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    unemployment rate increased for both white Americans of 25% as well as for people of African American descent of up to 50%. Farms began to fail during this time period because there was overproduction from WWI as well as the Dust Bowl. Since farms couldn’t be used during the Dust Bowl many lost their farms and homes‚ which left them homeless as well as unemployed. Many felt hopeless due to not be able to work so they began to starve and lose their homes. The stock market crash of 1929 became a long term

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    the gelatin over cold water in a small bowl and let it rest for 2 minutes to soften * Place the bowl in a microwave for 30 seconds on High‚ until the gelatin dissolves * Add the Almond extract * Add the corn syrup and the glycerin and stir until the mixture is smooth and clear (if the mixture is not turning smooth and clear‚ microwave it for an additional 15 to 20 seconds on high and stir again) * Sift 1 1/2 pounds of the sugar into a large bowl * Make a hole in the sugar and pour

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    Great Depression was the American stock market crash on Black Tuesday‚ October 1929. This started the economic depression for the rest of the world. Other contributing factors were a weak banking system in the U.S and the Dust Bowl‚ a massive drought in the Midwest. The Dust Bowl happened after the “overproduction of agricultural created a widespread financial despair among American farmers‚” (Wikipedia‚ Wall Street Crash of 1929). The Great Depression affected the majority of the world negatively

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    strengthen the nation’s economy while simultaneously strengthening the infrastructure and aesthetics of federal and local government buildings. As we follow the plight of the Joad family on its epic journey West‚ we see the devastation caused by the dust bowl and the stock market crash‚ and what it does to the family… we constantly hope the Joads can become employed and continue to follow their American Dream.

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    Farm Life in the 1930’s Questions I have always lived on a farm for the majority of my life. Nowadays life now on a farm for me is much more different then how life was back then. The kids back then had it tough too they most likely had to work all day on the fields and your future was already determined once you were born. Just because there was no one else to take over the farm once your dad got too old or incapable to work. So with this said you were going to take up on you fathers trade

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    Stowe’s word choice critiques the societal ills of her time substantially. Stowe addresses the time of the horrendous America slave-trade. Woman and children were sold‚ bought‚ and even killed due to enslavement. Countless mothers were separated from their kids and families. Stowe includes and uses characters which suffered to emphasize the injustice of slavery .Stowe uses words such as heart-broken‚ sorrowful‚ dying eyes‚ silent nursery‚ empty cradle and hapless describing the feelings the mothers

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    GKE TASK 1 Western Governors University For the first of my two environmental/geography factors contributed to both the expansion and development of the United States‚ I have chosen the gold rush. The reason I have chosen this as one of my two choices is because I use to live in Grass Valley‚ California very close to Sutter’s Mill. As a child I would visit Sutter’s Mill often. Even now the town has retained the western feel of the gold rush

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    included The Dust Bowl and The New Deal. This was just some of the few things that happened. With some of the historical events also came some important people. Edna St. Vincent Millay and Dorthy Parker were the two women who celebrated the clash between the traditional and modern values‚ celebrating youth‚ independence‚ and also freedom from social constraints. Also during this time John Steinbeck was the writer who wrote about the despairs that the population was going through during the dust bowl

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    On October 29‚ 1929‚ “Black Tuesday‚” the successful stock market crashed and the house of cards fell. The Great Depression began‚ marking the worst economic downturn in the history of the United States of America. The economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed. Henry Ford had to close several factories in Detroit in 1931‚ putting 75‚000 people of their jobs. By 1933‚ 25% of the American public was unemployed. Tariffs‚ war debt‚ crisis in farmland‚ accessible credit and an unequal distribution

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    Cited: Bonnifield‚ Paul. “1930 ’s Dust Bowl.” The Dust Bowl Men‚ Dirt and Depression. 5 Oct. 2007. Web. 4 Nov. 2010. Kelly‚ Martin. “Top 5 Causes of the Great Depression.” About.com:American History‚ 2010. Web. 4 Nov. 2010. Kelly‚ Martin. “What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.” About.com:American History

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