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    radio‚ movies with sounds‚ and even medical advancements like penicillin. Unfortunately‚ all good things must come to an end; and these years of joy did on October 29‚ 1929. That day was marked as “Black Tuesday‚” because that was the day that the stock market crashed. People in the world can dispute for hours over what truly caused the depression‚ but the truth is that it wasn’t just one particular thing. Many say that the stock market crash is the sole purpose‚ and that is correct to a point

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    The Greatest Depression of Plath The end of World War One transitioning into the great depression would make for an unlikely time for two European descendants to birth one of the most highly influential poets of their time. October 27‚ 1932 would mark the day that Otto Plath and Aurelia Plath had become the parents of this astounding poet Sylvia Plath. The relationships that she would begin to form with her parents from such a young age would be a unique and complicated tale. Reflections of Sylvia’s

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    1930’s when the great depression was at its greatest. This led to making people feel better and happier about the great depression. The great depression was a big part in shaping regionalism art. People would paint painting to lighten people’s feeling and also let people see what the world has to offer them and the beauty. Regionalism art was mostly used to show the beauty of cities and america heartland and new technology. It was seen more often in the 30’s were the great depression was at its highest

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    problem of the Great Depression. People believed he would be able to combat the Depression more than his predecessor‚ who was running for office against Roosevelt‚ Herbert Hoover. FDR brought hope to the people of the US during this time through regularly scheduled radio broadcasts called “Fireside Chats.” Immediately he launched the New Deal to stop the Great Depression. In FDR’s first 100 days‚ he pushed Congress to pass 16 new agencies and laws. He also tried to lift America out of the Great Depression

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    concluded‚ that the economic impact of the first World War caused the Great Depression in the1930s. Yet they disagree as to whether exogenous shocks or economic stagnation following the war lead to the depression. Peter Temin‚ Christina Romer and Michael Calamaris believe that a series of monetary shocks during the late 1920s‚ that had their origins during and after the great war‚ turned an economic downturn of 1929 into the depression of the 30s. Temin argues that the “collapse of US agriculture coupled

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    Its 1927‚ the great flood of Mississippi has been the worst natural disaster. More than 23‚000 square miles of land has been destroyed‚ thousands of people have had nowhere to live‚ and around 250 people have died. While going through this great depression‚ we had near no food‚ plantations flooded‚ farms ruined‚ we couldn’t eat a lot‚ nor even live. More than 200‚000 African Americans have been displaced from their homes along the Lower Mississippi River‚ and have had to live in camps. The flood

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    Depression is when a person feels sad or depressed to the point that it affects his work for a long period of time (2). This can affect a person’s identity because he may see himself as a person who is constantly down and has no motivation to do anything. Living with this psychological disorder can also strain relationships because the people living around the person with depression may not understand what he is going through at the moment. Depression can also affect a person in education because

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    Ms. Macaulay How did the Great Depression weaken Western democracies? The Great Depression‚ began in 1929‚ has lasted for about10 years. It had destructive influence on economy and politics‚ which‚ as a result‚ weakened Western democracies a lot. Firstly‚ why the Great Depression occurred? With the development of economic globalization and world multipolarization‚ the collapse of one country’s economy was very easy to cause a global negative effect. Before the Great Depression‚ WWI brought

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    Hoover had also dealt with economic hardships and ultimately did nothing. And just like Hoovers predecessors he too ended up doing nothing‚ he was also coined the nickname the “do-nothing president” (104). At first he seemed to do a lot during mid November he held council for nine days he brought together the “finance‚ constriction‚ public utilities‚ agriculture‚ labor‚ and the Federal Reserve system” (104). He brought all of these groups together in order to get the finances of the United Sates in

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    Max Berman Mr. Diaz-Williamson World History 1 May 2015 The Great War’s Effect on America’s Production Great in scale‚ death toll‚ and influence‚ the First World War was the primary factor that built the United States into the superpower it is today. Woodrow Wilson‚ by ending the long-standing isolationism engulfing America and rally the country to enter World War I‚ ushered in a new era for America and its foreign policy. His mission to “make the world safe for democracy” set the tone for many

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