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    In the 1930s the United States was suffering from the Great Depression. People were out of work and penniless‚ but Hollywood actors raised several American Spirits. Shirley Temple a child star‚ Clark Gable the first macho man‚ and Charlie Chaplin an English born actor who became an American movie icon were all actors who raised American spirit on the silver screen during the Great Depression. Shirley Temple was a child star who lifted American hearts. Shirley started her career at the young age

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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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    crash and the ensuing Great Depression exposed major weaknesses in the U.S. and world economies. These ranged from chronically low farm prices and uneven income distribution to trade barriers‚ a surplus of consumer goods‚ and a constricted money supply. As the crisis deepened‚ President Hoover struggled to respond. In 1932‚ with Hoover’s reputation in tatters‚ FDR and his promised "New Deal" brought a surge of hope. Although FDR’s New Deal did not end the Great Depression it eased the people’s suffering

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    The Great Depression affected everyone in America. Families were forced to leave their homes‚ northern cities became over populated‚ artists were inspired‚ and the president was given a bad reputation. The Great Depression majorly hurt the American economy. In October of 1929‚ when the stock market crashed‚ a total 12.9 million shares were traded (History.com Staff “The Great Depression”). The stock market crash triggered the Great Depression in America. Any American that had invested in the stock

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    The Great Depression: The Worst Of Canada ’s Society Eric Xie February 21‚ 2014 Mr. Vander Meulen CHC 2D1-02 Outline The Great Depression brought out

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    The Great Depression is regarded as the greatest and extensive 20th-century economic recession. It originated from the 1929 crash of the United States of America stock market crash‚ and it did not absolutely end until 1946 after World War II. Economists often allude to the Great Depression as being the most serious economic occurrence of the 20th century. The Great Depression was a time that was characterized by record decline in economic activity (Clements 45). The Great Depression plunged the U

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    The great depression was caused mainly due to the Stock Market Crash of 1929. This was a widespread panic that hurt investors and cost many people their jobs. On the infamous date where the stock market began to crash‚ investors rushed to get their investments out of the market before it was too late. Individuals also ran to banks to get their money out of the banks but it was impossible for the banks to give everyone all of their money because they had invested a large proportion of the people’s

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    through some wonderful technological and social advancement‚ and some shockingly difficult financial and world shifting issues. This assignment will focus on the years between 1929; the year the Great Depression started and 1945‚ the year the Second World War ended‚ looking at how the Great Depression

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    The Great Depression had a great economic effect upon the nation‚ to which the existing laws and government were unprepared for. The government tried to help‚ but due to “rapidly declining government funds‚ state and local governments relied largely on relief administered by religious and charity organizations” (Downs). In an economic crisis‚ governments at the state and local levels were rendered incapable of offering much aid‚ without laws for the situation at hand. The Depression’s effect upon

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    1. The effect of the Great Depression on the society of any country in the Americas. The Great Depression brought a rapid rise in the CRIME RATE as many unemployed workers resorted to petty theft to put food on the table. Suicide rates rose‚ as did reported cases of malnutrition. Prostitution was on the rise as desperate women sought ways to pay the bills. Health care in general was not a priority for many Americans‚ as visiting the doctor was reserved for only the direst of circumstances. Alcoholism

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