THE GREAT DEPRESSION

THE GREAT DEPRESSION: FACTS

• Occurred on October 29, 1929 "Black Tuesday"
• President during the time: Herbert Hoover
• Ended when the US was lead into WWII
• New Deal: plan to get everyone out of the slump and back to normality
• President during the New Deal was Franklin D Roosevelt

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STOCK & STOCK MARKET

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THE DOMINO EFFECT

THE DUST BOWL

• The southern part of America barely receives rainfall,
• They have light soil and strong winds, very destructive combination
• Light soil was pick up by the strong winds causing dust clouds known as "black blizzards"
• The winds chocked cattle and pasture lands
• Driving 60% of the population away from the region

THE NEW DEAL

• Responsible: Franklin Roosevelt
• Provide jobs for unemployed people
• WPA: Works Progress Administration
• Social Security Act: pensions to millions of Americans
• Welfare, CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps).

OVERALL

• There wasn't one main reason why the Great Depression occurred, there were many things that caused it