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    The Stock-Market Crash and depression hit at similar times during the 1900’s and both started at 1929. The crash and the Depression both worked hand in hand and the crash caused it because of similar problems. The citizens were affected drastically through money and finding a job that actually pays if there were any left. The main topics that were hit were money, Stock-Market, businesses, and some banking. First, the Stock-Market crash and how it affected society within the United States. First…

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    The Great Depression was a big part of our history. Many people think that there was many factors the caused it. For me I think the biggest factors that caused the Great Depression was the stock market failure of 1929. The Great Depression was one of the biggest things that happened in our history. The stock market failure had everything to do with the Great Depression. No one was expecting it to happen. And many people suffered. The Stock market crash happened on October 29, 1929. During the…

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    The Great Depression was an economic catastrophe and a period of flat business economy in the United States and other countries around the world. It was the deepest and long-lasting economic downturn in our country. Approximately, around the stock market crash in 1929, and lasting through out most of the 1930’s. The stock market was an exchange by stockbrokers and where company stocks are bought and sold. As consumer spending dropped, stock prices began to increase at the same time. Thirteen to…

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    The Great Depression is a time period in history in which the United States was faced with tragic economical crisis. It began in 1929 while President Herbert Hoover was in office. There is not one major cause of the Great Depression. During this blacks were moving from the south for a better way of life and more job opportunities in factories, this is called the Great Migration. Socialism v.s. Communism, socialist believed that everyone should depend upon the government while communist believe…

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    The Great Depression If you were to ask someone to tell you about one of America’s hardest times, they would almost 100% say something about the great depression. They would say the great depression because it was the worst economic downturn in history. It began after the stock market crash which set wall street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. The great depression had a major impact on the United States socially, politically, and economically. The people of America were…

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    a chain of events that would plunge the United States into a deep depression. The Depression of the 1930 's called for the end of an era of economic prosperity during the 1920 's. President Herbert Hoover was the unfortunate to preside over this economic downfall. Hoover believed the cause of this depression was international, and he therefore believed that restoring the gold standard would ultimately drag the US out of depression by restoring international trade. Hoover initiated many domestic…

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    Great Depression The events that happened before the Great Depression people would never have thought that we would be in such great desperation. Things were going really well, we had cars, tall buildings and good paying jobs. The assembly line was invented and everything was great cars were being made in under two hours. Also women were taken seriously and jobs wanted them to help. People were equal and no one was treated different. Everything was going well, until the stock market crash of…

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    that event is the Great Depression and the novella “Of Mice and Men” but John Steinbeck. The story takes place just after the Great Depression and it can be clearly seen that there characters have all been affected by it in different ways. When first reading the book I was unaware and not thinking about that historical connect, but when rereading it it was very clear. The Great Depression can be clearly…

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    Deal in response to the beginning of the Great Depression, the Great Depression started on October 29, 1929. The Stock Market crashed and millions of Americans lost their jobs and had to live on the streets desperately searching for jobs with little hope of being accepted into a new job. Nearly 15 million Americans were unemployed and almost half of the country’s banks have failed. Franklin D. Roosevelt helped ease the matter of the Great Depression in the 1930’s by his administration passing…

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    During 1929, The Great Depression a period of economic decline led by the stock market crash. The Stock market crashed because people were excessively investing money to double their value. Eventually, it reached the peak where it crashed. People lost all of their money, and their life savings. This had led to the Great Depression because many people were unemployed, and were financially unstable. People were unable to support their families because of the lack of jobs and not having food to eat…

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