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    M Warner History April 23th‚ 2013 Canadian Life during the Great Depression Canadians were faced with many challenges during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The biggest challenges were the drought in the prairies‚ unemployment and being able to provide. It was a tough time to live in for Canadians and many other people around the world. Firstly‚ one of the challenges Canadians faced during the Great Depression was the disastrous drought in Saskatchewan. Canadians had to face the bitter

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    The social effects during the great depression. In the early 1930’s there was the great depression. This was caused when the market went into recession and did not recover causing the markets to crash and people lost all of their money. The great depression effected all of the people in many ways‚ one of the ways was socially. Firstly: The most effected people were the working class. Secondly: The class which was effected a little was the middle class. Finally: The class which was hardly effected

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    is when the Great Depression started and it was the beginning of the worst years in America. During this time‚ the stock market crashed‚ banks failed and people lost their jobs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) created the New Deal to help get out of the Great Depression. Social welfare programs‚ such as the New Deal‚ were created to help poor people get money who needed to live. It also assisted the banks and businesses. FDR created social welfare to help get out of the Great Depression and programs

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    loss of large amounts of money for the investors. During the boom period‚ everyone had invested in stocks leaving out little money for lending and circulating in the market thus resulting in a stock market crash. This collapse was known as the Wall Street Crash and marked the outbreak of the Great Depression in the USA that soon had a spillover effect in many other countries as a result of the US terminating its loans to them. The Great Depression was a global economic event characterized by inflation

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    The Great Depression‚ a global economic crisis that took place from 1929 to 1941 was the result of a combination of significant events that occurred in the 1920’s and would forever change the course of American history. Events that significantly contributed to the Great Depression include the economic policy of the United States‚ the stock market crash and a reduction in purchasing that impacted foreign countries as well. Environmental factors beyond human control like the dust bowl in the southwest

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    Social mobility during the Great Depression was extremely rigid. This means whatever class you were born in was the class you would stay in throughout your entire life. Some people saw this as a positive thing‚ mainly the upper class‚ but most people were devastated by this fact. Growing up‚ most people have dreams of being something bigger and better than their parents ever were. They want to make it big time‚ if their parents worked as a farmer or in a corner store for example‚ they would dream

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    The great depression has been a period of great difficulty for people all around the world. The unfortunate event that started in 1929 has fortunately ended. Australia was deeply affected by the stock market crash in Wall Street‚ New York. Unemployment rates were already at 10% before the crash and more than doubled to 21% in mid-1930s. By 1932‚ almost 32% of Australians were unemployed. Australia’s national income dropped by a third after the crash. More than 40 000 men were on the move around

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    Dorothea’s photos evoke profound emotions and convey the struggle of everyday life for migrants during the Great Depression. Born 1895 in Hoboken‚ she started her life out with polio‚ which she says formed‚ guided‚ instructed‚ helped‚ but humiliated her; it might’ve been the most important event ever to happen to her. During the 1960’s‚ Dorothea was told she only had months left to live‚ yet she had not finished all she had hoped to. Determined to create an extensive SFA-style documentary‚ she reached

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    The Great Depression‚ starting in the early 1930’s‚ was a devastating event putting millions out of work and destroying the economy of the time with frozen credit and deflation. The Great Depression left people of the United States hungry and scrambling to find jobs where there were none. Starting with the stock market crash‚ banks failing‚ and farmers left in shambles after World War I‚ it caused people to lose jobs leaving them on the streets unable to find new places of work because many companies

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    Life during the Great Depression was harsh and full of tragedies. This economic crisis affected many things‚ but the things it hit the hardest were schooling and education. School systems had to completely change to overcome the obstacles the Great Depression through at them. Many things in education were affected at this dark time such as‚ teachers lives‚ what they taught and student’s attendance. During the Great Depression jobs were hard to come by and very hard to keep. One of the hardest

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