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    Depression can take hold for many different reasons. When one becomes depressed, the mind may lose all sense of organization, imagination, and reality. I know. I've been there. I have been challenged with too much at one time. When this happens, focusing on any one thing becomes virtually impossible. It was easier to turn the T.V. on and tune out. I would sit for hours watching non thought provoking shows. I would find and create different comfort foods to shove in my mouth. Knowing none of the…

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    rest of your life? Many depressed people spend their days doing exactly that. The explanation? Depression deprives people of daily activities and takes up all their energy. Sometimes they can’t even bother to get out of bed to cook for themselves, more or less for their children. This mental illness is very common in our world, keeping millions from living a healthy life. Many things can cause depression or anxiety, such as alcoholism. To many people, the term alcoholism means a drinking…

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    New Deal Project was known as the solution to the Great Depression. Franklin’s presidency was also known as the “New Deal.” The Breakdown of the Great Depression Many people began leaving the Dust Bowl states. Making the Pacific Northwest population grow steadily. Federal agencies began to create a vast public program for the unemployed. Many government industries also sponsored little jobs like photography. The country was facing a depression in 1929, there were very little money, and no…

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    Farmers during the Great Depression A disastrous, tragic and a catastrophic event, is hitting the people of the 1930s, while they are suffering from the most devastating stock market crash, called the Great Depression, are going through another agony that is making it impossible for the people, especially farmers to survive. The Dust Bowl, also called the Black Blizzard, is ruining the lives of farmers. Farmers cannot pay their loans back to the bank because they do not own anything. Almost all…

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    The Great Depression was “a serve worldwide economic depression” that hit both rich and poor hard. The impact the Great Depression had on American lives was unemployment, hunger, homelessness, and struggling because people didn’t have jobs, no money, or were in debt. First of all, one of the impacts was unemployment because no one has jobs. The unemployment rate had risen to 25% in the United States between 1930 and 1940. Farmers had suffered the most because crop prices had dropped…

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    of 1929 on Wall Street led to the devastating Great Depression soon after revealing the flaws within American economy. President Herbert Hoover reacted by primarily depending on voluntary actions. The people reacted to his wage policies pretty negatively because they were ineffective. This affected the presidential election of 1932 because Hoover quickly became unpopular and was running out of ideas. Herbert Hoover challenged the economic depression more than any other president, however he…

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    ended and people were in a constant state of celebration. This lasted an entire decade. However, a time of much joy was followed by a time were partying, having a job, and having food on the table were luxuries. This time period was known as The Great Depression. As America began to entire this desperate time, a new president was elected. Herbert Hoover was elected into the presidency in 1929. Less than eight months into his term, it happened. The day known as Black Tuesday was the end of a…

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    era of the Great depression people, such as John Fulmer, struggled to keep afloat the economic crisis that was brought on by buying on the margin. The year 1933 was the defining year in 20th century American history because of the president 's economic plan, The New Deal, as well as the Dust Bowl on farmers and overlooked discrimination. These events from 1933 changed people 's opinions on economic troubles, domestic and nondomestic, and discrimination towards others in the era of the Great…

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    This investigation is important in its historical context because the Great Depression was the worst and longest economic recession in the history of the world. The Great Depression began in the United States on October 29, 1929 after the crash on Wall Street (Alchin). It lasted a total of ten years with the most difficult years being between 1932 and 1933 (Alchin). Everyone whether they were rich or poor, young or old, a farmer or a mother were deeply affected by this economic crisis. However,…

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    Food insecurity was a big problem during the Great Depression and is still a big problem today. Food insecurity is not knowing when or where your next meal is coming from. During the Great Depression, almost half the kids were without food, shelter, and medical care. In 2014, sixteen million children are living in child poverty. There were many causes for food insecurity during the Great Depression. One of the causes was when the stock market crashed and stocks became worthless. When the…

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