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    gained traction in post WWI. Some of the major things that contributed to Hitler’s rise‚ was Global Depression‚ the Weimar Republic and the history of Jewish discrimination in Europe. These things contributed greatly to Hitler and the rise of the Nazi Party. Global Depression was one of the effects on the world after WWI. Many countries after WWI were in a severe period of economic depression because of all the war debts that they had established throughout the war. Germany was greatly affected

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    British had tight control over a lot of different things like the people‚ money‚ trade‚ war and more. They made their people pay taxes on things they shouldn’t have been taxed‚ along with this the higher powers of Britain controlled everything and didn’t care who it affected. Parliament put taxes on many different things‚ Britain went into a large amount of debt. The people of Great Britain were the ones that had to pay for the debt‚ they paid it because of these taxes that got put on items that

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    crashed in 1929 and the Great Depression took hold in the United States‚ President Hoover did nothing- trusting that the market would recover and that it was just a passing event in American history. When President Franklin Roosevelt took office‚ he enacted immediate‚ powerful change to try and correct the damage done by the Great Depression. In his first 100 days in office‚ FDR accomplished many incredible things that helped the citizens of the United States survive the depression. He declared a four

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    I think that to a moderate or large extent‚ advances in industrialization had an impact on Great Britain in the 19th century. The industrial revolution was the transition to a new manufacturing process from about 1760 to somewhere in between 1820 and 1840. It included going from hand production to machine production‚ improved water power efficiency and improved steam power efficiency. The Industrial Revolution began in Britain‚ and some of the most important technological advances were British. The

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    Patrick crane Lewis 5 People during The Great Depression Seven million people died during The Great Depression due to starvation. Many of those that did survive did so due to the goodwill of others. If they didn”t find the support of others‚ they often died or experienced very unpleasant lifestyles. The unemployment rate was 24 percent and many people didn’t have a lot of money which meant they could not afford to feed their families‚ so their kids often left home to find work. Because

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    a child Ben attended a East Elementary and J.V. Martin Junior High. He later educated at Dillon High School where he graduated valedictorian. An interesting fact most don’t know‚ Ben Bernanke taught himself calculus in high school since the school did not offer the course. Ben was accepted into Harvard University and graduated with an A.B. degree‚ and later with an A.M. in economics. He also received a Ph.D degree in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979. After graduating

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    United States‚ Soviet Union‚ Great Britain‚ France and others‚ and the Central powers‚ who were‚ Germany‚ Italy and Japan and others. World War 2 was the first war to have chemical and biological warfare‚ so in one attack millions of people could die. World War 2 started during to a variety of things. The Great Depression clearly influenced World War 2. The United States was lending money to some countries in Europe to help them In the war‚ but with the depression they stopped. Germany needed

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    The 1920’s were in full roar in 1929‚ and the majority people were expecting it to last a long time. However‚ there were many underlying issues in the economy. Basic industry was falling apart due to a serious supply and demand problems. Surplus was abundant‚ but most people couldn’t buy them. A lot of people didn’t have very much money and often used credit to buy things‚ especially stocks to increase their money quickly. Because of this‚ they had incredible amounts of debt. Quite a few relied on

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    Summarized position 1 Professor Burton Folsom’s position indicates that the New Deal prolonged the Great Depression. He argues that Roosevelt’s New Deal policies interfered with and prolonged economic depression because they heavily taxed private businesses‚ farmers‚ and veterans. For example‚ Biles supported Congress’s passage of the Smoot-Hawley tariff Act in 1930‚ which raised taxes on imported goods. However‚ Folsom points out that the act was disastrous to the American Economy. Foreign countries

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    significant difficulties including economic problems and starvation. Along with these issues‚ people tried there best to do what they could to be able to survive. Many citizens banded together and formed organizations in an attempt to restore the prices of goods and services. Farmers were the majority of the people who were leading the fight against the Great Depression. Family’s were struggling in different ways depending on what their economic situation was. In an attempt to have a meal some of them

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