They didn't
what did so many banks close during the great depression
In the 10 years of the Great Depression 9,000 banks went under JUST in US.
The federal reserve banks did wellduring the depression due to regulations. The bank ended the depression
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As the economic depression deepened in the early 30s, and as farmers had less and less money to spend in town, banks began to fail at alarming rates. During the 20s, there was an average of 70 banks failing each year nationally. After the crash during the first 10 months of 1930, 744 banks failed - 10 times as many. In all, 9,000 banks failed during the decade of the 30s. It's estimated that 4,000 banks failed during the one year of 1933 alone. By 1933, depositors saw $140 billion disappear through bank failures.
In the Great Depression, over 11,000 banks failed, and over one million family farms were lost.
they wanted better living conditions for the people. declaring that the depression had ended
=The biggest change during the great depression was the way money is handled. The way money was handled was way different then it is now.=
Banks first used Scotch tape to mend torn currency during the Depression.
There was no insurance. That's why their depositors lost all their money. This was the motivation for the establishment of the FDIC.
Banks have always been private. The government only wants control of them as of late. Banks did receive public insurance because of the run during the depression, but they have always been private, never a need to privatize.