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    Inventions In The 1930's

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    1960’s‚ or maybe even the 70s‚ the point is both of those terms were popular fashions in the 30s‚ these terms were known all over America and most likely owned by most of the male population. Boys tended to sport things that were more durable or whatever their family could provide for them‚ which tended to be a button up shirt and shorts that went up to the waist. The fashion in the 1930s was actually quite interesting‚ the style and the designs

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    The Great Depression

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    The Great Depression was a time of massive economic decline. It started in 1929 and lasted until the mid- 1940s. The Great Depression had ruinous effects on both rich and poor countries. It affected South America‚ Netherlands‚ U.K. Germany and many more (Great). It originated in the U.S with a major collapse of stock market prices in New York Stock Exchange on October 1929‚ known as Black Tuesday. Though there were many causes which led to this depression and also many effects. Historians say the

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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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    several Americans throughout these wars‚ and much more‚ but this downfall overtakes them all. The Great Depression began on Black Tuesday‚ October 29‚ 1929. The stock market crashed creating a terrible life for all Americans and others across the globe. Herbert Hoover‚ president at the time‚ could not stop the fall. Not just the stock market crashed‚ but as did many humans lives. A man‚ going through the Great Depression‚ stated‚ “I would steal before I would starve” (A History of American Life)‚

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    The Great Depression was the most severe economic downturn in world history. This period started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s in various nations. It was the longest and most widespread depression of the 20th century. Society now became challenged both socially and politically. People were now faced with challenges of survival. Citizens of many nations now even questioned the relationship they had with their own country. Even though the poor and wealthy had distinct perceptions of the depression

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    The Great Depression

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    The Great Depression in the 1930s The Great Depression was the worldwide economic crises which started on the 24. October 1929. The main cause of this crisis was the stock market crash in America which was caused through too much speculations and frauds like falsification of a balance sheet and other reasons. Out of that reason over 25% of all Americans got jobless. Between 1929 and 1932 the income of the average American family was reduced by 40%‚ from a reason why it hit the Americans this

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    Great Depression

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    before like bank panics and depression in the early 1820s‚ 1830s‚ the mid-1870s‚ and the early and mid-1890s. But never it never suffered an economic illness so deep and so long as the Great Depression of the 1930s. The stock market crash‚ farm failures and bank failures caused people to go into a hard crisis of poverty causing the Great Depression. In order to solve this depression the President Hoover issued policies that would impact or change the course of the american economy. Some of those policies

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    Workhouse In The 1930's

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    Some of the workhouse buildings were sold off for use as office space‚ demolished-to make way for new hospital blocks or car parks‚ or fell into disuse. Many of the workhouses‚ however‚ became Public Assistance Institutions and continued to supply accommodation for the elderly‚ unmarried mothers‚ sick and vagrants. For inmates of these institutions‚ life never really changed during the 1930s and 40s. Apart from the ending of uniforms‚ and indeed more freedom to come and go as they pleased

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    Halloween In The 1930's

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    a widely celebrated holiday. On the night before All Saints’ Day‚ the immigrants celebrated with costumes‚ tricks‚ and Jack-o-lanterns. As Americans came to accept Irish people the entire country began to celebrate Halloween. However‚ before it became the family friendly holiday that is celebrated today‚ it underwent one major change. During the 1930s‚ Halloween was celebrated by tricks‚ or large acts of vandalism and arson. As an effort to reduce crime‚ teachers and policemen began throwing

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    Great Depression

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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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