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The Great Depression refers to the economic downfall that took place before and during World War II. This was due to a severe lack of jobs and the crash of the Stock Market

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In the U.S, the stock market crash, structural weakness of the economy, overproduction, misdistribution of wealth and an international crisis contributed to the Great Depression.

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The crash of the stock market in 1929.

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What came first Great Depression or world war you?

WWI was a major cause of the Great Depression.


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