The Great Depression The 1920’s had a wealthy‚ gilded veneer‚ and the general mood of the country corresponded to this belief that the country was in an economic upswing. The stock market was climbing‚ and it was expected to continue to do so. However‚ people were investing in part to make a quick buck‚ but also for the prestigious status that accompanied investing. Neither of these result in a stable economy. Furthermore‚ subtle economic clues were ignored‚ such as productivity and consumption
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United States into its longest‚ deepest economic crisis of its history. Nine thousand banks failed during the months following the stock market crash of 1929. It is far too simplistic to view the stock market crash as the single cause of the Great Depression. A healthy economy can recover from such a contraction. Long-term underlying causes sent the nation into a downward spiral of despair. First‚ American firms earned record profits during the 1920s and reinvested much of these funds into expansion
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Great Depression Impact "The American People in Hard Times" Employment African Americas Minorities Women Most ppl saw unemployment/poverty as signs of personal failures Men= ashamed of being jobless Relief eventually collapsed Thousands sifted through garbage cans for scraps of food or waited outside restaurants Nearly 2 million men (few women) road freight trains living as nomads Farm income declined 60% 1/3 of farmers lost their land “Dust Bowl”- worst drought in nations’ history
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CHAPTER 33 The Great Depression and the New Deal‚ 1933-1939 EXPANDING THE “VARYING VIEWPOINTS” Arthur M. Schlesinger‚ Jr.‚ The Age of Roosevelt: The Coming of the New Deal (1959). A view of the New Deal as a radical transformation: “By bringing to Washington a government determined to govern‚ Roosevelt unlocked new energies in a people who had lost faith‚ not just in government’s ability to meet the economic crisis‚ but almost in the ability of anyone to do anything. The feeling of
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Hitler was able to generate a mass following and inevitably rise to power solely because of the great depression; to what extent do you agree with the statement? The economic depression struck Germany in 1929 following the Wall Street Crash in America that affected the world’s economy. In Germany‚ the effects were devastating‚ especially after America recalled her loans and hence left Germany with no stability‚ as it had heavily relied on American strength to support it. Industrial production
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How We Define Depression Depression is a word of many meanings and can be defined in diverse ways for different people. Depression can be defined as a serious‚ long-term condition that people wish they could get out of. However‚ One could even say that‚ at times‚ depression is a natural and possibly even healthy occurrence. If we don’t ever feel gloomy now and again‚ then how could we ever differentiate feeling happy from sad? I believe the main idea of how people view depression is a condition
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The Great Depression had many causes. Some of these were: a surplus of goods‚ the stock market crash and many countries’ reliance on exports‚ in particular Australia. These causes together created the Great Depression. The share prices had been increasing very highly in the late 1920’s. Investors buying the shares on margin when they couldn’t afford them caused this. They became millionaires quickly with the high share prices. Car sales slowed‚ house sales slowed and steel production slowed because
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Mother Holding baby: It’s been three days since I’ve had a decent meal‚ and a whole week since the last time I had something else on other than this plaid dress. We deiced to stop on the side on road because the kids were getting cranking and honestly I was to. My husband George is cooking one of the few can of beans we have left and I hope it’s enough for everyone. We had all our money invested Dow Jones industrial and like many other we lost it when the stock market fell. Just when things were
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Causes of the Depression My three major points are The Dust Bowl‚ World War 1‚ and the Stock Market Crash. These three major points put millions of people in a sad place‚ A place nobody wanted to be at. Everyone wanted to believe it was a dream. Doing their best to raise their children. Caused a whole lot of damage to the crops‚ getting around to places‚ and especially losing loved ones. This was all happing in Kansas‚ Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ and New Mexico; from Nevada and Arkansas. For eight years
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collapse was not as sharp as that in the United States‚ but was the second sharpest collapse in the world. Canada did have some advantages over other countries‚ especially its extremely stable banking system that had no failures during the entire depression‚ compared to over 9‚000 small banks that collapsed in the United States. Canada was hurt badly because of its reliance and other commodities‚ whose prices fell by over 50%‚ and because of the importance of international trade. In the 1920s about
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