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• Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), a Republican, was president when the Great Depression began.

PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES OFTEN LIVED IN WHAT WERE CALLED “HOOVERVILLES,”

THE WALL STREET CRASH OF 1929 WAS ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

ON “BLACK TUESDAY,” OCTOBER 29, 1929, THE MARKET LOST $14 BILLION, MAKING THE LOSS FOR THAT WEEK AN ASTOUNDING $30 BILLION

AFTER THE INITIAL CRASH, THERE WAS A WAVE OF SUICIDES IN THE NEW YORK’S FINANCIAL DISTRICT. I

ONE AMERICAN SHEEP FARMER FOUND THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE MONEY OFF OF HIS SHEEP DURING THE DEPRESSION

SOME PEOPLE WHO BECAME HOMELESS WOULD RIDE ON RAILROAD CARS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE MONEY TO TRAVEL.

DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, A RECORD 60-80 MILLION AMERICANS WENT TO THE MOVIES EVERY WEEK.

AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE THE HARDEST HIT DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AND THEY WERE OFTEN THE FIRST TO GET LAID OFF.C

BETWEEN 1930 AND 1935, NEARLY 750,000 FARMS WERE LOST THROUGH BANKRUPTCY OR SHERIFF SALES.D RDZ

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