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    speculate that the stock market crash of 1929 was the main cause of The Great Depression. In fact‚ The Great Depression was caused by a series of factors‚ and the effects of the depression were felt for many years after the stock market crash of 1929. By looking at the stock market crash of 1929‚ bank failures‚ reduction of purchasing‚ American economic policy with Europe‚ and drought conditions‚ it becomes apparent that The Great Depression was caused by more than just the stock market crash. The effects

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    The Great Depression was a notoriously detrimental consequence of risky financial management‚ insufficient distribution of income‚ lack of government policy‚ and economic protectionism that preserved throughout the preceding years of 1929. With a dramatic shock to the stock market‚ the United States was the victim of a total economic collapse—the most severe decline of the modern industrial world. Throughout the 1920s‚ the stock market upheld substantial price increases because of the ideology of

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    GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE CRISIS 1929 I think the great depression was something North Americans should have seen coming because of the life styles they were living wasn’t possible to succeed for a long time. The economic system was terrible to say something; there were hardly any regulations‚ the overproduction‚ and the consequences of World War I. Eventually there had there had to be a crack‚ people were leaving a surreal life. The depression was something that the country needed in order to

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    The Great Depression During the Great Depression‚ people of all classes were affected by it and had to find a way to survive off the little money they were given or had left before the Great Depression went into affect. The Great Depression was not only a problem in the United States‚ but was a problem in many countries and was a worldwide problem. Some causes of the Great Depression were the Stock Market Crash in 1929‚ Bank Failures‚ buying items on credit with the Installment Plan‚ and the Smoot-Hawley-Tariff

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    Americans from all political sides were demanding that President Roosevelt‚ who just got into office‚ took immediate action in order to solve this Problem before it became any worse‚ Roosevelt calmly responded with a series of new programs with which Congress granted and passed without hesitation. Ever since then‚ almost all presidents have been judged against Roosevelt for what they accomplished in their first 100 days to see if they could do better than Roosevelt did during the great depression. However

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    The Great Depression of the 1930s was by far the greatest economic catastrophe in the history of the United States. The collapse of the economy was a devastating blow to the national morale and left the nation in financial ruins. In 1931‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president on campaign promises to restore jobs and prosperity to the country. His proposal‚ the New Deal‚ fundamentally changed the nation. The New Deal affected the country by providing jobs and was to be a means of giving

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    Try not to become a man of success‚ but rather try to become a man of value.” This was one of the statements made by one of the greatest scientists known to mankind‚ Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein was born on March 14‚ 1879 in Ulm‚ Württemberg‚ Germany‚ and died on April 18‚ 1955 in Princeton‚ New Jersey‚ and both of his parents were secular Jews (Belanger). He was a German physicist and mathematician who was regarded as the most important scientist of the twentieth century‚ and has received the

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    How important was the New Deal to the economic recovery of the USA in the years 1933 to 1941? (24 marks) The First New Deal in 1933 to 1941 had three broad aims. The first aim was relief‚ giving immediate aid to those worst hit. The second aim was recovery‚ to get the struggling economy back on its feet. Finally‚ the third aim was reform‚ to change the financial systems and introduce regulations. It can be argued that the New Deal was important in recovering the economy in the USA due to the alphabet

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    THE DIRTY THIRTIES AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION KEY TERMS: Stock markets: when you buy for little but sell for more  Stick markets collapsed: on Black Tuesday (October 29‚ 1929)‚ the stock market crashed in the USA • as the values of stocks plummeted‚ investors scrambled to sell their stocks (as more people sold stocks‚ the prices of the stocks decreased further) Buying credits: • many people used their money borrowed on credit to buy items • when items were repossessed‚ they were sold for

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    THE GREAT REFORM ACT In 1832‚ the British Parliament made huge changes to the electoral system of Wales and England. Elected Members of Parliament had control over specific boroughs‚ some overseeing a handful at the same time. During the reform‚ 56 boroughs located in the two countries were disenfranchised – or deprived of voting rights – while 67 new constituencies were added. The franchise’s property qualifications were expanded to include not just large landowners but small‚ tenant farms‚ and

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