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Wages on average fell by this during the depression |
60% |
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1928-1933 farming production fell by |
40% |
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Americans unemployed by 1933. Equivalent of 24.9% of the population |
14 million |
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Banks closed 1929-1933 |
10,000 |
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1929-33 businesses declared bankrupt |
100,000 |
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In 1931, amount of people admitted to NY hospitals suffering malnutrition or starving. 45 of these died. |
238 |
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Farming income had dropped to |
$5 Billion |
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1929-1933, international trade had dropped to |
40% |
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States won by FDR vs those won by Herbert Hoover |
42 vs 6 states |
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Distance travelled by FDR on a train during his election campaign. 76 major speeches |
Banks supported by government funds to reopen in Emergency banking act |
5000 |
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People who listened to FDR’s March 1933 fireside chat explaining why he closed the banks |
60 million |
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People who went to the cinema each week in the 30’s (100 mil in 20’s) |
60 million |
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