bold letters. You now hurry to withdraw all your precious money out the bank‚ but it’s too late. You are now a part of a dark time called the Great Depression. The Great Depression caused many people to die and lose their life’s savings. The Stock market crashing was a huge cause to all of this happening. This left the country without any money. The Great Depression was an economic disaster that caused bank failures‚ drought problems‚ and reduction in purchasing across the board. The Stock Market
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was a prosperous time for everyone alive‚ but in the thirties that would completely alter. The Great Depression would strike so suddenly almost no one would expect it. Still declining in 1939‚ the depression would last twice as long as any previous depressions. The unemployment rate grew up to twenty five percent in 1933. Those who did have jobs we’re losing hours of work hours by nearly six hours (Great Depression)! Those who were unemployed‚ lost everything‚ and were forced to live on the streets
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Leonardo da Vinci – Seeing the world with both sides of the brain “I will do things no one in the past has dared to do... I will think new thoughts‚ and bring new things into being...” ” - Leonardo da Vinci As so many great leaders do‚ the most famous artist and thinker in history started from very humble beginnings. He was born the illegitimate son of a wealthy notary and a servant in 1452‚ just outside the village of Vinci‚ Italy. As a bastard‚ he was barred from getting a formal education
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“To what extent was Hitler responsible for the Second World War?” ‘From the first day that he "seized power‚" January 30‚ 1933‚ Hitler knew that only sudden death awaited him if he failed to restore pride and empire to post-Versailles Germany.’[1] The Second World War was the deadliest battle in History. Figures estimate that over 59 million people were killed during its conflict. German leadership was under Adolf Hitler‚ a ruthless dictator who was the chancellor of Germany during the majority
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Great Depression The early 1920’s was first known as the roaring twenties. Everything in America seemed to be going great. There was new inventions‚ more factories and industrialization! People were using credit‚ stock prices were rising it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. That was until the late 1920’s and everything started to slowly fall apart and then the economy all fell all at once. Americans all had smiles on their faces except for farmers. Farmers had purchased land when the war was
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Was Alexander the Great Truly Great? Egypt proclaimed Alexander Pharaoh‚ their god-king when he was only the age of twenty-four (Smith 1). Alexander the Great gained the throne at the age of twenty. He was the leader of the Macedon and led his army through many great battles and victories. Alexander truly was “Great” because of the influence he had and all the things he did that were thought to be impossible. Alexander accomplished many feats thought to be unattainable. “Alexander and his army
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The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. The Great Depression began in 1929‚ and lasted until 1939. That was certainly a tough 10 years for the citizens living in the United States during that time. “By 1933‚ the unemployment rate had climbed from 3% to 25%. By 1932‚ over 13 million Americans had lost their jobs.” The great depression caused many hardships for millions of Americans. There were multiple events that sparked the great depression‚ but the most notable would
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Hitler was a bad man‚ right? Lots of Germans looked up to him as a leader though. Why? Hitler gained power without firing a single shot because people were desperate‚ they were afraid‚ and he denied Jewish rights. The first way Hitler rose to power was because people were desperate. People were desperate to get out of the Great Depression‚ which was terrible for Germany. They were also desperate to blame somebody or a group of people for their loss in the war and all of their current problems
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The great depression was an economic depression that went over several Nations. It was mostly during the 1930s. It was the longest wide spread depression of the 20th century. This was not just in the U.S. But it was where it originated. Today this can show people how the economy can go down. It started in the united states when stock prices went down majorly. That happened seplember 1929. It wasn’t worldwide news until October 29 1929. It was known as black Tuesday. By mid 1930 some of the economies
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What caused the Great Depression The Stock Market Crash reflected an economic weakness that proved to be fatal : over confidence in the stock market . Americans found the stock market an avenue for productive investment because of the rapid growth in the stock market . In the belief that the value of stocks will continue to rise ‚ and they can earn a profit from it ‚ even the less fortunate gambled on the stock market . Investors paid only a small part of the price and borrowed the rest ‚ gambling
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