ever seen. On October 29‚1929‚ or “Black Tuesday”‚ marked the start of the decade long depression. There are clear reasons why the event occurred‚ how it ended‚ and how it affected the common person. On October 29‚ 1929 the worst stock market crash the United States had ever seen began. The crash happened because there was a rapid growth in bank credit and loans in the United States (About the Great Depression). About one month earlier‚ several mini crashes occurred which scared investors into selling
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others were pulled down along with them. During the depression period‚ “nickels and dimes were hard to come by.” (27) Shops closed down because of the decline in economy. Scout (the protagonist in To Kill a Mockigbird) mentioned‚ “There was no hurry‚ for there was nowhere to go‚ nothing to buy and no money to buy it with‚ nothing outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.”(6) All of Maycomb was affected in one way or another by The Great Depression. Of all of the people that were impacted‚ the farmers
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How far do sources suggest that‚ as a political leader‚ Attlee was not very effective. After World War II in 1945‚ the Labour Party got elected and as leader‚ Clement Attlee (1945-55) was voted Prime Minister. After the hard times during the war‚ people did not think Winston Churchill was able to run a safe‚ stable and peaceful government. This led to the public voting for Attlee‚ a more peaceful person for a more peaceful time. However‚ this inevitably led everyone to judge his ability as leader
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Franklin Roosevelt fought the Great Depression as if fighting a war‚ and so assumed wartime presidential power. During the Great Depression‚ FDR and the government were able to pass legislation that created a more socialist and seemingly communist society. In the areas of the country hit hardest‚ like the Tennessee Valley‚ extreme measures were taken. The government established the Tennessee Valley Authority with the purpose to address the crisis. With the Tennessee Valley Authority‚ the government
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During the Great Depression the American people suffer the worse of it from the Bread lines‚ Hooverville‚ and the degradation of the social norms. Before men went to ask for relief‚ Men exhausted their savings and borrowed from friends and family‚ their last option would the bread line. Also‚ many minorities suffered during the Great Depression‚ minorities were often the last to be hired and first to be fired. Also‚ farmers suffer as well‚ having purchased costly equipment for agriculture found it
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The Great Depression was a point of time in history where people thought everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. Everyone was loosing their jobs‚ people were lining up in soup kitchens‚ and all the banks were running out of money. American was made up of immigrants‚ and those people had come to America to escape this kind of depression to have a better life. In the 1920’s people seriously believed that the stock market could go up and up forever. Also people were investing in things often
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The Great Depression was a time of widespread poverty‚ unemployment‚ and homelessness lasting from 1929 to 1941. The events leading up to the Great Depression formed a snowball effect. During the Roaring 20s‚ the wealth was not being shared with the workers. Wages were not keeping up with rising prices‚ so workers were unable to pay for goods. As fewer products were being sold‚ factories had to let go of workers. All these factors caused a gap between the rich and the poor as the middle class fell
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Importance of Effective Communication Skills By Samata‚ P. To begin with‚ I would like to relate an amusing story - Once‚ two mice were being chased by a cat. The two mice were - a mother mouse and a child mouse. After‚ quite an exhaustive chase‚ mother mouse in a bid to scare the cat away‚ started to shout like a Dog‚ "Bow‚ Bow". Immediately the cat had to give up the chase thinking some dog is chasing her. Then in a very philosophical tone the mother mouse started explaining the child mouse that
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Hitler’s rise to power was slow in the beginning‚ but quickly 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
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Depression and a “Great” Depression have two totally different definitions. Hence it is all in the name. Well a great depression not only affects on country but many countries. Many economic historians say that it was not just caused by one particular thing‚ but many things. The depression originated in the U.S. after the fall in stock prices that began in October‚ 29‚ 1929-1941 known as “Black Tuesday”. A lot of people started to invest in stocks‚ during the 1920s‚ when everything was going great
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