe the great depression would still be inevitable

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