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    The Start to the French Depression: Another country that suffered just as much as the United Kingdom had was France. Causes of their downward spiral were due to an underdeveloped economy. France’s industry was far inferior to Great Britain’s‚ particularly in farming. Tourism was also a big part of France’s economy‚ and during this time‚ many individuals simply did not have the money to travel around the world. France‚ like the United Kingdom‚ also suffered to recover from World War I. While not

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    There have been many catastrophic events in the United States. Some helped the nation come together. Although others broke our country and made it feel almost impossible to recover. The Great Depression was one of the longest and deepest economic slumps to occur in the world. The Great Depression started in the summer of 1929 with what was thought at the time a small recession. Stock prices slowly climbed and production of goods slowed down. In October of 1929 the stock market crashed. Around 14

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    Section 3 In the 1930’s there was a sudden drop of the economy‚ this was called the Great Depression. This was a time of mass unemployment. The people in america had though life of living in camps similar to refugee camps and doing anything for money. The real cause of the Great Depression is unknown‚ but the most popular examples are the banking system‚ the economy and the federal house. First‚ there was a weak banking system. When the stock market finally crashed in October 29th 1929 $14 billion

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    atmosphere consists of several “greenhouse gases”‚ some of them ate natural like carbon dioxide (CO2)‚ methane‚ and nitrous oxide and these greenhouse gases cause the same effect as the glass does in a normal greenhouse. The greenhouse of the Earth works as following: when the heat from the sun hits the atmosphere surrounding Earth‚ some of the heat is reflected back into the universe. The rest of the heat is absorbed by the surface of the Earth. The heated Earth now emits heat back into the atmosphere

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    is in right now. You cannot turn on the television without hearing about it. Economic recessions and depressions have occurred all throughout the history of modern economics‚ some date back as far as the 1700s. The National Bureau of Economic Research defines economic recession as a significant decline in the economic activity spread across the economy‚ lasting more than a few months. A depression is a severe economic downturn that lasts several years. What exactly can we do to get out of this economic

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    biggest worries. You no longer can get the things you used to have‚ and your family is in danger of losing the house. The Great Depression was a hard time of economic collapse. Many teens left their homes to try to find a job‚ food became scarce‚ and tons of people lost their jobs. Those are some effects that the Great Depression had on Americans. One effect of the Great Depression was that a lot teens or kids left their homes and tried to find a job. During the 1930’s‚ teens or even kids‚ more than

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    The first R is relief. The relief efforts in the Great Depression took immediate action to halt the economy’s deterioration. There was a bank holiday declared to calm down the panic and after the bank holiday Roosevelt passed the Emergency Banking Act that closed the insolvent banks and only reopened the solvent ones. Roosevelt soon after passed the Federal Emergency Relief Act that gave immediate help to those that needed it in the form of cash payments. I wish I could get some free money. The

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    Causes of the Great Depression Sara Andrews English Comp. 1301 Throughout the 1920s‚ new industries and new methods of production led to wealth and prosperity in America. America was able to use its great supply of raw materials to produce steel‚ chemicals‚ glass‚ and machinery that became the foundation of an enormous boom in consumer goods. However‚ this great prosperity ended in the fall of 1929‚ which marked the beginning of an era known as the Great Depression (Carrol). The Great Depression

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    Causes of the Great Depression the 1920’s was period of grate happiness among the people of all kind‚ but it was not until the end of this decade that the financial had been noticed. Later a place called the stock market crash of 1929 came as a shock to most Americans and especially the bankers‚ that looking at the causes of the Great Depression; it was clear how America entered this period. Not only was there poor economic‚ but an uneven distribution of wealth and poor debt structure. The first

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    Background Information: Causes of the Great Depression (This article is an excerpt from the Social Studies Eleven: Student Workbook written by Yvette Plante and Jorda Miller‚ and edited by Jerry Falk) On October 29th 1929‚ the economic boom of the twenties abruptly came to an end. The stock exchanges of New York‚ Toronto‚ and Montreal “crashed‚” and North Americans were plunged into the Great Depression. By the time the Depression was over‚ Canadians had suffered through massive unemployment

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