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The great depression

Published on Nov 21, 2015

Amber Ferreira

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The great depression

1929-1939 
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The beginning

•The Great Depression started after WWI
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Stock MARKETS crashed

  • This caused the beginning of the Great depression
  • Happened on Tuesday, October 29 also known as "Black Tuesday"
  • Many people lost money due to this
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Financial collapse

  • Uneven distribution of wealth
  • Overproduction by business and agriculture
  • Many Americans were buying less
  • American factories were turning out half of the world’s industrial goods
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Inflation

  • Money became worthless
  • Started to produce too much money
  • People had to carry a barrel to buy one loaf of bread
  • Children started playing with money instead of toys 
  • People wallpapered their houses with money
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Shocks the world

•The American depression shocks the world as it spreads
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No jobs

•Most of the middle class had no jobs to support family members.
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People needed money

•People became desperate for money so they sold their things.
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No jobs, no money

•People everywhere were looking for jobs
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No food

•People had to line up for food
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

•The first president elected after the depression had begun
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The New Deal

  • Franklin R. started the New Deal
  • Helped provide jobs for the unemployed
  • Agencies gave financial help to businesses/farms
  • Public money spent on welfare & relief programs
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The new deal

•Helped revive people from the Great Depression
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This slowly helped the end

of the Great Depression!
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Presentation by:

Amber Ferreira
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