The objective of my research paper is to inform about the important economic event known as the Great Depression. The importance of the Great Depression includes what exactly it was, the people who were involved, the many causes of the event, and the cumulative effort that it took to bring it to an end. The events leading up to and the Great
Depression itself will be discussed. The great deal of people affected including the people who were the cause will be talked about. I will additionally cover the various theories of the Depression cause and the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Finally, the New Deal programs and America’s involvement in World War II will be examined regarding the
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had spent in WWI (“50 Interesting Facts About…Great Depression”). The enormous losses caused businesses to lay off large numbers of employees or shut down completely, banks to close, and Americans to lose their jobs and homes. The U.S. stock market crash also affected the world stock markets and the economies of almost every country.
Trading with the United States of America was restricted because the U.S. did not have the money to buy imports and loss in production reduced exports. As the value of the dollar decreased in America, the value of a dollar in other countries decreased as well. By
1930, a steady decrease had begun in global trade and economics that did not reach rock bottom until 1933.
The Great Depression affected millions of people all over the world. The central players involved in the Stock Market Crash of 1929 were the Wall Street wolves, investors in the stock market, and the banks. “The Great Depression changed the family in several ways. Many couples delayed marriage, and divorce rates and birth …show more content…
Little credit, if any, is given to the unpopular President Herbert
Hoover for helping get America out of the Depression. Even though he inherited bad policies enacted by his predecessors President Hoover was blamed by the American people for the Great Depression. In actuality, Hoover enacted various programs that did
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not take full affect until after his administration. These programs became a basis for
President Franklin Roosevelt to establish his New Deal.
In summation, the Great Depression was a very influential event in the history of the United States as well as the history of economics. The Great Depression had a huge impact on future government involvement and resulted in many of the systems we have in place today. These systems include federal deposit insurance, Social Security, minimum wage, and even some of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. Even though the Great Depression was a terrible event that spanned for years, I think it was a necessary event that helped better establish the United States as a nation and prevented similar, future occurrences.
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