Women in the Great Depression What is the Great Depression? The Great Depression was a time of extreme hardship for many around the world especially within Australia. It began before the market crash in prices and lasted until World War 2. Many people became unemployed with a record at 29%. Many lost their houses forcing families‚ women and men to relocate to alternative accommodation. Women were especially affected by the disastrous depression. The importance of their roles within the household
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The Effects of the Great Depression The Great Depression was a horrible event that took place almost 100 years ago. It was a time in our society when people had no money and no food. Everyone was losing their jobs because the companies couldn’t afford to pay them and stay in business at the same time. After the Stock Market crashed and the economy went downhill‚ a lot of changes were made within the government to make sure that nothing like this would ever happen again. This period in time was
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The Great Depression was the most severe worldwide economic depression. It lasted ten years until it was over but during those ten years there was a lot of pain and suffering. Millions of people lost their jobs and couldn’t care for there children. It affected many countries including America. Many businesses went bankrupt. It was just chaos! It all started on October 29‚ 1929 or as we now call it “Black Tuesday” when stock market prices dropped drastically. Why did they plummet? Well it happened
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The Great Depression DBQ After Black Tuesday the U.S went into an economic crisis known as the Great Depression. During the depression the poltical‚ economic‚ and social institutions in the U.S were in bad conditions. The government‚ various groups and individuals sought ways to address the problems that Americans faced. The Great Depression began during the stock market crash of 1929. Americans faced many challenges during the Great Depression. The government‚ various
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The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations‚ but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. The stock market crash was the beginning of the Great Depression but it was not solely the main cause of it. There was many different causes of the Great Depression like diversification and how the there was too few industries that could not handle
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APUSH 11/26/10 The Great Depression was a time of agony and strife for the people of the United States. During this time period‚ of the 1930s‚ altering of the American social fabric occurred in the sense of family ties‚ underlying beliefs/values‚ and bonus expeditionary forces. The hardships after the crash of 1929 until the end‚ marked usually around 1941‚ caused families to come closer together and work together to survive. The Jacksonian ideals of independent and self-sufficient citizens
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when the Great Depression hit my country in 1929. During that time‚ I was the president from 1925-1940. It mainly affected our economy and society. Those 15 years spent as a president of a notable country‚ was harsh and challenging. As a president‚ you were responsible for the country’s economic‚ social‚ and political state. Your people have so much trust in you‚ that when anything happens to the country‚ you are the “cure” for it‚ or you are to blame. To begin with‚ the Great Depression of 1929
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The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world which lasted for an entire decade. It began in August 1929‚ when the United States economy first went into an economic recession. Its kickoff was “Black Thursday‚" October 24‚ 1929 when traders sold 12.9 million shares of stock in one day‚ tripling the usual figures. Over the next few days‚ stock prices fell 23 percent causing the famed “Stock Market crash” which sent Wall
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How did the depression in Germany (1929-1933) affect different social groups? The great depression‚ a huge economic slump caused by a crash in the American stock market‚ had a global effect on a large number of countries‚ especially those who manufactured food and raw materials.1 Germany was in a particularly bad place financially after world war one and had been borrowing a large amount of capitol from the US to repay their allies and when the stock market crashed they were unable to continue
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anything salvageable that might enrich their meager lives. The causes of the great depression was the stock market crash of 1929‚ bank failures stopped creating new loans‚ and the drought conditions in the Mississippi valley. STOCK MARKET CRASH On October 29‚1929‚black Tuesday investors traded shares on the New York stock exchange. Lots of money was lost America and other places around the world went down to the great depression the longest lasting economic thing in history. (americanhistory).
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