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What was the Great depression?
The great depression was a era where there was economic decline globally
When did the Great depression end?
1939
Where did the Great depression begin?
In the United States.
Who was affected by the Great Depression?
Almost everyone worldwide
How did unemployment impact families during the Great Depression?
Very badly making them live in homelessness, poverty, and hunger.
What racial group of people was affected by the Great depression the most?
African Americans
When did the Great Depression begin?
1929
Where was the great depression most severe?
United States.
Who lived in Hoovervilles?
The unemployed and poor.
How were women impacted postively during the Great Depression?
Women employment rates rised from 24.3% to 25.4% while men's dropped drastically.
What was a cause that lead to the effect of the Great depression?
A cause was the stock market crashing, banking failures, consumers debt, agriculture crisis’s
When was the Great depression between?
Where were banks failing the most in?
California, Illinois, and Georgia.
Who was blamed?
Herbert Hoover was primarily blamed.
How many people were unemployed?
15 million people.
What is black tuesday?
The day the stock market crashed and the start of the Great Depression.
When was the New Deal introduced?
March, 1933.
Where were unemployment rates the highest during the Great Depression?
Michigan, New York and other major cities.
Who was the president at the beginning of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
How much was $1 during the Great Depression?
Between $18 to $20.
What two presdients where in office at the time?
Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt
When did employment rates hit its peak during the Great Depression?
Early, 1933 almost 25% of the U.S. labor was unemployed.
Where were New Deal programs most heavily implemented?
In reigons that faced the most severe economic depression.
Who was the NYC mayor?
Fiorello H. La Guardia
How did the Great depression end?
Due to massive spendings for WW2 moblizing for war and raising employment rates.