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    The Great Depression was more than just that of money. It begins with the fall of Wall Street‚ the down fall put the country into a deep hole. With the veterans asking for their bonus that they were promised. They could no long feed their family‚ and President Hoover deny their bonus. People becoming frustrated and resorted to violence. People rush to withdraw their money from banks‚ scared to not have enough money to feed their family. Banks started closing day after day‚ approximately 300 closed

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    Music not only changed the way people thought‚ but the way they lived. Music had a huge impact on many people’s life during hard times. At times it can be an escape from reality‚ and it was. During World War 2 and everything that was so hard that was going on‚ people looked to music to bring them up and make life better. Thomas Edison was the first person to create sound and from then on Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville was the first to invent the phonautograph which was a recording device. Little

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    the victorious moments to the days of misery and hardship. A prominent decade of true misery and hardship recalled by Canadians is the Great Depression. The Great Depression of the 1930s was a time of severe poverty‚ unemployment and unjust treatment experienced like never before by Canada. The Great Depression was unforeseen‚ yet inevitable. The Great Depression led many families to undertake drastic measures. This spark ignited a flame of downwards spiralling‚ leading the worst to be brought out

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    this period was followed shortly afterwards by one of the worst depressions in Canada’s history. This period is referred to by many as the “Roaring Twenties”. This “Golden Age” of Canada was followed by the Great Depression. How could a depression that lasted for ten years occur after a period of economic prosperity? A major reason is because the economic conditions and lifestyles of Canadians during the 1920s had a very large impact on the prosperity of the 1930s. If Canadians and business owners

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    The Great Depression following the First World War was a universal devastation of every country it could possibly reach‚ whether it was directly or indirectly. The objects of our scrutiny Being so close in vicinity and having such similar downfalls‚ these countries are particularly interesting to watch to see what was more successful against the dilemma. Despite initial similarities in cause and implemented combatants to the economic fallout‚ the United States and Canada diversified and diverged

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    ssionMajor causes of the Great Depression- 1929-1939 There is no single cause or obvious set of factors that can explain why the great depression of 1929-1939 occurred. Historians‚ economists and political scientists have come up with various explanations that place different emphasis on different factors and events. One thing seems clear‚ however‚ that the depression was the result of the interaction of a complex set of factors‚ some economical‚ some political and some social. This report will concentrate

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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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    The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn which started in October of 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s. It began in the United States and quickly spread to Europe and every part of the world‚ with devastating effects in both industrialized countries and producers of raw materials. International trade declined sharply‚ as did personal incomes‚ tax revenues‚ prices and profits. Cities all around the world were hit hard‚ especially those based on heavy industry. Unemployment and

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    prospered. In the 1920’s the problems that led to the Great Depression were dispersed over a time of maldistribution of wealth‚ and what was called a bull market. A bull market is a stock market that is based on speculation. Speculation was a system of borrowing money to buy stocks and selling for a profit. Speculation only worked if the stock market was on the rise though. To this day people who have not been properly educated about the Great Depression believe that President Hoover was the cause.

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    Section VIII: The Great Depression Political Analysis of the Great Depression It is no doubt that the Great Depression of late 1920’s to the early 1930’s had a dramatic effect that not only affected the united States of America‚ but the whole world. However‚ it is rare to find historians that analyze the Depression from a global stand point. Often‚ it is analyzed from a national standpoint‚ one in particular‚ the United States of America. In the both excerpts “Into the Economic Abyss” and “Roosevelt

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