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Title: The%20Great%20Depression


1
The Great Depression
  • Sage Olarte
  • Nathaniel Shuler
  • Jenessa Rivera
  • Heron Haile

2
What is It?
  • Time of economical turmoil
  • Would last 10 years
  • Many people unemployed
  • Jobs were lost, banks were broke, and people
    suffered
  • Agriculture also got hit, By the Dust Bowl

3
Important who's
  • Herburt Hoover
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • The bonus army
  • Eleanor Roosevelt

4
Causes of the Great Depression
  • The Great Depression began October 1929 when the
    stock market crashed.
  • Germany borrowed money from U.S.
  • People bought stocks but couldnt sell them.
  • Capitalism collapsed upon itself.
  • It affected people worldwide.

5
Why was it so bad?
  • Unemployment rate
  • Rise of dictators
  • Extremist parties
  • Economy

6
People During the Great Depression
  • People who invested in stocks became bankrupt and
    had no money
  • People who did not take money out of their bank
    accounts before the bank closed lost their money
  • People were too poor to afford luxuries or even
    the simplest necessities.
  • People were laid off or had less paid time at
    work due to companies not being able to pay them
  • Food became scarce
  • People had to use the railroads to find jobs

7
Programs for reforming America
  • Most reforms brought were from President Franklin
    D. Roosevelt
  • The Brain Trust
  • New Deal
  • SEC, WPA, CCC, TVA, and Social Security

8
Works Cited
  • history1900s.about.com. "The Great Depression,"
    Jennifer Rosenberg, Accessed 9/8/13
  • Hakim, Joy. History of The U.S. Volume C. 2010
  • Hakim, Joy. History of The U.S. Volume D. 2010
  • Glencoe, World History Modern Times, 2006
  • Images received through google images
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