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    Last‚ R.B. Bennet the conservative Prime Minister of Canada had an all right but not perfect solution to the Great Depression. Bennet believed the cause of the Great Depression was business problems. Specifically he believed that Canada needed to stop sending out its resources to other countries and then buy back the finished product. To solve the Depression he wanted Canada to raise its tariffs. By raising Canada’s tariffs‚ finished products from other countries will become too expensive. This will

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    The Greatest Depression of Plath The end of World War One transitioning into the great depression would make for an unlikely time for two European descendants to birth one of the most highly influential poets of their time. October 27‚ 1932 would mark the day that Otto Plath and Aurelia Plath had become the parents of this astounding poet Sylvia Plath. The relationships that she would begin to form with her parents from such a young age would be a unique and complicated tale. Reflections of Sylvia’s

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    1930’s when the great depression was at its greatest. This led to making people feel better and happier about the great depression. The great depression was a big part in shaping regionalism art. People would paint painting to lighten people’s feeling and also let people see what the world has to offer them and the beauty. Regionalism art was mostly used to show the beauty of cities and america heartland and new technology. It was seen more often in the 30’s were the great depression was at its highest

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    Its 1927‚ the great flood of Mississippi has been the worst natural disaster. More than 23‚000 square miles of land has been destroyed‚ thousands of people have had nowhere to live‚ and around 250 people have died. While going through this great depression‚ we had near no food‚ plantations flooded‚ farms ruined‚ we couldn’t eat a lot‚ nor even live. More than 200‚000 African Americans have been displaced from their homes along the Lower Mississippi River‚ and have had to live in camps. The flood

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    Depression is when a person feels sad or depressed to the point that it affects his work for a long period of time (2). This can affect a person’s identity because he may see himself as a person who is constantly down and has no motivation to do anything. Living with this psychological disorder can also strain relationships because the people living around the person with depression may not understand what he is going through at the moment. Depression can also affect a person in education because

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    Ms. Macaulay How did the Great Depression weaken Western democracies? The Great Depression‚ began in 1929‚ has lasted for about10 years. It had destructive influence on economy and politics‚ which‚ as a result‚ weakened Western democracies a lot. Firstly‚ why the Great Depression occurred? With the development of economic globalization and world multipolarization‚ the collapse of one country’s economy was very easy to cause a global negative effect. Before the Great Depression‚ WWI brought

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    gained traction in post WWI. Some of the major things that contributed to Hitler’s rise‚ was Global Depression‚ the Weimar Republic and the history of Jewish discrimination in Europe. These things contributed greatly to Hitler and the rise of the Nazi Party. Global Depression was one of the effects on the world after WWI. Many countries after WWI were in a severe period of economic depression because of all the war debts that they had established throughout the war. Germany was greatly affected

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    I think that to a moderate or large extent‚ advances in industrialization had an impact on Great Britain in the 19th century. The industrial revolution was the transition to a new manufacturing process from about 1760 to somewhere in between 1820 and 1840. It included going from hand production to machine production‚ improved water power efficiency and improved steam power efficiency. The Industrial Revolution began in Britain‚ and some of the most important technological advances were British. The

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    a child Ben attended a East Elementary and J.V. Martin Junior High. He later educated at Dillon High School where he graduated valedictorian. An interesting fact most don’t know‚ Ben Bernanke taught himself calculus in high school since the school did not offer the course. Ben was accepted into Harvard University and graduated with an A.B. degree‚ and later with an A.M. in economics. He also received a Ph.D degree in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979. After graduating

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    United States‚ Soviet Union‚ Great Britain‚ France and others‚ and the Central powers‚ who were‚ Germany‚ Italy and Japan and others. World War 2 was the first war to have chemical and biological warfare‚ so in one attack millions of people could die. World War 2 started during to a variety of things. The Great Depression clearly influenced World War 2. The United States was lending money to some countries in Europe to help them In the war‚ but with the depression they stopped. Germany needed

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