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    During the Great Depression there were many deaths. For example‚ starvation from the lack of food and many more of the deaths were caused by dust pneumonia. The Great Depression made people died‚ face discrimination‚ and bankruptcy. First‚ effect of the Great Depression was the large death count. One main factor‚ of these deaths was the dust pneumonia caused by the dust storm. A quote from the book‚ Out of the Dust‚ by Karen Hesse‚ “Pete Guymon took ill with dust pneumonia.” [140] Another‚ factor

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    1930’s when the great depression was at its greatest. This led to making people feel better and happier about the great depression. The great depression was a big part in shaping regionalism art. People would paint painting to lighten people’s feeling and also let people see what the world has to offer them and the beauty. Regionalism art was mostly used to show the beauty of cities and america heartland and new technology. It was seen more often in the 30’s were the great depression was at its highest

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    had a massive collapse and millions of people were out of their jobs. On October 29‚ 1929 The stock market crashed and this was the beginning of what would be known as “The Great Depression”. This depression caused so much hardship for the American people and the countries that would do trade with the United States. This Depression would go on for 1929-1939 and the American people would feel and remember the effects for years to come. The American people do have a new hope coming their way. In 1932

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    “Our whole Depression was brought on by gambling‚ not in the stock market alone but in expanding and borrowing and going in depth… all in all just to make some easy quick money.” (Rogers) Because of the great depression people had hardly any money‚ and coming up with money was one of the more difficult tasks; therefore‚ coming up with new inventions or technology was one of the more positive ways to make money during the Great Depression. Throughout the 1930s‚ many people desired jobs but few if

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    In the history of United States‚ Great depression that occurred in late 1920’s and 1930’s made a dramatic and tragic impact on American economy along with American people. The depression set at time when many were just arriving in new country and try to settle their feet on ground. Theodore Roosevelt‚ the president of time‚ began several programs to slow down the impact of great depression. The government began new deals to tackle the dilemmas of great depression. The stock market crash of 1929

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    The Great Depression was the biggest economic crash that the United States has ever had. After the “Black Thursday” on September 3‚ 1929 stock market crash and right after that is when Franklin D. Roosevelt took over the new Presidency of the United States. During the Great Depression‚ millions of people became unemployed and homeless and a huge number of banks failed and closed. The new president Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ walked into a position that required immediate actions to help a suffering country

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    Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt were the presidents during the Great Depression. Both of them had their own ideas about how to deal with the Great Depression‚ which both ideas had good points and bad points. Both presidents had different ways of addressing the situation. But they both attempted to address the consequences of the Great Depression. Hoover believed that our economy goes through cycles‚ and thought that the government should let things run its course and believed that

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    The Great Depression was an important time in U.S history; it also affected other parts of the world. It began in 1929 after the Stock Market Crash of Wall Street until 1939. It was the worst and longest economic collapse in the history of the world. Most factories closed or slowed down‚ and banks and businesses closed down. Americans lost their homes‚ jobs‚ and savings because of this; they also depended on charities to survive this era. This time period is important because it pushed the United

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    The Depression was a time of great heartache for people because they had little money. On October 24‚ 1929‚ the Stock Market began to fall‚ leading to widespread panic. For on this day‚ the stocks were plummeting faster than anyone had ever seen. The worst of these days was October 29‚ 1929‚ which was the start of the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a difficult time for industrial companies. The output of products was cut in half during the 1930’s ("The Great Depression and the New

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    faces of hopeless starving young children‚ frantic men and women lining up in front of closed banks that held their life savings‚ and/or the homeless living in cardboard shantytown. America had been doing great in its industrial economy‚ that is until the Great Depression. The Great Depression was one of the darkest times in U.S. economic history leaving many Americans unemployed and struggling to survive. It all began with the stock market crash of 1929. The crash affected the banks and resulted

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