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    The Great Depression The stock market crash of October 29‚ 1929 provided a dramatic end to an era of lopsided prosperity. This disaster had been going on for years. Different historians and economists offer different explanations for the crisis. Some blame the increasingly uneven distribution of wealth and purchasing power in the 1920s‚ while others blame the decade’s agricultural slump or the international instability caused by World War I. In any case‚ the nation was unprepared for the crash

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    2) Stock Market Crash- (1929) Plunge in stock market prices that marked the beginning of the Great Depression. 3) New Deal- the historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt’s economic policies were implemented. Three components of the New Deal. The first "R" was the effort to help the one-third of the population that was hardest hit by the depression‚ & included social security and unemployment insurance. The second "R" was the effort in numerous programs to restore

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    plunged into the Great Depression. By the winter of 1932‚ America was in the depths of the greatest economic depression in its history. The number of unemployed people reached upwards of 13 million. Many people lived in primitive conditions close to famine. More than 1‚000 people lived in shacks made from scrap metal and boxes. There were many similar Hoovervilles all over America. Between 1 and 2 million people travelled the country desperately looking for work. Effects of the Depression Unemployment

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    were traded and bought in the Toronto Stock Exchange. By 1929‚ more than 10 million shares a year were traded. On October 24‚ 1929‚ stock values dropped or became worthless rapidly. This started the most severe economic depression in North American history—the Great Depression. Today‚ that day is still remembered as Black Thursday. Black Thursday In the late 1920s‚ prices in the Toronto and the New York Stock Exchanges soared up‚ becoming very valuable. For example‚ in 1928‚ the price of a common

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    Great Depression Impact "The American People in Hard Times" Employment African Americas Minorities Women Most ppl saw unemployment/poverty as signs of personal failures Men= ashamed of being jobless Relief eventually collapsed Thousands sifted through garbage cans for scraps of food or waited outside restaurants Nearly 2 million men (few women) road freight trains living as nomads Farm income declined 60% 1/3 of farmers lost their land “Dust Bowl”- worst drought in nations’ history

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    The Great Depression The 1920’s had a wealthy‚ gilded veneer‚ and the general mood of the country corresponded to this belief that the country was in an economic upswing. The stock market was climbing‚ and it was expected to continue to do so. However‚ people were investing in part to make a quick buck‚ but also for the prestigious status that accompanied investing. Neither of these result in a stable economy. Furthermore‚ subtle economic clues were ignored‚ such as productivity and consumption

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    The Great Depression            The 1930’s was a huge decade of history filled with many important events that changed how we think. However‚ one crucial influence to the 1930’s was the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a major event in history and widely affected the 1930’s. The Great Depression was a world-wide economic downfall in which things such as industrialism and construction came to a near halt. There is no true date as to when the Great Depression started‚ but experts

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    The Great Depression The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States‚ the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929‚ which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years‚ consumer spending and investment dropped‚ causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies

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    The Great Depression There are many defining moments in the great depression. There were many things that triggered the events that happened and caused the great depression. These events were the dust bowl‚ the stock market crashing‚ and bank failures. The new deal is one defining moment in the great depression because of the fact that it got the United States out of the depression. These four defining moments changed the United States for ever. When the dust bowl happened back in the great

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    The Great Depression The Great Depression took place in the1930s‚ and was known as the stock market crash. America’s economy dropped‚ and many people lost their jobs. Many people had little or no money. The stock market did not cause the Great Depression. The Great Depression started in 1929. Purchasing and construction dropped. Farmers were already in an economic depression before the Great Depression swept the nation. There were millions of

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